Time to name my boat

[LOUIS B HOLUB]

Showed the last few posts to the Admiral...seems she didnt find it as "funny" as I did.
I just dont understand wimmens' anymore. Even when they're 5'4" and 115 - 120 lbs proportioned...they just have no sense of humor 'no more'...

...gotta go...time for me to prepare my own dinner (RICH...see ! Totally your fault ! )

just kiddin' -- (I saw her smile when stormin' out of my office)

[curtis from carlsbad]

I've decided to name my boat : "Holy Jumpin Catfish !" from the old man at the gas station upon finding a lot of money (scene) in the Cheech and Chong movie. The one with the stripped down limo and the old man finds money in a limosine seat that was traded to him by Cheech for gasoline.The old man says: " Hey fellas you got a lot of money in here! "Cheech responds : "It's okay just keep it, it's probably just change " without even seeing how much. Do any of you guys know who that old man was that played that part ? - Curtis Becker

[K9Kampers]

...old man finds money in a limosine seat that was traded to him by Cheech for gasoline.The old man says: " Hey fellas you got a lot of money in here! "Cheech responds : "It's okay just keep it, it's probably just change " without even seeing how much. Do any of you guys know who that old man was that played that part ? - Curtis Becker

John Steadman

[curtis from carlsbad]

Thanks K 9 Kampers . I'm gonna Wikipedia him . - Curtis

[NiceAft]

Gazmn said:

You can't go wrong naming it after the Admiral -

If she has unfortunately passed on, then that's the way to go, but if she's still living and breathing, then name it FOR her
I did she loves it


Ray

[bubba]

I like the size of letters there easy to read at a distance. You won't get away with anything and who would want to steel a boat with Nice Aft on it in big letters. Good job

[Gypsy]

When our kids were little , we bought our first boat , an old pontoon boat, that we loved and used and used .
We named it after all five kids .

TATR MARIE

T Tony
A Adam
T Timothy
R Ricky

MARIE was for our 5th and only daughter Rebecca Marie

So now that we have bought our retirement boat , last boat , we have named her

TATR MARIE II

[TexasDan40]

It's been a long time coming, but I decided to name my boat
Alpha Sail

Thanks for all the ideas.

[kitcat]

Isn't naming a boat just the biggest problem? I think that knowing you cannot change it later, and making it fairly easy to say on the air, should that situation arise, as well as being able to be seen by other craft and the coast guards, and of course it's got to mean something to the owner.

Of course it doesn't end when you've finally chosen the name does it? What style, size and colour do you want the lettering, what part of the boat should it be put on etc etc. There are a million descisions to be taken, and of course, they must all be passed by the Admiral, if we are to be allowed to go out and play later..................

Yes, you've guessed it, I've just been through the whole process too. It is sometimes easier to buy a second hand boat with a name, after all, we all know how unlucky it is to change a boats name?

Paul

[sbods]

Mine came along simple simple lines...
Something that said how I felt about sailing and the MAC and something personal about my family who crew her....

The MAC - well I think at times it is pretty "magic"
The personal - after my two kids Carl and Sam

"CaSam"

[David Welch]

[madguy]

We just named our new 26X Le'Tina

After Lee & Tina.

The last one was called Christina but we didnt think it would be right to name the new one the same.

Cheers

Madguy

[Catigale]

Chief of the Boat doing the artistry




and the XO



Caitlin + Abigail = Catigale !!!

[ronacarme]

Our criteria....
1. Understandable in a VHF distress call.
2. Spellable in only one way.
3. Unique....Unlikely to be another boat with same name near where we might sail
4. Brief, so it will fit in a smallish space on the boat in readably large letters.
5. Has some personal meaning to the boat owner.
6. Preferably has some secondary meaning relating to the boat or owner.

Our boat name ROCAVAL comes close, except maybe for #2 above.
Re #5, short for Ron, Carmen and Valentine's Day.
Re #6, a contraction of ROCA ( Spanish for "rock", hence very loosely "stone") and CAVAL ( Spanish for "horse"), hence "stone horse", steady but slow. That's our good old X.

Ron

[albion]

Dan as you sold a Mirage ,How about NO MIRAGE.