It took us 4 years to rename our boat. We bought it in Lake George and hauled it to her new home on Lake Champlain and the 1st thing I did was peel off the vinyl lettering of her old name, Jack Rabbit. The former owner also applied a giant, two actually, one on each side of the hull, near the stern, vinyl cartoon character of a Jack rabbit. Pretty ugly. I'm an Irish citizen, so I wanted something Irish, but then a friend said she'd hate to see me call the Coast Guard in an emergency and try to get them to understand the name of the boat in Irish. For example, if I named the boat "Seaworthy" in Irish, the call would go like this; "May Day, May Day, this is Muiracmhainneach!" "Say again, sir? Could you spell that?" As I'm sinking I'm teaching Irish to the Coast Guard. My partner never sailed before meeting me, and as we heeled over she'd hit the deck and scream, so keeping true to my Irish roots I thought I'd name the boat "Screaming Banshee" (in English), an Irish fairy maiden, who, unfortunately, foreshadows doom. "Come on aboard, oh, don't worry, this sail isn't doomed, really, it's just a name." But as cruisers, I didn't want to be plodding along and have another cruiser fly past us with us sporting "Screaming" in our name. So, long story short, we named her Banshee (in a Celtic script, of course!). Ed > > From: "bobmor99 ." <bobmo...@gmail.com> > Date: September 21, 2015 8:55:55 PM EDT > To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com > 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 > > > On Wed, Sep 16, 2015 at 9:53 PM, Danny Haughey via CnC-List > <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > 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 > _______________________________________________ > > 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 > > > > > > From: Martin DeYoung <mdeyo...@deyoungmfg.com> > Date: September 21, 2015 9:26:57 PM EDT > To: "cnc-list@cnc-list.com" <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> > Subject: Re: Stus-List boat names > > > 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 > > <image002.jpg> > > 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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