Tolkien-esque boat names

I had a 'Pippin' once. Nice boat, nice name. IMHO anyway.

But there's a world of difference between naming a private boat, and setting up a business. At 'The Hobbit' they are cashing in on the exisiting fame and following of Tolkiens work. I am sure Galadriel above would like to make money out of his boat, but I know the only money that changes hands there goes the other way as he pays his bills!
 
greenalien said:
Given the legal problems currently being experienced by Southampton's Hobbit pub https://www.facebook.com/SaveTheHobbitSouthampton I wonder if there are any boatowners out there who may be looking forward to a copyright infringement notice regarding their choice of boat names...
I know of boats called 'Shadowfax' and 'Gandalf' - any others? :)
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Co-incidentally theres a Vivacity 21 on ebay by the name of Hobbit. I know 'cos i put it on there yesterday. There is a panel inside says something like.. " This boat was named after the Hobbit who went there and back again to see how far it was"

Apologies if it looks like i'm shoe-horning in an advert but coincidences like that dont happen that often.

Steve
 
Don`t know the area, surly if the place used the name before the book/ film was made then I dought if much will happen, if named recently then that would be a different suituation?
 
My boat is called 'Strider'. A few years ago at Ardglass I saw a yacht called 'Imladris' (a significant place in The Lord of the Rings) which had, written on the transom below the name, a poem quoted from the book referring to that place. Obviously I got into conversation with the skipper and we shared our obsession with the story.
 
JimC said:
My boat is called 'Strider'. A few years ago at Ardglass I saw a yacht called 'Imladris' (a significant place in The Lord of the Rings) which had, written on the transom below the name, a poem quoted from the book referring to that place. Obviously I got into conversation with the skipper and we shared our obsession with the story.
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I hope it was written in Elvish Runes.
 
greenalien said:
Given the legal problems currently being experienced by Southampton's Hobbit pub https://www.facebook.com/SaveTheHobbitSouthampton I wonder if there are any boatowners out there who may be looking forward to a copyright infringement notice regarding their choice of boat names...
I know of boats called 'Shadowfax' and 'Gandalf' - any others? :)
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All my boats have been Evenstar. Ellesar is Lady Arwen Evenstar's husband. They have an Arwen cocktail in the Hobbit pub, but not an Evenstar. There is a Galadriel cocktail too.
 
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pampas said:
Don`t know the area, surly if the place used the name before the book/ film was made then I dought if much will happen, if named recently then that would be a different suituation?
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I drink there occasionally. It predates the film but not the book. However, they have been a bit naughty in eg using pictures from the film on event posters from time to time.

I heard on Twitter something about the US company (after all the publicity) agreeing to license them the names they're using for £100 per year; if accurate that sounds like a win all round.

Pete
 
Laundryman said:
I inherited the name Mordor when I bought the boat. It meant nothing to me . My wife thought it was probably previously owned by a couple from Essex called Morris and Doris!
I don't like the name anyway
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Was your boat ever kept in Whitehaven marina? I ask because there used to be a boat there called 'Mordor' (i.e. Hell) and my wife & I thought it strange that somebody would thus name their boat. We guessed it might be something to do with the skipper's spouse's feelings about sailing.
 
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