One of the best boat naming stories I have heard resulted in the boat being
called "Dispute". The husband and wife could not agree on a name!
--
Jonathan
Indigo C&C 35III
SOUTHPORT CT
> On Sep 17, 2015, at 00:45, Patrick Davin via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com>
> wrote:
>
> When we were choosing our boat name recently we had a few guidelines:
> - No puns, silly names, or motor boat names ("Master Baiter")
> - Relatively easy to pronounce, spell, and understand over the VHF
> - Uniqueness - some names are very common (Amazing Grace, Second Wind, etc)
> and it'd be unfortunate to have the same name as someone else in the marina
> or sailing region. Ideally it'd even be unique in the US Coast Guard database
> (which you can check online), in case you ever want to become a documented
> vessel.
>
> If you're into music, a lot of our ideas revolved around song names - High
> Hopes (Pink Floyd), An Awesome Wave (Alt-J), Tessellate (Alt-J).
>
> Although some names - like An Awesome Wave - can seem like they're tempting
> the fates / sea gods. I wouldn't pick a name like Rogue Wave because for one
> it might be bad luck, and if you ever do get into trouble, people will say "I
> told you so."
>
> -Patrick
> S/V Violet Hour, LF38
> Seattle, WA
>
>> On Wed, Sep 16, 2015 at 8:49 PM, <cnc-list-requ...@cnc-list.com> wrote:
>> From: djhaug...@juno.com
>> To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com
>> Cc:
>> Date: Wed, 16 Sep 2015 21:53:59 -0400
>> Subject: Stus-List boat names
>> OK coming up with a new name for our new boat is proving very difficult.
>>
>> I thought I would throw it out to you guys for some ideas!
>>
>> Maybe you came across something sometime and thought wow what a great name
>> for a boat!
>>
>> I can't believe this is so difficult... Lol
>>
>> Danny
>
>
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