Worst boat name of the year

[Happy Dayz]

Not sure if my first boat i named Peggy Sue' qualies.

We are both Buddy Holly fans, my wifes name is Susan, and who has had both her knee's replaced ?

Alan

 

[Happy Dayz]

Then surely it should be Dixie Normous? Is a spelling mistake on a boat name worse than one on a tatoo?

And I don't get the Whatever joke either.

Watever - now an Essex Girl phrase,

Alan

 

[Noahsdad]

How apt this thread should come up now.
Quite surprised to see a manager of a well known yacht racer working on a small Boston Whaler type open fishing boat called "Master Baiter" last weekend in Haslar.

 

[Grumpybear]

Watever - now an Essex Girl phrase,

Alan

And Leisure 23s like that boat were made at Stansted.....

 

[Daydream believer]

Saw a boat in middleburgh last week called "Spunk"

Comments like "come come now that cannot be right," from my crew did not go down well

 

[JumbleDuck]

Saw a boat in middleburgh last week called "Spunk"

I hope it's not destined for a premature and sticky end.

 

[Mataji]

Seen on the Clyde this year - Shy Talk.

 

[macd]

Seen on the Clyde this year - Shy Talk.

Plagiarist! I used that for a headline 25 years ago. Mind you, I stole it from the name of a racehorse that caused Peter O'Sullivan a spot of difficulty.

 

[Mister Rhino]

Premature Ejaculator and it's tender Spurt
Alright I made that up, still good name for a fast race boat?

 

[nigelmercier]

Perhaps he thought 'Archimedes' Principle' was a bit of a mouthful?
You do get the Duchman's little joke, I presume?

Watever - now an Essex Girl phrase...

On seeing "Whatever" I immediately thought of its current usage, but surely the "little joke" is more than that?

 

[mjcoon]

If I ever owned a boat (larger than my Enterprise) it would no doubt be scruffy so might be dubbed Squall Lore.

Mike.

 

[prv]

And I don't get the Whatever joke either.

I'm assuming it's based on "whatever floats your boat", but if that's it then it doesn't quite work for me.

Pete

 

[macd]

On seeing "Whatever" I immediately thought of its current usage, but surely the "little joke" is more than that?

As I wrote before, I think it may indeed be more than that - but also current usage: "Whatever floats your boat". It seems to me quite likely that a well-read Dutchman speaking good English would be more familiar with that than with the dismissive, plain "whatever".

Picking the expression apart literally, anything that floats your boat is good, yes? Therefore, "whatever" is good.

Of course it could just be that the namer's partner complains of being neglected whenever he sets off for a day on the boat, to which he habitually replies...

I guess we'll never know.

 

[aquaplane]

My first ever boat was a Jag 25 called "MT Pockets" I didn't have the heart to change it and since it was on Windermere I never had to show myself up on the VHF.

It helps if the cost of new vinyls to change the name, which can't be much, exceed how much the name offends you.

 

[rogerthebodger]

Friend of mine names his boat "So Basic" after he made a crude comment to his secretary as she said he was so basic .

We have a couple of boats names "@work" is one so when the owner is asked where he is he can say "at work".

Another one is 'The Office" for the same reason "I'm at the office"

 

[richardbrennan]

Saw 4 Play in Yarmouth this morning!

 

[lw395]

Always used to cringe at the RIB in portsmouth - 'Crime Pays'. Just seemed distasteful to me.......

It belongs to two solicitors who work in that field.

 

[Burnham Bob]

I have a Trapper 500 and inherited the name Booby Trap. Don't have the heart to change it.

 

[PeteCooper]

I have a Trapper 500 and inherited the name Booby Trap. Don't have the heart to change it.

Another forumite used to have a Trapper 300 called Booby Trapper.

 

[WestWittering]

Seen in Lagos Marina earlier this week - Spirit of Lucitania.....

Di