# 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:** 4
**Author:** ![tomndebb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9e5f3/32.png) [@tomndebb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tomndebb)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2006, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanted-boat-names/365653/61 "2006-07-25T05:11:52Z")
Aqueous Cash Pit Helen Back Apple of Paris Three Notch Islander St Marys Islander Strait Dope ---
**Author:** ![CaveMike](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cavemike/32/16379_2.png) [@CaveMike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CaveMike)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2006, 5:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanted-boat-names/365653/62 "2006-07-25T05:34:40Z")
I always liked _Plan B_, but I have seen it used before in case that matters. ---
**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 25, 2006, 11:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanted-boat-names/365653/63 "2006-07-25T11:16:11Z")
[QUOTE=Sharky] 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. [/QUOTE] That is a main criterion for us. We also want to make sure we don’t use a name that could induce panic. That’s why we never used \*Paradigm Lost \* - we figured a broken radio message where the word “lost” was one of the few clear ones might not be a good thing. 😉 Which is why, when we counted that this will be our 5th sloop, we decided against using French or Spanish numbers: Cinq _(sank)_ or Cinco _(sink-o)_… Yesterday, **FCD** was looking at an astronomy site and came across a couple of star names that came from Greek mythology and had a water connection. Wish I could remember what they were, but they’re the leading contenders. Although I still like \*Silver Girl \* a lot. ---
**Author:** ![Cicero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cicero/32/3594_2.png) [@Cicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cicero)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2006, 11:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanted-boat-names/365653/64 "2006-07-25T11:28:15Z")
Faster Pussycat! Kill! Kill! ---
**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 25, 2006, 12:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanted-boat-names/365653/65 "2006-07-25T12:29:33Z")
Amusitude ---
**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2006, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanted-boat-names/365653/66 "2006-07-25T13:44:00Z")
Paint the whole thing hot pink, and name it _Floyd_ … ---
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2006, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanted-boat-names/365653/67 "2006-07-25T13:44:37Z")
_Sarsaparilla_ _I, Debtor_ (opposite of _I, Lender_) _Sloopy Seconds Duke of Bilgewater_ (from _Huckleberry Finn_) ---
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2006, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanted-boat-names/365653/68 "2006-07-25T13:45:42Z")
[QUOTE=VunderBob] Paint the whole thing hot pink, and name it _Floyd_ … [/QUOTE] …or _Somebody Else’s Problem_. ---
**Author:** ![Belrix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ed655f/32.png) [@Belrix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Belrix)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2006, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanted-boat-names/365653/69 "2006-07-25T15:34:08Z")
[QUOTE=FairyChatMom] Although I still like Silver Girl a lot. [/QUOTE] Use it with my blessings. The chance of me actually getting a boat is virtually nil. ---
**Author:** ![rhythmonly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ee59a6/32.png) [@rhythmonly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rhythmonly)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2006, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanted-boat-names/365653/70 "2006-07-25T16:03:42Z")
I’ve always liked “My Wife thinks I’m at Work”. ---
**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2006, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanted-boat-names/365653/71 "2006-07-25T16:18:06Z")
Ocean Gypsy. Wind Lass. I don’t recommend the name Damfino for obvious reasons. Whatever you name it, get a large plaque for it and post it prominantly: “My other boat is curently leased to Carnival Cruise Lines” 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Faruiza](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ecd19e/32.png) [@Faruiza](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Faruiza)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2006, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanted-boat-names/365653/72 "2006-07-25T16:44:32Z")
[QUOTE=FairyChatMom] 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, [/QUOTE] You _know_ a virgin?! :eek: 😃 ---
**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2006, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanted-boat-names/365653/73 "2006-07-25T16:49:57Z")
[QUOTE=Faruiza] You _know_ a virgin?! :eek: [/QUOTE] Probably an ugly 3rd grader who can run faster than her brothers… ---
**Author:** ![Draelin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce73a5/32.png) [@Draelin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Draelin)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2006, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanted-boat-names/365653/74 "2006-07-25T16:59:33Z")
I’ve always been partial to what they named the boat in _One Crazy Summer_. Which was, of course, _The Boat_. 😃 ---
**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 25, 2006, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanted-boat-names/365653/75 "2006-07-25T17:24:10Z")
[QUOTE=Draelin] I’ve always been partial to what they named the boat in _One Crazy Summer_. Which was, of course, _The Boat_. 😃 [/QUOTE] NEIN! Name it _Das Boot_! In case it, you know, sinks. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2006, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanted-boat-names/365653/76 "2006-07-25T17:52:15Z")
I love _Das Bootie_ and _Unsinkable II_. _Hang On Sloopy, Rudder Nonsense_ or _Tip Tape_ (spoken with a lisp). ---
**Author:** ![Spiff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiff/32/9852_2.png) [@Spiff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiff)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2006, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanted-boat-names/365653/77 "2006-07-25T18:40:13Z")
Nosmo King ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2006, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanted-boat-names/365653/78 "2006-07-25T18:47:15Z")
_Raging Queen_ (from an old SNL skit about gay pirates - well before Cap’n Jack Sparrow came along!) _Filthy Whore_ (from the funny/awful Chris Elliott movie, “Cabin Boy”) _Bonhomme Richard Essex Saratoga Lexington Kearsarge_ (for a bit of American naval history) ---
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2006, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanted-boat-names/365653/79 "2006-07-25T19:01:40Z")
[QUOTE=lieu] _Hang On Sloopy_ [/QUOTE] I thought about that, but then I thought, “Everybody’s gonna think of that.” 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Taters](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/taters/32/2845_2.png) [@Taters](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Taters)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2006, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanted-boat-names/365653/80 "2006-07-25T19:32:00Z")
[QUOTE=FairyChatMom] 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, [/QUOTE] Mmm-hmmm…and where are you gonna get virgin these days, huh? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanted-boat-names/365653.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanted-boat-names/365653.md?page=5)