# Best boat/ship names **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 13, 2004, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-boat-ship-names/259684 "2004-08-13T13:20:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2004, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-boat-ship-names/259684/1 "2004-08-13T13:20:51Z")
**Spiny Norman** and I were kayaking in Marina del Rey when we saw a sailboat named _Fred_. We agreed that “Fred” was an excellent name for a vessel. But [this one](http://www.thenorthernlight.com/images/2004/aug12_2004photos/boat.jpg) is pretty good too. 🙂 (I’ll wager I can guess the owner’s surname. 😉 ) ---
**Author:** ![Jurph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/50afbb/32.png) [@Jurph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jurph)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2004, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-boat-ship-names/259684/2 "2004-08-13T13:32:44Z")
A friend’s (grotesquely wealthy) father had a yacht (possibly a long sailboat?) which sustained some serious storm damage. The rear end needed such intensive repairing that he opted to extend the boat’s length and expand the “party deck” a few more feet while he was at it. With the change in length and shape, he had to re-register the boat. He decided to call her [Callipygous](http://dictionary.reference.com/search?r=2&q=callipygous). ---
**Author:** ![bouv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@bouv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bouv)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2004, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-boat-ship-names/259684/3 "2004-08-13T13:36:08Z")
Mr. Burns’ yacht on The Simpsons: Gone Fission’ ---
**Author:** ![Black\_Train\_Song](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4da419/32.png) [@Black\_Train\_Song](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Black_Train_Song)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2004, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-boat-ship-names/259684/4 "2004-08-13T14:16:42Z")
The “born loser” from the comic strips boat is named: **Never again 2** ---
**Author:** ![pullin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c57346/32.png) [@pullin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pullin)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2004, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-boat-ship-names/259684/5 "2004-08-13T16:12:37Z")
Seen (not by me) on a go-fast cigarette-style boat: “My Dixie Wrecked” (hint: say it out loud, but quietly) On a 26ft SeaRay (owned by a friend, had dreadful history of mech probs): “Little Ship of Horrors” My boat (several boats ago): “Ode’ to the Bank” (I eventually paid it off) ---
**Author:** ![yellowcakesolid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/cdc98d/32.png) [@yellowcakesolid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yellowcakesolid)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2004, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-boat-ship-names/259684/6 "2004-08-13T17:24:32Z")
The coolest bar name that I’ve ever come across is My Honey Fitz. Apparently, it has been shortened to Honey Fitz. For a different reason, JFK also used Honey Fitz when renaming the presidential yacht. So, if you grow up in the Boston area, Honey Fitz is a very cool name. Here’s the story of both: [www.honeyfitzpub.com/history.html](http://www.honeyfitzpub.com/history.html) ---
**Author:** ![AskNott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asknott/32/5790_2.png) [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2004, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-boat-ship-names/259684/7 "2004-08-13T17:52:25Z")
Classic film funnyman Buster Keaton’s boats, on screen and in real life, were called **Damfino.** As in, “What’s your boat’s name?” “Damfino,” shrugging. My first sailboat’s name, **Louise,** came from a Popeye cartoon. Bluto did nasty things to Popeye in a barber’s chair while singing _Every Little Breeze Seems To Whisper Louise_ in a delightfully cheesy Maurice Chevalier voice. Louise is my wife’s middle name, too. My fishing boat’s name, **Natasha,** came because of her color scheme. I had a red-over-silver truck named **Boris,** (for Boris Yeltsin) and when I bought a boat that matched the paint, I had to go for Boris Badenov’s squeeze, Natasha. ---
**Author:** ![Chimpy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a9adbd/32.png) [@Chimpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimpy)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2004, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-boat-ship-names/259684/8 "2004-08-13T20:34:15Z")
Well this week of kayaking has brought me: **Didyabringyabeeralong** , **Caversham Queen** (anyone who has been to Caversham would be cracked up by this) and finally **Gleam** , a decrepit, half sunk, dirty hulk which does anything but gleam I always thought the **Spanish Fly** from Pyranha had quite a funny name. ---
**Author:** ![muldoonthief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muldoonthief/32/3188_2.png) [@muldoonthief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/muldoonthief)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2004, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-boat-ship-names/259684/9 "2004-08-13T20:39:36Z")
Can’t forget **Monkey Business** , the yacht where Gary Hart’s presidential aspirations came to a crashing halt. ---
**Author:** ![JackPoint](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/278dde/32.png) [@JackPoint](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JackPoint)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2004, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-boat-ship-names/259684/10 "2004-08-13T21:21:54Z")
In WW2 there was a bomber pilot who went through an unnatural number of planes, mostly in the line of duty. He called them all “ **Hang the expense**.” A friend of mine named his boat “ **Elvis** ” based on a Mojo Nixon lyric “Elvis needs boats.” ---
**Author:** ![Pork\_Rind](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pork_rind/32/111_2.png) [@Pork\_Rind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pork_Rind)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2004, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-boat-ship-names/259684/11 "2004-08-13T21:30:52Z")
I used to work at a shop that printed a local yacht club’s newsletters. A consistent race winner was called _Yellow, Nonskid_. ---
**Author:** ![BraheSilver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ecccb3/32.png) [@BraheSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BraheSilver)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2004, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-boat-ship-names/259684/12 "2004-08-13T22:02:53Z")
Don’t forget the **SS More Powerful Than Superman, Spiderman, Batman, And The Incredible Hulk Combined**. ---
**Author:** ![Gala\_Matrix\_Fire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/4da419/32.png) [@Gala\_Matrix\_Fire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gala_Matrix_Fire)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2004, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-boat-ship-names/259684/13 "2004-08-13T22:43:58Z")
I’m charmed by the name of Ned Flanders’ boat: **Thanks for the Boat, Lord II**. ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21825_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2004, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-boat-ship-names/259684/14 "2004-08-13T23:29:15Z")
There’s a J24 at Jabin’s Yacht Center in Annapolis called **Dead and Bloated** - dunno if it’s a best name, but it’s memorable. We knew a doctor at NAS Jacksonville who named his boat **Surgery** - as in “I’m sorry, the doctor is in surgery now.” Similarly, the motoryacht called **Conference** , which I always assumed was owned by a businessman. ---
**Author:** ![Berkut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a88e57/32.png) [@Berkut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Berkut)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2004, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-boat-ship-names/259684/15 "2004-08-13T23:37:28Z")
Wet Dream. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2004, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-boat-ship-names/259684/16 "2004-08-14T00:08:19Z")
In addition to _ **Campbell’s Sloup** _, linked in the OP, I saw another boat with a memorable name last weekend last weekend. It was a pale-yellow runabout named _ **Urine Luck** _. ---
**Author:** ![Hung\_Mung](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a88e4f/32.png) [@Hung\_Mung](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hung_Mung)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2004, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-boat-ship-names/259684/17 "2004-08-14T01:00:10Z")
I’m going to stretch this a little bit, but I read a book with a ship called **Lady MacBeth**. It was sci-fi and it was a spaceship, but goddammit it’s close enough. I still think that’s a cool f\*ckin’ name. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2004, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-boat-ship-names/259684/18 "2004-08-14T01:59:52Z")
I don’t know that it’s a \*great \* name for a boat, but I can distinctly recall seeing at least three \*\*Mostly Marthas \*\* in my lifetime. ---
**Author:** ![Sharky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbce88/32.png) [@Sharky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sharky)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2004, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-boat-ship-names/259684/19 "2004-08-14T02:31:18Z")
My boat was named **Corsair** after the fighter plane my father flew in WW2. It also means “pirate”. Several years ago I delivered a brand-new sailboat for the owner of a topless bar. He named the boat **Nookie**. I used my own boat’s name when I made radio calls. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![ladydisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/85f322/32.png) [@ladydisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ladydisco)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2004, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-boat-ship-names/259684/20 "2004-08-14T02:44:15Z")
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