# 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:** 3
**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, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanted-boat-names/365653/41 "2006-07-23T19:49:39Z")
Inspiration hit as I was driving from my pizza pick up this afternoon. I live in Helen, MD (Yeah, my mailing address is Mechanicsville, but I’m in Helen.) So if we make our hailing port Helen, and we name the boat Troy, it’ll be Troy of Helen. So whaddya think? 😃 My husband hated that idea… ---
**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, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanted-boat-names/365653/42 "2006-07-23T21:19:06Z")
Well, [here’s](http://www.seventhsanctum.com/generate.php?Genname=pirateshipnamer) one place to get us a boat name… ---
**Author:** ![dbygawdcapn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dbygawdcapn/32/3995_2.png) [@dbygawdcapn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dbygawdcapn)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2006, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanted-boat-names/365653/43 "2006-07-23T21:26:58Z")
I like it. If you are going to use Helen for your hailing port, how about… Mount Saint (Helen) Climb the (Helen) A Handbasket or Keel-N-Time His Sea Fit Effen Sloop Doggy Dogg ---
**Author:** ![Long\_Time\_First\_Time](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ad7895/32.png) [@Long\_Time\_First\_Time](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Long_Time_First_Time)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2006, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanted-boat-names/365653/44 "2006-07-23T22:50:38Z")
I’ve always wanted to see a boat named \*\* Camel of the Ocean\*\* Turnabout’s fair play. ---
**Author:** ![Rysdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/7cd45c/32.png) [@Rysdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rysdad)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2006, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanted-boat-names/365653/45 "2006-07-23T23:00:12Z")
If it was a guy’s boat, it could be named _My Moustache_, as in, “Would you like to go for a ride on My Moustache?” There was a boat in the marina where I had my houseboat, and on the back was: 1 - O - 1 and the zero in the middle had a cartoon of a mangy hound with a smirk on it’s face. The actual name of the boat: One Spot One. Cute. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2006, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanted-boat-names/365653/46 "2006-07-23T23:52:26Z")
How about: U 4 E A ---
**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, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanted-boat-names/365653/47 "2006-07-23T23:57:19Z")
_Sloop Too Nuts_ ---
**Author:** ![Bumbazine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bumbazine/32/362_2.png) [@Bumbazine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bumbazine)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2006, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanted-boat-names/365653/48 "2006-07-24T00:27:36Z")
I saw a sailboat very much like that one named _Mental Floss_ yesterday. Gee, I wonder who it could belong to? If your luck is anything like mine was when I used to sail, you could name it \* Be Calmed\*. I’m not feeling too clever today. It’s about 120 degrees American in this corner of the house just now. Sea ya’ Later. ---
**Author:** ![legalsnugs](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/45deac/32.png) [@legalsnugs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/legalsnugs)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2006, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanted-boat-names/365653/49 "2006-07-24T00:42:36Z")
Hole in the Water ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2006, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanted-boat-names/365653/50 "2006-07-24T00:47:11Z")
I say, spit in the face of fate! How about _Titanic II Andrea Doria II Edmund Fitzgerald Junior The Bismark_ If you insist on more conventional names \*Sail Call Sail Fraud Wind Yammer Undecided Boater Phisherman \* ---
**Author:** ![Seven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Seven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Seven)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2006, 5:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanted-boat-names/365653/51 "2006-07-24T05:44:29Z")
We nicknamed my friends boat **Land Ho** because it never left its trailer in the driveway. How about going generic and calling it **Sailboat**? how about something anti-boater like **Mr Sinky** , **Cap Size** or **Bottom Dweller**. **This or New Tits**? Perhaps something that has nothing to do with water like **Automated Teller Machine** , **Pizza** or **Ditch Digger**. **Microsoft Bob**? **Not Stupid - Just Dinghy**. ---
**Author:** ![Yllaria](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yllaria/32/3452_2.png) [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2006, 5:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanted-boat-names/365653/52 "2006-07-24T05:57:42Z")
I’d steal a proposed but unused spaceship name from Schlock Mercenary: Polysyllabic Designation. ---
**Author:** ![DrMemory](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/977dab/32.png) [@DrMemory](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrMemory)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2006, 12:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanted-boat-names/365653/53 "2006-07-24T12:18:34Z")
Hot Ruddered Bum ---
**Author:** ![Skipper\_Too](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6de8d8/32.png) [@Skipper\_Too](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skipper_Too)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2006, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanted-boat-names/365653/54 "2006-07-24T18:43:18Z")
Boater here Checking in my three sailboats currently have the names of Walkabout Dillworth Zeeboli I would caution against something cute and clever that borders on offensive. I have heard someon on the radio hailing “Bull Ship, Bull Ship, Bull Ship” and it took me untill the third time the name was called to realize that it wasn’t a random person shouting an curse word. I have a friend that has named his boat RX to Sea, his old boat was always Baroque I have seen Billable Hours or (ours) not sure on which spelling they used there are also your fair share of everyday of the week’s child ---
**Author:** ![Belrix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ed655f/32.png) [@Belrix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Belrix)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2006, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanted-boat-names/365653/55 "2006-07-24T18:53:28Z")
_Silver Girl_ is a name I’ve always wanted for a boat. Simon & Garfunkle, of course. ---
**Author:** ![Faruiza](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ecd19e/32.png) [@Faruiza](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Faruiza)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2006, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanted-boat-names/365653/56 "2006-07-24T19:58:06Z")
I thought it was bad luck to re-name a boat?! If you’re in to superstition and all that. That said, I’m glad I liked the name mine came with. It would have made me uncomfortable to have a boat name I couldn’t get with and couldn’t change. **First Time** Suited the experience just fine! It won’t be mine for long anyway. It isn’t just right, and the Mr. says that if he’s going to keep throwing money into a toy, he’s damnwell going to get something he really wants. It makes me sad, but he’s right. Plus, when starting a business, one needs the available capital. He says that when the business takes off, within about 2 years we can buy a brand new one. Right. I’ll make my appointment with Egg Harbor right now! 😃 ---
**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 24, 2006, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanted-boat-names/365653/57 "2006-07-24T23:54:52Z")
[QUOTE=Belrix] _Silver Girl_ is a name I’ve always wanted for a boat. Simon & Garfunkle, of course. [/QUOTE] This is a good one - I’ve always loved S&G - can’t believe this never occurred to me! ---
**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 24, 2006, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanted-boat-names/365653/58 "2006-07-24T23:57:39Z")
[QUOTE=Faruiza] I thought it was bad luck to re-name a boat?! If you’re in to superstition and all that. [/QUOTE] No, it’s not bad luck as long as you get a virgin to pee on her foredeck. :eek: At least, that what my spousal unit, the big-shot licensed Coast Guard Master, tells me, ---
**Author:** ![mhendo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mhendo/32/3159_2.png) [@mhendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhendo)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2006, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanted-boat-names/365653/59 "2006-07-25T02:38:25Z")
Does the sailboat have a dinghy attached? Dinghy: Paid IV Sailboat: Knot Paid IV ---
**Author:** ![Sharky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbce88/32.png) [@Sharky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sharky)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2006, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanted-boat-names/365653/60 "2006-07-25T04:25:45Z")
[QUOTE=Xixox] **d73H** (handy if it capsizes) [/QUOTE] Can’t top that one. 😃 As a retired commercial captain, the only advice I can offer is to choose a name that doesn’t sound silly when you make a radio call. Back in the early 80s I delivered a new sailboat that was named **Nookie**. The owner was a strip club operator. My last sailboat was named **Corsair** , as a tribute to the airplanes my late father flew in WW2, and sort of a (very) weak play-on-words of rough weather (coarse air). [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanted-boat-names/365653.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanted-boat-names/365653.md?page=4)