Boat Names

[hearsejr]

 $10?  that's like 1.7 gallons of gas....:D

[s/v Faith]

Good luck Bill!

  Enjoy your time 'out there' glad to hear you are going to do it!

$10?  that's like 1.7 gallons of gas....

What you gonna need that for?......  :P  I know you are not gonna be like the majority (vast majority) of sail boats I see on the ICW with the sails furled and covered, even when the wind is perfect......

[hearsejr]

 lol, nope I'm to cheap to spend money. I'll be sailing. I have to post a few pics of the innerds. I redid the seating, added a door and put up a wall on the starboard side and ran the wall all the way up on the port side. I no longer have a table so yall will have to rely on a set of dinner trays for meals and hold your own beer. pics comming oneday, but I'm waiting to I get the devits on the stern and the name placs on her. maybe get the paint on the deck...then the new pics will get posted.
Bill

[Frank]

Sailing IS so much nicer than motoring !! The ICW is not much fun (in my eyes) and other boats cause fearful moments and huge wakes (you WILL learn to hate sport fishing boats !!)..then throw in the sand bars and rocks........ I took my chances outside this year.I went 'out' from Stuart to West Palm...West Palm to Ft Lauderdale...Lauderdale to Key Biscayne. The only scary moments were coming back into harbours with all the boat traffic...the trips were o stress!! Simply plan ahead with alternative harbours and 'worst case' scenarios if the weather does get bad. I would rather deal with wind and waves than 15 boats in a narrow channel,all waiting for a lift bridge to open with a bad ebb tide !! Been there.....I'll take the wind and waves anyday !!   HAVE FUN !!!!

[hearsejr]

well I have  most of the new cabin done. I tried to add an attachment but get an error message. any way I have to put a pump from the water tanks to the sink, put a drain on the new sink, run the wires and set up the VHF, AM/FM/CD sterio, and 5" tv, and mount the switch board fuse box.
also thinking about adding solar powered lighting to it, and a arch for stuff to mount too.
no matter what I do I don't think this will be  any kind oif blue water boat, but if I add some 2.5 inche drains that will let the water drain out the cockpit through the stern, that I can plug up when not needed... maybe it'll hold it's own in a mild blue water.

[EdD]

Don't know if you are still looking for a new boat name but there is a site on the web: http://www.10000boatnames.com/ that should give you lots of ideas.

EdD

[Captain Smollett]

Been trying to think of boat names - the hardest part of buying a boat, imo - and have two possibles so far.  Becky prefers the first:

Aistear  (Irish for "journey" or "trek" and pronounced ASH-ter)

Socair (Irish for "calm," "composed" or "steady" and pronounced like soccer).

I love the Irish word for "peaceful" but don't think it would make a great name for a boat: Siochanta  (I cannot do accents   >:(  )   Peace is also a pretty word, but not really suitable: Siochain.

Another Irish term for "journey" is Turas, pronounced either TUR-ass or truss; don't like this one as much as Aistear.

[Norm]

I vote with Becky

and it will transmit over the vhf with less confusion!

[s/v Faith]

I like

Aistear  (Irish for "journey" or "trek" and pronounced ASH-ter)

  Also.

Another Irish term for "journey" is Turas, pronounced either TUR-ass

People might htink you named your boat for your Ford automobile....  :P

[Captain Smollett]

People might htink you named your boat for your Ford automobile....  :P

Oh noes.  I cannot have THAT.  As an EX Ford man (now a Dodge guy), I did not even SEE that.

Thanks.  Disaster averted.   :)

[Dougcan]

That is one thing I could never understand, why would people name their boat in a language they cannot read/speak?

Reminds me of a story about a guy who named his boat after an Hawaii word meaning "wind".  Only problem is what the natives left out what kind of wind it was!  So the guy sailed around in a boat named for the Hawaii word for "fart"!

Truth be told, I think a person should not be allowed to name their boat in a language that they don't understand!

There are some exceptions, but those exceptions are very well understood in why the name and the meaning thereof.

[CharlieJ]

well, Tehani is polynesian for "caress"

It was on her transom in very very faint lettering and she was 45 years old, so we felt she deserved to keep her name.

That's why ours is what it is.

[Captain Smollett]

That is one thing I could never understand, why would people name their boat in a language they cannot read/speak?

Dia duit Doug,

Fair point.  I have started a self study Irish lessons and hope, by this time next year, to be fairly 'fluent' at the language.  It's one language I've always wanted to learn.

I have a friend (gifted in teaching himself languages) that speaks Scottish; it will be fun to see if we can communicate and what the differences are between the Irish and Scottish Gaelic.

Is mise Sean

[oded kishony]

<So the guy sailed around in a boat named for the Hawaii word for "fart"!>

My previous boat  (O'day 23, very nice boat) was named 'Passing Wind'

Always really  liked the name  ;D

oded kishony

[s/v Faith]

FWIW,

I believe that changing a boat's name is not something that should be undertaken lightly.

  I do not subscribe to the various ceremonies surrounding the change of names but I do believe words, and names are important.  I firmly believe that ugly / stupid names should be reserved for ugly / stupid boats.  :-\

  'Faith' had such a name when she came to me.  I have not been able to find her prior name(s?). She was the 'right' boat, and when my wife spoke the name 'Faith' it was 'right'.  It was not just 'nice' or 'clever' but it was the right name.

 

That is one thing I could never understand, why would people name their boat in a language they cannot read/speak?

Here is one;

  A wonderful story about a boat named 'Haabet'

[s/v Faith]

;)

Knowing I had posted something like that here somewhere else in the past, I merged this thread with the older one.  ;D

[Dougcan]

Both Craig and CJ have a good reason (to me anyway) for their boat name, it's carried over from previous owners.  At least, CJ & Laura made the effort to understand their boat name. ;D

A wonderful story about a boat named 'Haabet'

That's a great story and does illustrate a good reason for keeping a name from another language.  However what if you have a brand new boat, or just simply want to change the name?

For those that know/is learning the language, no problem.  It's those who don't know the language thereof and just wanted an 'exotic" sounding name I tend to wonder about.  Same for normal names but spelled "California style".

[AdriftAtSea]

My boat is named Pretty Gee, in memory of my late wife.

 

Some of her sister ships are named:  Tri-Again, Tri-Ooomph, As You Wish (yes, a Princess Bride reference), Third Tri, Tri 2 Catch Me.  While most of these names are cute, I didn't really think them proper boat names.  One of the owners, those who own Third Tri, IIRC, owned a monohull, then a cat and now a trimaran.

One of my neighbors at the marina has his boat named Heather Dawn, for is daughter.  Another has a boat named Outward Bound, since this is the boat he uses on the ocean.... he has three freshwater lake-bound boats as well. 

One of my favorites is a Columbia 26, named "Next Year".  The two owners told me they finally named it that because it seemed like everything was going to be finished next year.  Another favorite is a big stinkpot named Empty Pockets.  Her owner told me that fueling up for the first time for the season last year cost him almost $1600.  That's more than I paid for winter storage for the Pretty Gee this year.   

[Cmdr Pete]

Some people agonize over the name, but give little thought to how the name will look on the boat.

Need to consider the size and layout of the letters. If the transom has an arc, I think the name should also

Don't want to end up with something like this 

[CharlieJ]

Good point- we think we did pretty good with ours. This is vinyl lettering done by Rik Sandburg, who also posts here. He has a business doing vinyl lettering and does a quite good job of it.