I heard of a boat named “Ruthless” as the owner’s wife, Ruth, would not set foot on the boat.
A friend of mine owned a Yamaha 36 named “Made in Japan”. Another friend owned a J-24 named “Jail Bait”. My wife and I towed that J-24 across the country to participate in the 1989 J-24 Worlds in Kingston. A lot of truck drivers took a close look at my wife as they passed, especially in So Dakota. I took part in a 1985 Transpac charter of a Barnett 52 named “Climax”. “Climax” was owned by two lady part doctors. I sailed several Sauza Cups (Lahaina YC, Maui) on a Choate 40 named “Phoenix” as the owner’s previous boat burned to the waterline after his spouse over-primed the alcohol stove and the fire got out of control. I named the Ericson 30+ I owned in the 80’s “Helen Highwater”. My father-in-law saw that on a painting of a WW2 bomber with a provocatively dressed Helen added for emphasis. Martin DeYoung Calypso 1971 C&C 43 Seattle [Description: Description: Description: cid:D1BF9853-22F7-47FB-86F2-4115CE0BAF2F] From: CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] On Behalf Of bobmor99 . via CnC-List Sent: Monday, September 21, 2015 5:56 PM To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com Cc: bobmor99 . Subject: Re: Stus-List boat names Years ago, I had to come up with a name for my then-new-to-me 33-1 prior to transiting a drawbridge for the first time. I didn't want to ID myself as "the nameless white sailboat returning to sea". Bridge tender: "How do you spell that?". It's just six pieces of tape, which have long since fallen off. It's somewhere on my list... Was briefly called "Hugs and Kisses", after additional OXs were surreptitiously added by a beercan race competitor. Also, 0x is a prefix denoting a hexadecimal value (if you're into computer stuff). Bridge tender: "Is that 'oh X' or 'zero X'?". --Oxman C&C 33-1 Jax, FL
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