Strange yacht names

Couilles de Chien was a Benny 35s5 owned by a couple of Coutts bank managers with graphics to match!!
 
I also sailed aboard an Osprey during my long lamented youth, but on Hornsea Mere, Her name rather appropriately was "Shuffle Bum" Still out there I wonder??? Mike.
 
I collect odd names in the log. At Chatham 'Happy Bunny' calling to ask for a berth. We imagined that if he had all his fenders on port and was given starboard side too he might claim to be not 'happy bunny' etc. etc.

And then there's 'All Foxed'. From our blog in July:
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PS - Naming your boat. If you buy a boat, think carefully about the name. Yesterday evening the coastguard were repeatedly calling for a boat called 'All Foxed'. She had been reported overdue for arrival somewhere, and the lady on the coastguard radio was very careful in her enunciation as she said 'All Foxed, All Foxed, All Foxed, this is Dover Coastguard, Dover Coastguard on channel one six'. Eventually, another boat replied and said 'we're in the marina and All Foxed is on the next pontoon'. 'OK sir, thanks for that, would you mind going and asking him to call his wife? Over.'

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Oh how we laughed....
 
seen a couple of boat names on the East Coast that probably give a clue as to where the money to buy them came from:

"Bonus Ball"

and

"O.T.E." (presumably a salesperson)
 
We called our last boat 'Monkey' - thought it was fun but straightforward. Starting a channel crossing we called Dover CG to file our passage information, obviously writting it down slowly the CG said "Monkey, is that Monkey as in ....... long long pause..... is that Monkey as in Monkey", to which I replied "yes Coastguard it is Monkey as in Monkey".

Next boat is called Muddy Paws and one of the first CG replies was "'Muddy Paws', how sweet". Glad we brightened their day.
 
Saw "the Dogs Balearics" in Adaya and a GP14 called "Two Anchors" years ago.
Was going to call our present boat "Tsunami of Pish" but was over-ridden by the soup-dragon. Duntakkin was another idea.
 
I used to have a Hurricane called "Overdraft" There was also one rater less subtly called "Betty Swollocks" in huge letters down the side.
I remember an International Moth called "RSupprds"
Two well known Shearwaters called "XP8" and OP8"
 
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It's fictional, but I do love 'Lassitude', star of 'Sod's Law of the Sea'.

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Ah Ken, Uncle Adrian, Sub officer Dubrovnic.... best book I ever read on sailing, and one that has pride of place on our bookshelf... what was it he said ? "I have more money than I can drink, so I am giving you Lassitude"

It was all the bloody cats fault.. lmfao !!
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One of the old names I remember..

Hoof Hearted

Mind you, we are constantly asked why our boat is called "ruddles" and what it means, it makes you look a real alcho when you explain it is a british brewery (We didnt name it by the way), mind you it is better than the original name on the rare occasions I use the radio, "Leslie Frank II of Hamble", now thats a mouthful... and I believe still going as it was (is) a corporate name or used by a company..

One problem is the spanish always seem to pronounce it "Rudder Less"

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Good job we are not talking engines. I mean, would a good Wankel lead to a Coventry Climax ?
 
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seen a couple of boat names on the East Coast that probably give a clue as to where the money to buy them came from:

"Bonus Ball"

and

"O.T.E." (presumably a salesperson)

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In a similar vein there was/is a Moody Eclipse at Craobh Haven called 'Cobb', which stood for..

Courtesy Of Barclays Bank :-)
 
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