When I was a teenager we had a McVay Minuette. Is a 19 ft boat based off the Bluenose Sloop design with a full keel and attached rudder etc... Had a lot of fun with that boat. We would sheet everything in tight and turn beam on to wind to see how far we could heel the boat. Usually the leeward rail, winch, coaming and seat were under water. Decided to name the boat. Took out a Thesaurus and looked up synonyms for heeling. The two candidates were Flat Out and Full Tilt. We chose Full Tilt
Many years later when my wife and I purchased our first boat it was a Paceship P23. I wanted to call it Full Tilt 2. My wife wanted to name it after our daughters Chelsea and Sarah and name it Chelsara. Both were rejected and we opted for their nicknames and called the boat Monkeybear. Our friends thought it the worst name ever and when the boat was eventually sold it was promptly renamed "Steady Pace" Our next boat was a Hinterhoeller Niagara 26. It was called "Waratah II" which is something of a nice breeze in Swahili or some other language. The name had to go. Was getting pressure at home to get a second cat as a pet. The compromise was if I relented and allowed another pet I would be able to name the boat what I wanted (she knew would be full tilt 2). What was not known was the name was going on port and starbord aft and was over five feet long and a foot high so that it could be read. Was in the Blade Runner font so looked fast even. Was the best combination of font, bold size and name I could have used. The next owners have kept the name and still race the boat After a number of years we no longer needed a cabin so we sold the Niagara and purchased a J27. The boat came with the name "Nut Case". We liked the name and kept it. Previous names for that boat were "Lickety Split" and "Reckless Disregard". I would have kept any of those three names. Once sold the boat was eventually renamed "Line Drive" Our current boat came with the name Persistence prominently displayed on the transom. "Padanaram" was also there and took us a while to learn to pronounce (until some people from that area happened by one day). I liked the name Persistence and the fact that it was already on the boat made me like it more. Was getting pressured to change the name to Nut Case or something similar so I registered the boat as Persistence V out of Halifax and just changed the port on the transom Sometimes the simplest solution is to keep the name already with the boat when you purchased it. Unless of course you hate that name Mike Persistence Halifax _______________________________________________ Email address: CnC-List@cnc-list.com To change your list preferences, including unsubscribing -- go to the bottom of page at: http://cnc-list.com/mailman/listinfo/cnc-list_cnc-list.com
