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What would you name your boat? (Original Post) red dog 1 May 2018 OP
hopefully, SEA-WORTHY hlthe2b May 2018 #1
Boaty McBoatface II Kablooie May 2018 #2
NAU - SEA fleur-de-lisa May 2018 #3
My father was an OB/GYN yesphan May 2018 #4
ohhhhhhhh (groan) pnwest May 2018 #6
Oh lunasun May 2018 #10
The Cat's Aweigh pnwest May 2018 #5
I had an Uncle named Alan Kidd Va Lefty May 2018 #7
So close. genxlib May 2018 #8
Hassan Sunkyet eppur_se_muova May 2018 #9
The money bucket ...why not be honest?? lunasun May 2018 #11
BLUE WAVE cornball 24 May 2018 #12
Little Toot Doc_Technical May 2018 #13
I'm with stupid. kacekwl May 2018 #14
Only one possibility; Codeine May 2018 #15
LOL red dog 1 May 2018 #20
A few law firms ago, the partners decided to buy a firm boat gratuitous May 2018 #16
I wouldn't own a boat csziggy May 2018 #17
Unsinkable III TheSmarterDog May 2018 #18
Titanic. nt zanana1 May 2018 #19
! (n/t) PJMcK May 2018 #33
Jim's Floating Hole jmowreader May 2018 #21
Monkey Business MosheFeingold May 2018 #22
Got it. 70. n/t rzemanfl May 2018 #28
All the young folk MosheFeingold May 2018 #39
It was a yellow Snark. The Chiquita B. trof May 2018 #23
Lateen rig PJMcK May 2018 #35
USS Skeered O' Nothin' . A proposed name for our nation's 2nd dreadnought. Kaleva May 2018 #24
floccinaucinihilipilification ailsagirl May 2018 #25
Silver Lightening applegrove May 2018 #26
Bankruptsea. n/t rzemanfl May 2018 #27
My grandfather's boat GP6971 May 2018 #29
$$$$$ PIT AJT May 2018 #30
My last boat PJMcK May 2018 #31
Floaty Floaterfloat. dchill May 2018 #32
We have a small sailboat, which we bought used and I wanted to rename The Velveteen Ocelot May 2018 #34
If i bought a boat it would be sheer oswaldactedalone May 2018 #36
Bob Generic Brad May 2018 #37
What do you mean? jberryhill May 2018 #38
"Molly Brown" n/t Shrek May 2018 #40

pnwest

(3,266 posts)
5. The Cat's Aweigh
Tue May 1, 2018, 02:56 PM
May 2018

My art studio is The Cat's Away Studio, i'd have to name it after that...not actually heaving cats overboard

Va Lefty

(6,252 posts)
7. I had an Uncle named Alan Kidd
Tue May 1, 2018, 02:59 PM
May 2018

he named his boat The Kidd U Not. Also used to have himself paged at the Marina "Call for Captain Kidd". He was a character.

genxlib

(5,544 posts)
8. So close.
Tue May 1, 2018, 03:18 PM
May 2018

Points off for the traditional spelling of "not" when the nautical pun was right there for him

gratuitous

(82,849 posts)
16. A few law firms ago, the partners decided to buy a firm boat
Tue May 1, 2018, 06:09 PM
May 2018

The partners asked the staff what they should name it. One of the other secretaries (not me) suggested "My Raise." So that when she saw it on the river, she could tell her friends, "There goes My Raise."

The little game ended immediately after that.

csziggy

(34,139 posts)
17. I wouldn't own a boat
Tue May 1, 2018, 09:05 PM
May 2018

But the husband of a friend of mine used the money he'd been saving for a boat to buy his new wife a horse. They named the horse Bass Boat.

MosheFeingold

(3,051 posts)
22. Monkey Business
Wed May 2, 2018, 04:43 PM
May 2018

I'd invite all my political friends and take pictures.

(Obscure reference to see how old you are.)

MosheFeingold

(3,051 posts)
39. All the young folk
Thu May 3, 2018, 11:12 AM
May 2018

Don't even know about the truly fun political scandals anymore.

I still blame CNN for trashing him.

trof

(54,256 posts)
23. It was a yellow Snark. The Chiquita B.
Wed May 2, 2018, 08:10 PM
May 2018


Lateen rig.
I taught myself to sail in it.
When I climbed in we were already over max gross weight.
Whatever.

It was yellow, as I said.
I christened it (beer) the Chiquita B. because it looked a little like a banana.
And I put the name upside down on the stern.
I figured I'd be bottom side up more than any other configuration.

Kaleva

(36,361 posts)
24. USS Skeered O' Nothin' . A proposed name for our nation's 2nd dreadnought.
Wed May 2, 2018, 09:29 PM
May 2018

" In 1906, when Great Britain launched HMS Dreadnought, Congressman Williams introduced a bill to change the name of USS Michigan to USS Skeered O' Nothin' as a challenge to the prestigious English."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Sharp_Williams

PJMcK

(22,057 posts)
31. My last boat
Wed May 2, 2018, 09:45 PM
May 2018

A beautiful small cruising sailboat outfitted for extended sailing was named Wishful Thinking.

She was a beautiful part of my life.

The Velveteen Ocelot

(115,900 posts)
34. We have a small sailboat, which we bought used and I wanted to rename
Wed May 2, 2018, 09:51 PM
May 2018

"Architeuthis." However, if you rename a boat you have to have a ceremony involving sacrificing a certain amount of liquor to the god Poseidon or he will get even and cause your boat to sink.

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