# 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:** 3
**Author:** ![JFLuvly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ac91a4/32.png) [@JFLuvly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JFLuvly)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2011, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/congratulations-you-just-won-a-yacht/590748/41 "2011-07-29T22:18:59Z")
I saw a 30 foot cruiser at a car dealer yesterday called " Multiple O’s " ---
**Author:** ![Sal\_Ammoniac](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8dc957/32.png) [@Sal\_Ammoniac](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sal_Ammoniac)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2011, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/congratulations-you-just-won-a-yacht/590748/42 "2011-07-29T22:43:53Z")
The Queen of the Driveway. ---
**Author:** ![Swallowed\_My\_Cellphone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9d8465/32.png) [@Swallowed\_My\_Cellphone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Swallowed_My_Cellphone)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2011, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/congratulations-you-just-won-a-yacht/590748/43 "2011-07-29T22:45:36Z")
S.S. Minnow ---
**Author:** ![TreacherousCretin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treacherouscretin/32/476_2.png) [@TreacherousCretin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TreacherousCretin)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2011, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/congratulations-you-just-won-a-yacht/590748/44 "2011-07-29T23:04:23Z")
Albino Pachyderm ---
**Author:** ![2gigch1](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/2gigch1/32/3313_2.png) [@2gigch1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/2gigch1)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2011, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/congratulations-you-just-won-a-yacht/590748/45 "2011-07-29T23:11:17Z")
“Nelson” after my dad. Side story - he bought a 17 foot Boston Whaler a month after I was born, 45 years ago. Still has it. He maintains it for family to visit. Most of the happiest memories of my life revolve around that boat, from infant to teen to adult. I will be going down in a couple weeks with my wife to hit the rivers on Maryland’s Lower Eastern Shore. It is named “Pegasus” ---
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2011, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/congratulations-you-just-won-a-yacht/590748/46 "2011-07-29T23:34:17Z")
Could someone find a good picture for reference? The “ **Cookie Tosser** ”. Dagon’s Snack, Sharkbait, Waterloo? ---
**Author:** ![Don\_t\_Panic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/don_t_panic/32/398_2.png) [@Don\_t\_Panic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_t_Panic)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2011, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/congratulations-you-just-won-a-yacht/590748/47 "2011-07-29T23:53:47Z")
“Luxury Yacht”. ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2011, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/congratulations-you-just-won-a-yacht/590748/48 "2011-07-30T00:03:49Z")
The Black Pig. I thought this thread was going to be about this: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/xsYoeoEE3ww/hqdefault.jpg "MASSIVE YACHT mitchell and webb look (clip from s01e04)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xsYoeoEE3ww) ---
**Author:** ![Isamu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/7c8e57/32.png) [@Isamu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Isamu)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2011, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/congratulations-you-just-won-a-yacht/590748/49 "2011-07-30T01:14:10Z")
The _Welcome to Jail, Sucka_ ---
**Author:** ![Steophan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steophan/32/9595_2.png) [@Steophan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steophan)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2011, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/congratulations-you-just-won-a-yacht/590748/50 "2011-07-30T01:24:17Z")
The _Clear Air Turbulence._ Or possibly, the _Experiencing A Significant Gravitas Shortfall._ ---
**Author:** ![Reeses\_Monkey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/reeses_monkey/32/2885_2.png) [@Reeses\_Monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reeses_Monkey)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2011, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/congratulations-you-just-won-a-yacht/590748/51 "2011-07-30T01:39:05Z")
**Throatwarbler Mangrove** of course! I used to live near a yacht repo pond in Dickinson, TX. Some of the names were great. My favorite was **In a Meeting.** As in, “Where were you all day?” “In a meeting.” I also liked the ones with a new name painted in over the old one. I heard somewhere that it’s bad luck to rename a ship. What could be worse luck than buying a yacht, renaming it and having it repoed? Here’s the link: [http://www.americanyachtsales.com/boats-for-sale/?slim=pp286064&lineonly&ps=200](http://www.americanyachtsales.com/boats-for-sale/?slim=pp286064&lineonly&ps=200) ---
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2011, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/congratulations-you-just-won-a-yacht/590748/52 "2011-07-30T02:56:40Z")
_Queen Anne’s Revenge._ ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2011, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/congratulations-you-just-won-a-yacht/590748/53 "2011-07-30T02:56:44Z")
The Valcour. It sound cool. It’s unusual. It’s got a nautical theme. And I grew up near the [battle](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Valcour_Island) site. ---
**Author:** ![Onomatopoeia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/onomatopoeia/32/4145_2.png) [@Onomatopoeia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Onomatopoeia)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2011, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/congratulations-you-just-won-a-yacht/590748/54 "2011-07-30T02:58:31Z")
> [@Bricker](#): > > 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? My current boat, a Four Winns 35 foot cruiser, is named Insane Desire, so I’d call it Insane Desire II, of course. 🙂 Seriously, I’d sell it. I don’t like the look of Bayliners, nor their signature Bayliner cat’s eye windows, and their cockpits are pretty austere when compared to other manufacturer’s boats. Also, Bayliner caters to the low-end market and, as such, their largest cruiser is smaller than many manufacturer’s midsizes. I don’t think they even make anything larger than a 32 footer anymore, and they haven’t made a flybridge boat in years. Their most popular flybridge boats, the 288 Classic and the 4788, are no longer in production, although there are tons of them on the used market. ---
**Author:** ![Suil\_Dubh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/85f322/32.png) [@Suil\_Dubh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Suil_Dubh)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2011, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/congratulations-you-just-won-a-yacht/590748/55 "2011-07-30T03:06:21Z")
_The Straight Float_ 😛 ---
**Author:** ![pravnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2011, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/congratulations-you-just-won-a-yacht/590748/56 "2011-07-30T03:15:16Z")
> [@Rand\_Rover](#): > > You get to become friends with a really great guy who owns a 44 foot yacht. Rarely do I crack up at the same joke twice, but this cracked me up again. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Tamerlane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tamerlane/32/7602_2.png) [@Tamerlane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tamerlane)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2011, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/congratulations-you-just-won-a-yacht/590748/57 "2011-07-30T03:28:25Z")
[Andriantsimitoviaminandriandehibe](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andriantsimitoviaminandriandehibe) 2. That or [Andrianjaka Razakatsitakatrandriana](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrianjaka_Razakatsitakatrandriana) 2. But I think Andriantsimitoviaminandriandehibe is a bit more euphonious ;). ---
**Author:** ![maisoui](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/85f322/32.png) [@maisoui](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/maisoui)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2011, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/congratulations-you-just-won-a-yacht/590748/58 "2011-07-30T03:59:42Z")
Our family saw [Scott Free](http://www.boatbookings.com/yacht_search/yacht_view.php?pid=3252) at Port Dover one Friday the 13th. Ever since, I have warned my son that if I ever had a yacht I would name it Scott-Free, and he wouldn’t be able to come aboard… 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2011, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/congratulations-you-just-won-a-yacht/590748/59 "2011-07-30T04:10:06Z")
Raymond or, avoiding the Python references, I’d go for _The Naughty Lass._ ---
**Author:** ![Kingspades](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecae2f/32.png) [@Kingspades](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kingspades)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2011, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/congratulations-you-just-won-a-yacht/590748/60 "2011-07-30T04:26:46Z")
> [@Reeses\_Monkey](#): > > **Throatwarbler Mangrove** of course! Nicely played! Me? I’d go for _Bearing Straight_ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/congratulations-you-just-won-a-yacht/590748.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/congratulations-you-just-won-a-yacht/590748.md?page=4)