Morning All,
One of many items to do this winter on my new is lettering for the boat name and home port. I've seen at marinas, boats carrying the name of the owners "hometown" in lieu of the "home port." Is one generally considered "proper" over the other? I don't want to be the guy underway with his fenders hanging. What do you do?
Bob
Unless you are a documented CG vessel you are pretty much free to put whatever info you want where you want it. I carry my hometown on the boat, even though its not even on the water, because it is so nautical
We don't have a home "port" on our boat but if we did, I would put our home town. Our home town has a small pond worthy of inner tubes not Macs. I think people like to know where you live, not where your boat is located.
What KHE said.
You aren't required to even put a name on your boat unless it's documented with the Coast Guard.
When were out sailing on Pudget sound I see boats with home towns in the mt's of Idaho where I know there is only a little trout lake. We have not put our home town on the aft of our M but it will happen this next year. We live and moor near ( 3 blocks ) from the Columbia river that we could eventually sail to the Pacific ocean on, but our location is known as a desert and that throws folks.
I was to shaken up when I learned after a long night makeing friends with a 12 pack and nameing it Hot Tub to consider putting it on the Boat, but after you posted "The Nuts" some how I don't feel so bad and will put Hot Tub on Port and Starboard with Hail of Port at Stern.
Dave
pokerrick1 wrote:The nsme of my boat was:
THE NUTS
Underneath it I put:
CHERNOBYL, RUSSIA
That started a lot of great conversations and I met a bunch of people around the Marina that way.
rfrye94760 wrote:Morning All,
One of many items to do this winter on my new is lettering for the boat name and home port. I've seen at marinas, boats carrying the name of the owners "hometown" in lieu of the "home port." Is one generally considered "proper" over the other? I don't want to be the guy underway with his fenders hanging. What do you do?
Bob
Whats wrong with the fenders hanging out? I am do it all the time of course that is only because:
1. I am lazy
2. usually solo sail
3. always forget about them
4. did I mention I am lazy?
rfrye94760 wrote:Morning All,
One of many items to do this winter on my new is lettering for the boat name and home port. I've seen at marinas, boats carrying the name of the owners "hometown" in lieu of the "home port." Is one generally considered "proper" over the other? I don't want to be the guy underway with his fenders hanging. What do you do?
Bob
Whats wrong with the fenders hanging out? I am do it all the time of course that is only because:
1. I am lazy
2. usually solo sail
3. always forget about them
4. did I mention I am lazy?
Add all the time I saw you out their I thought you wanted to do Bumper bounce. Most boats I see with fenders out I steer clear of and maybe thats your secret to aviod collision.
Dave
Whats wrong with the fenders hanging out? I am do it all the time of course that is only because:
1. I am lazy
2. usually solo sail
3. always forget about them
4. did I mention I am lazy? [/quote]
The previous owners of my MAC named her "PARADOX", never meeting them I tried to figure out how they came up with this name. Then I recalled the broker at the marina mentioning to me that the previous owners are both Doctors. VOILA !! "Paradox"
is lettering for the boat name and home port. I've seen at marinas, boats carrying the name of the owners "hometown" in lieu of the "home port." Is one generally considered "proper" over the other? I don't want to be the guy underway with his fenders hanging. What do you do?
