Don't forget the Peterson 36 called "Level Crossing." His previous boat had been run over by the train ferry to Vancouver Island.
Andy C&C 40 Peregrine Andrew Burton 61 W Narragansett Newport, RI USA 02840 http://sites.google.com/site/andrewburtonyachtservices/ +401 965-5260 > On Sep 21, 2015, at 21:26, Martin DeYoung via CnC-List > <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > > I heard of a boat named “Ruthless” as the owner’s wife, Ruth, would not set > foot on the boat. > > A friend of mine owned a Yamaha 36 named “Made in Japan”. > > Another friend owned a J-24 named “Jail Bait”. My wife and I towed that J-24 > across the country to participate in the 1989 J-24 Worlds in Kingston. A lot > of truck drivers took a close look at my wife as they passed, especially in > So Dakota. > > I took part in a 1985 Transpac charter of a Barnett 52 named “Climax”. > “Climax” was owned by two lady part doctors. > > I sailed several Sauza Cups (Lahaina YC, Maui) on a Choate 40 named “Phoenix” > as the owner’s previous boat burned to the waterline after his spouse > over-primed the alcohol stove and the fire got out of control. > > I named the Ericson 30+ I owned in the 80’s “Helen Highwater”. My > father-in-law saw that on a painting of a WW2 bomber with a provocatively > dressed Helen added for emphasis. > > Martin DeYoung > Calypso > 1971 C&C 43 > Seattle > > <image002.jpg> > > From: CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] On Behalf Of bobmor99 . > via CnC-List > Sent: Monday, September 21, 2015 5:56 PM > To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com > Cc: bobmor99 . > Subject: Re: Stus-List boat names > > Years ago, I had to come up with a name for my then-new-to-me 33-1 prior to > transiting a drawbridge for the first time. > I didn't want to ID myself as "the nameless white sailboat returning to sea". > Bridge tender: "How do you spell that?". > > It's just six pieces of tape, which have long since fallen off. It's > somewhere on my list... > Was briefly called "Hugs and Kisses", after additional OXs were > surreptitiously added by a beercan race competitor. > > Also, 0x is a prefix denoting a hexadecimal value (if you're into computer > stuff). > > Bridge tender: "Is that 'oh X' or 'zero X'?". > > --Oxman > C&C 33-1 > Jax, FL > _______________________________________________ > > Email address: > CnC-List@cnc-list.com > To change your list preferences, including unsubscribing -- go to the bottom > of page at: > http://cnc-list.com/mailman/listinfo/cnc-list_cnc-list.com >
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