# Wanted: Boat names **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [July 23, 2006, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanted-boat-names/365653 "2006-07-23T00:22:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![DMark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@DMark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMark)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2006, 7:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanted-boat-names/365653/21 "2006-07-23T07:00:18Z")
Titanic II Big Nemo Das Bootie For Sail 3 Hour Tour Master Bait Moby Vagina ---
**Author:** ![Xixox](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/13edae/32.png) [@Xixox](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Xixox)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2006, 9:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanted-boat-names/365653/22 "2006-07-23T09:18:55Z")
_ **TYPE** __ **R** _ **Mi-go Canister** **d73H** (handy if it capsizes) ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2006, 10:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanted-boat-names/365653/23 "2006-07-23T10:56:57Z")
ummmm, interesting suggestions… Some of you people are truly warped, which is why I spend so much time on the Dope. One of the best boat names we ever encountered was on an old steel boat. She was called _Effie O’Two_. But I wouldn’t want to have a boat name that I’d have to explain all the time. We subscribe to several boating magazines, and one of them publishes a list of the most popular names every year. _Osprey_ is always up there, along with the ever-popular _Miss B. Haven_. We also knew a boat named _Therapy_ owned by a therapist - he could honestly say he was in _Therapy_ when he was sailing. Same marina had a motor yacht called _Conference_ - similar reasoning. Anyway, keep the ideas coming - no offense, but so far, no dice… Oh yeah, if you didn’t get it, Effie O’Two = FeO[sub]2[/sub] = rust. Steel boat - rust - get it?? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2006, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanted-boat-names/365653/24 "2006-07-23T12:42:11Z")
Misread the thread title and thought you were looking for beat names – my suggestion would be fine for a boat, too, though: Hepcat Daddio ---
**Author:** ![Harmonious\_Discord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/74df32/32.png) [@Harmonious\_Discord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonious_Discord)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2006, 12:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanted-boat-names/365653/25 "2006-07-23T12:54:47Z")
Yes! Funday Ineda Breeze Skirting Gale Gale Riding Sea Mummer Wave Reaver Serendipity No! Kinky Maiden Flying Old Crone Rightous Indignation Booty Call BOTOX Big Blow Sound of Silence ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2006, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanted-boat-names/365653/26 "2006-07-23T13:04:42Z")
**Not Sinking, Sailing.** Or sticking to the beat names idea -\*\* Maynard G Krebs\*\* ---
**Author:** ![The\_Flying\_Dutchman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/9fc348/32.png) [@The\_Flying\_Dutchman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Flying_Dutchman)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2006, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanted-boat-names/365653/27 "2006-07-23T13:29:33Z")
> [@from link](#): > > The hull and rudder were faired as well as barrier coated several years ago Obviously the boat has undergone a major blister repair. Hope you check out the bottom before buying, because if the repair is not done properly the blisters can return. How about Git-R-Done Bring It On ---
**Author:** ![pullin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c57346/32.png) [@pullin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pullin)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2006, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanted-boat-names/365653/28 "2006-07-23T14:25:51Z")
I guess this wouldn’t work if you paid cash for it, but we named one of our boats (years ago): “_Ode to the Bank_”. ---
**Author:** ![Scruloose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e68b1a/32.png) [@Scruloose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scruloose)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2006, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanted-boat-names/365653/29 "2006-07-23T14:55:01Z")
I don’t have name ideas on par with those offered already, but I’ll relay what I once read in a book that had a section on naming your vessel: Never name your boat anything that can be viewed as defiant or challenging to the elements. Boats with names like _Storm Runner_, _Gale Chaser_, or _Unstoppable_ seem to find their way to the bottom faster than most. ---
**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:** [July 23, 2006, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanted-boat-names/365653/30 "2006-07-23T14:59:53Z")
[QUOTE=Scruloose] Never name your boat anything that can be viewed as defiant or challenging to the elements. Boats with names like _Storm Runner_, _Gale Chaser_, or _Unstoppable_ seem to find their way to the bottom faster than most. [/QUOTE] So _Llyr Is A Pussy_ is right out? Alternatively, _Lir_, _Ler_ ---
**Author:** ![Doom\_Slinger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9d8465/32.png) [@Doom\_Slinger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doom_Slinger)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2006, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanted-boat-names/365653/31 "2006-07-23T15:04:12Z")
I always liked _Unsinkable II_. ---
**Author:** ![Chanteuse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9de053/32.png) [@Chanteuse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chanteuse)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2006, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanted-boat-names/365653/32 "2006-07-23T15:12:21Z")
_Wind Lass_ I saw this name in a book–thought it sounded nice (and used it when I had to name a boat in a computer game 🙂 )! ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2006, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanted-boat-names/365653/33 "2006-07-23T17:12:33Z")
[QUOTE=The Flying Dutchman] Obviously the boat has undergone a major blister repair. Hope you check out the bottom before buying, because if the repair is not done properly the blisters can return. [/QUOTE] It’s on the hard right now, and the bottom looks really good. However, we will have our surveyor give it the once-over. He’s very good and very thorough. But as far as we can tell, this vessel has been very well-cared-for. Oh yeah, and I remembered the other boat name I wanted to share here. We saw this on a J-boat in Annapolis: _Dead and Bloated_ :eek: I’m not sure I want to know the story behind that name. ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2006, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanted-boat-names/365653/34 "2006-07-23T17:16:33Z")
[QUOTE=Doom Slinger] I always liked _Unsinkable II_. [/QUOTE] OK, this one cracked me right up! If it wasn’t for the don’t-tempt-the-fates advice… 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2006, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanted-boat-names/365653/35 "2006-07-23T17:26:01Z")
[QUOTE=Triskadecamus] In the Washington Daily News, long ago, there was a comic strip. One frame, actually, appearing daily, about a group of monks. One of my favorite was a picture of the brothers aboard their sailboat, “The Fiscal Irresponsibility III.” Tris [/QUOTE] Once upon a time, there was a **better** Comic Strip named _Pogo_, by Walt Kelly. > **[Pogo](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pogo#Formula)** > > Pogo, PoGo or POGO may refer to: > [@](#): > > The inhabitants of Okefenokee often go about in flat-bottomed, slab-sided punts, usually bearing the name of one of Kelly’s friends and family, or someone whom he wished to honor. Sometimes a newspaper editor was promised that his name would appear on a boat if he bought the strip. Therefore, I suggest that you name you boat ```auto USS Ole Walt Kelly ``` . Be kind to the ghost of a fine old cartoonist. ---
**Author:** ![Harmonious\_Discord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/74df32/32.png) [@Harmonious\_Discord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonious_Discord)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2006, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanted-boat-names/365653/36 "2006-07-23T18:00:09Z")
Banana ---
**Author:** ![Scruloose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e68b1a/32.png) [@Scruloose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scruloose)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2006, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanted-boat-names/365653/37 "2006-07-23T18:03:30Z")
[QUOTE=Johnny L.A.] So _Llyr Is A Pussy_ is right out? [/QUOTE] Only in the North Atlantic; anywhere else and you’re safe as kittens. _Unsinkable II_ - that’s awesome. I was at the start of the Chicago to Mackinac race yesterday. I don’t recall seeing any particularly clever names, but here’s [the complete list](http://www.chicagoyachtclub.org/racetomackinac/entries.cfm) of racers which may help inspire a name. I did see a giant Greatful Dead flag flying from one boat, but I didn’t catch the name. Perhaps it was the _Lucky Dubie 2_? My favorite from the race: _Kutty’s Ark_ ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2006, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanted-boat-names/365653/38 "2006-07-23T18:10:08Z")
[QUOTE=Harmonious Discord] Banana [/QUOTE] Believe it or not, my husband had a boat named Banana years before we met. I think we even have a life jacket that has Banana written on it. ---
**Author:** ![Tikki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/5daacb/32.png) [@Tikki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tikki)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2006, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanted-boat-names/365653/39 "2006-07-23T18:32:24Z")
[QUOTE=Bosda Di’Chi of Tricor] Therefore, I suggest that you name you boat ```auto USS Ole Walt Kelly ``` . [/QUOTE] I really like that. I fondly remember reading _Pogo_ as a kid and musing over the names on the boats. One of my favorite names was on an 18 or 20 foot motor-powered craft with a cabin cobbled together near the bow. It was called Toyachta. ---
**Author:** ![Tikki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/5daacb/32.png) [@Tikki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tikki)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2006, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanted-boat-names/365653/40 "2006-07-23T18:56:01Z")
Make that more like 15 0r 16 feet. It was tiny! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanted-boat-names/365653.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanted-boat-names/365653.md?page=3)