Boat Names

[w00dy]

Back when I was restoring my first boat, I was living at a backwater boatyard on the Chesapeake Bay in Maryland. It was one of the few remaining marinas that still catered to the local waterman, their well-used wooden deadrise workboats, and their often rough and colorful personalities. This is the part of the Eastern Shore where the boats are all named Jenny-Lee, Peggy-Ann, etc and the waterman speak in an accent so thick you can barely understand them if you're "not from around here".

One local guy about my age (we'll call him Bobby) was known in the small community to be a bit of a heck raiser and lover of loose women (aren't we all?). At some point, his reputation began to get the better of him and his "friends" decided to spray paint the name of his latest conquest on the transom of his boat in big, ugly Black Krylon. When Bobby arrived back at the yard, his eyes glazed over red, all heck broke loose and I'm pretty sure that a few people ended up in jail that night. When the dust settled though, he seemed to take it in stride and I watched him one day, smiling to himself as he painted over the transom with a new name.

As his boat was an old, cross planked boat, the name seemed to fit:

[w00dy]

This is a Pete Culler designed wooden ketch that I was planning on delivering, but decided not to because the owner was unreliable.

Notice the paint scheme and the name, "Spark". Something tells me this boat gets hassled by the Coast Guard more often than most.  :D

If you don't get the reference, see the Urban Dictionary entry:http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=spark

[Oldrig]

This is a Pete Culler designed wooden ketch that I was planning on delivering, but decided not to because the owner was unreliable.

Notice the paint scheme and the name, "Spark". Something tells me this boat gets hassled by the Coast Guard more often than most.  :D

Pretty boat, nice name (until I followed the link) ... another reason NOT to take that delivery job :(

--Joe

[claire.giulini]

Go to...http://worldsbestboatnames.com/index.html

Hope it will help!!! :) ;)

[Travelnik]

I originally was going to name my boat something like Serenity, or Tranquility, but I named her Second Chance since I got a second chance to have her after she was stolen.  :)

Not very original or anything like that. I think it is more of a sign of gratitude for getting her back after all these years.  :)

[mrb]

Second Chance sounds like a good name, esp. knowing the meaning.  Happy things worked out for you, I hope some one is totally embarrassed over what they did to you and your boat.

Fair winds and following seas

[SalientAngle]

This is a Pete Culler designed wooden ketch that I was planning on delivering, but decided not to because the owner was unreliable.

Notice the paint scheme and the name, "Spark". Something tells me this boat gets hassled by the Coast Guard more often than most.  :D

If you don't get the reference, see the Urban Dictionary entry:http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=spark

Spark is currently anchored in Oriental...

[s/v Faith]

Anchored off of Black Point, Guana Cay Exumas.  Lots of boats here, maybe 50....  All chatting on the radio this morning... Out of the din someone hails "Cats Ass, Cats Ass, Cats Ass".....

How's that for a name?

[w00dy]

She used to be up in Ocean City, MD. Maybe she changed hands or her owner finally got his * together. Either way, that is one awesome boat. Grog for spotting her!

[Kettlewell]

Met some folks down in the Bahamas on a boat called Ribbit, so whenever we called them on the radio it was, "Ribbit, Ribbit, Ribbit." Sounded like a frog calling.

[CharlieJ]

There's a thread running on another forum on favorite boat names. This picture was attached ::)  ::).




By the way- Tehani is Polynesian for "caress", and one of the Tahitian women in the Bounty mutiny bore the name also. Tehani had the name when we got her, she was 41 years old then and I figured she needed to keep it.


And here's Tehani

[okawbow]

"Thursday's Child"....has far to go.

[Cyric30]

How about the name "Obvious"......that way i could be Captain "Obvious"????? or maybe just "vious" thats way it would be Capt. of "vious"????? yes i know that was just sad   ;D

[CharlieJ]

How about the name "Obvious"......that way i could be Captain "Obvious"????? or maybe just "vious" thats way it would be Capt. of "vious"????? yes i know that was just sad   ;D

And I've seen some who could put "Obli" in front too ;D ;D