When I bought my Pearson with a buddy we agreed that the first thing that had to go was the name: Soul Mates.
Never did agree on a new name. Joel On Tue, Sep 22, 2015 at 10:17 AM, Ed Dooley via CnC-List < cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > It took us 4 years to rename our boat. We bought it in Lake George and > hauled it to her new home on Lake Champlain and > the 1st thing I did was peel off the vinyl lettering of her old name, Jack > Rabbit. The former owner also applied a giant, > two actually, one on each side of the hull, near the stern, vinyl cartoon > character of a Jack rabbit. Pretty ugly. I'm an Irish citizen, > so I wanted something Irish, but then a friend said she'd hate to see me > call the Coast Guard in an emergency and try to get them to understand > the name of the boat in Irish. For example, if I named the boat > "Seaworthy" in Irish, the call would go like this; "May Day, May Day, > this is Muiracmhainneach!" "Say again, sir? Could you spell that?" As > I'm sinking I'm teaching Irish to the Coast Guard. > My partner never sailed before meeting me, and as we heeled over she'd hit > the deck and scream, so keeping true to my Irish roots I thought I'd name > the boat "Screaming Banshee" (in English), an Irish fairy maiden, who, > unfortunately, foreshadows doom. "Come on aboard, oh, don't worry, this sail > isn't doomed, really, it's just a name." But as cruisers, I didn't want to > be plodding along and have another cruiser fly past us with us sporting > "Screaming" in our name. > So, long story short, we named her Banshee (in a Celtic script, of > course!). > Ed > > > *From: *"bobmor99 ." <bobmo...@gmail.com> > *Date: *September 21, 2015 8:55:55 PM EDT > *To: *cnc-list@cnc-list.com > *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 > > > On Wed, Sep 16, 2015 at 9:53 PM, Danny Haughey via CnC-List < > cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > >> OK coming up with a new name for our new boat is proving very difficult. >> >> I thought I would throw it out to you guys for some ideas! >> >> Maybe you came across something sometime and thought wow what a great >> name for a boat! >> >> I can't believe this is so difficult... Lol >> >> Danny >> _______________________________________________ >> >> 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 >> >> > > > > *From: *Martin DeYoung <mdeyo...@deyoungmfg.com> > *Date: *September 21, 2015 9:26:57 PM EDT > *To: *"cnc-list@cnc-list.com" <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> > *Subject: **Re: Stus-List boat names* > > > 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 > > > -- Joel 301 541 8551
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