Yacht names...

[Grehan]

Think of something different . . not

What about names that are used over and over again?
"Carpe Diem" is my obvious example.
There must be hundreds called that.

 

[Ubergeekian]

What about names that are used over and over again?
"Carpe Diem" is my obvious example.

Never Again II

 

[Pandora]

that reminds me of one I have heard of, 'Maid of Pligh'

 

[Stemar]

Worst name i ever saw was on a sad westerly centaur that was called "Squitter", i thought that was something you got after a dodgy curry.

The new owners thought the same. She's now a lot tidier and has a new name.

 

[flaming]

There's a very clear division between the macho aggressive names that racers give their sailing boats and the names that non racers do. No doubt "prime Evil" was a racer.

Two examples from Cardiff bay are "Jackhammer" and "Judgement Day" - both J109s.

The J-s seem to have a need to use a "J" in the name. Boats like Juliette or Jackpot do this with a certain style. But there aren't all that many suitable J words available, and so some owners have taken to shoehorning Js into words that don't have them.

OutraJeous being the worst offender.

 

[aquaplane]

Our latest toy/additon seems to have been christened Ruddy. It's Red and we were trying to refer to that in the name but as everytime I do anything with it the Ruddy thing breaks, well it's named it's self.

 

[PeterGibbs]

last week afloat in the Solent gave me plenty of time to indulge my odd fascination with boat names: I am always amazed at some awful names people choose for their vessels, but hey ho. However, one boat must take the prize, she was the "Mayday". Now, I know the May Day is a time for gaity and frollicking, but can you imagine the tea to be spilt in HMCG offices when they here something like "QHM, QHM this is yacht Mayday, Mayday, Mayday..."

David

We all have a duty when afloat to render ourselves as secure as possible; introducing any element of confusion into a recognition or rescue situation is inexcusable. You have to ask yourself what the insurers of such boats think when logging crazy and potentially dangerous names.

Folks who use such dotty names really deserve all they get, if in distress. Why should others put themslves out or in danger to assist airheads? Personally, I save my energies for the deserving in this life....

PWG

 

[lazyguy]

For a whole there was a yacht on the Hamble named "Don't Panic". Maydays and calls to the coastguard must have been fun:

Mayday, Mayday Mayday,
Don't Panic, Don't Panic, Don't Panic
....


Solent Coastguard, Don't Panic ....


Jay

 

[colingr]

Probably the most horrible is Dignity from the awful pop song of the same name.

 

[ChattingLil]

There's a boat on the Medway called Sha Tin.

I've heard that the owner used to live there, so a valid name, but always makes me grin/grimace - can't decide.

 

[Poignard]

What about names that are used over and over again?
"Carpe Diem" is my obvious example.
There must be hundreds called that.

I was in Morlaix a couple of years ago and there were three "Carpe Diems" in port at the same time.

There was a motor boat knocking around Portsmouth called "Thanks Mum".

In one of his books Eric Hiscock tells of when he bought his first boat and decide to give it a name. He chose "Wanderer", thinking it would be an original choce, but when he told the signwriter he replied: "Not another one!"