# Congratulations, you just won a yacht! **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [July 29, 2011, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/congratulations-you-just-won-a-yacht/590748 "2011-07-29T16:54:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Bricker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2011, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/congratulations-you-just-won-a-yacht/590748/1 "2011-07-29T16:54:03Z")
Yup. Remember that sweepstakes you entered? Well, the second prize is a yacht – 44 foot twin engine Bayliner with a fly deck, great for cruising or open-sea fishing. And it’s yours. What do you name it? ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2011, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/congratulations-you-just-won-a-yacht/590748/2 "2011-07-29T16:58:15Z")
Minnow II ---
**Author:** ![Erdosain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/erdosain/32/7284_2.png) [@Erdosain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Erdosain)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2011, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/congratulations-you-just-won-a-yacht/590748/3 "2011-07-29T16:58:24Z")
The Mr. Beaumont. ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2011, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/congratulations-you-just-won-a-yacht/590748/4 "2011-07-29T16:59:58Z")
“I got a Yacht, bitches!” ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2011, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/congratulations-you-just-won-a-yacht/590748/5 "2011-07-29T17:02:06Z")
Zee ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2011, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/congratulations-you-just-won-a-yacht/590748/6 "2011-07-29T17:03:41Z")
For sale. ETA: I thought of typing For Sail, but no I really would sell it. ---
**Author:** ![Cheesesteak](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cheesesteak/32/3694_2.png) [@Cheesesteak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheesesteak)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2011, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/congratulations-you-just-won-a-yacht/590748/7 "2011-07-29T17:05:47Z")
Highest Bidder No Reasonable Offer Refused or Hole In The Water ---
**Author:** ![Homo\_litoralis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@Homo\_litoralis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Homo_litoralis)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2011, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/congratulations-you-just-won-a-yacht/590748/8 "2011-07-29T17:07:30Z")
Enter Prize ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2011, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/congratulations-you-just-won-a-yacht/590748/9 "2011-07-29T17:11:06Z")
**For Sale.** If it doesn’t have sails on it, I’m not interested. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2011, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/congratulations-you-just-won-a-yacht/590748/10 "2011-07-29T17:12:40Z")
Thaitanic ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2011, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/congratulations-you-just-won-a-yacht/590748/11 "2011-07-29T17:13:28Z")
I would reuse my pontoon boat’s name, _The Lucky Dog_. so named because our dogs love the water, and also a (an?) homage to the NOLA street food. ---
**Author:** ![Homo\_litoralis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@Homo\_litoralis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Homo_litoralis)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2011, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/congratulations-you-just-won-a-yacht/590748/12 "2011-07-29T17:15:16Z")
The Incredible Hull ---
**Author:** ![pravnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2011, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/congratulations-you-just-won-a-yacht/590748/13 "2011-07-29T17:16:37Z")
Maybe “Springer,” after John Kelly/John Clark’s boat in Tom Clancy’s _Without Remorse_. I’d have to think about it, though. ETA: Wait, a 44 foot yacht was _second_ prize? Geez, what was first? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2011, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/congratulations-you-just-won-a-yacht/590748/14 "2011-07-29T17:17:04Z")
An aside: Funniest (to me) boat name ever. I saw a yacht named _Perseverance II_ in a harbor once. I couldn’t stop laughing about how _Perseverance_ (the original) probably had some mechanical problems and the owner gave up on it right away. Yes, I was drunk, but it was funny.😃 Maybe you had to be there. ---
**Author:** ![Toucanna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3bc359/32.png) [@Toucanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Toucanna)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2011, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/congratulations-you-just-won-a-yacht/590748/15 "2011-07-29T17:19:56Z")
_The Toucanna_!!! Self-absorbed? Me?!? Nah! ---
**Author:** ![pravnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2011, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/congratulations-you-just-won-a-yacht/590748/16 "2011-07-29T17:20:31Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > An aside: > > Funniest (to me) boat name ever. I saw a yacht named _Perseverance II_ in a harbor once. I couldn’t stop laughing about how _Perseverance_ (the original) probably had some mechanical problems and the owner gave up on it right away. Yes, I was drunk, but it was funny.😃 > Maybe you had to be there. That is pretty funny. Kind of like “Indomitable IV” or “Irreplaceable VII.” 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Toucanna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3bc359/32.png) [@Toucanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Toucanna)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2011, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/congratulations-you-just-won-a-yacht/590748/17 "2011-07-29T17:21:58Z")
> [@spooje](#): > > “I got a Yacht, bitches!” Howzabout, “I got a Yacht, bee-Yacht-ches!” ? ---
**Author:** ![HeyHomie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heyhomie/32/207_2.png) [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2011, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/congratulations-you-just-won-a-yacht/590748/18 "2011-07-29T17:34:11Z")
Either _Miss Demeanor_ or _Miss Tillie_. The former because I’m oh-so-clever with my puns (so clever, in fact, that I’m sure a million boat owners have beaten me to it), the latter as an homage to Disney Imagineering (_Miss Tillie_ is the name of the boat atop the volcano at Typhoon Lagoon). ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2011, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/congratulations-you-just-won-a-yacht/590748/19 "2011-07-29T17:34:42Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > An aside: > > Funniest (to me) boat name ever. I saw a yacht named _Perseverance II_ in a harbor once. I couldn’t stop laughing about how _Perseverance_ (the original) probably had some mechanical problems and the owner gave up on it right away. Yes, I was drunk, but it was funny.😃 > Maybe you had to be there. Heh. This thread reminded me about how bummed I was to have not photographed the yacht. [Well, I searched and here she is!!!](http://www.yachtperseverance.com/)😃 Kinda made my day to see her. ---
**Author:** ![svd678](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/53a042/32.png) [@svd678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/svd678)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2011, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/congratulations-you-just-won-a-yacht/590748/20 "2011-07-29T17:50:08Z")
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