Another outstanding bad boat name

dandowneast · Post by **dandowneast** » Fri May 29, 2009 10:07 pm

Spotted on Long Island NY- " Mast Confusion"

Oscar · Post by **Oscar** » Fri May 29, 2009 11:49 pm

Oh boy.....

Quetzalsailor · Post by **Quetzalsailor** » Mon Jun 01, 2009 8:24 am

"Mast Transit" sails out of Swan Creek with a dinghy that has a related name that I have, thankfully, forgotten.

My dad was particularly taken with a cruising boat named "Sail On"; it's towed dink was "And On".

A little too close to my profession is the overstuffed powerboat called "Change Order" whose dink is "Original Contract".

LazyGuy · Post by **LazyGuy** » Tue Jun 02, 2009 8:38 pm

I saw a power boat that must have been owned by someone Jewish

"Ahoy Vey"

jlroberts280 · Post by **jlroberts280** » Mon Jun 08, 2009 8:58 pm

I saw the worst ever the other day, a fishing boat called...... "Master Baiter". Imagine calling the coast guard with that one.

Commander-147 · Post by **Commander-147** » Mon Jun 08, 2009 9:29 pm

My past boat I called Sanity. It was my island of sanity in an otherwise insane world.

My friend told me I should call my current boat a commander "Insanity" he said he could hear it now "Coast Guard, Coast Guard this is Insanity do you copy?"

Post by **Tim** » Fri Jun 19, 2009 7:33 am

One of the all-time bad name champs, observed just yesterday:

hebert01 · Post by **hebert01** » Fri Jun 19, 2009 10:29 am

that will be tough to beat.

Rachel · Post by **Rachel** » Mon Jun 22, 2009 1:51 pm

Sure will. I guess we might as well change the name of the thread to "Bad boat names that pale in comparison to the hideous one Tim spotted"

Yeesh.

R.

Tom Javor · Post by **Tom Javor** » Mon Jun 22, 2009 4:36 pm

the electric "palm tree" should have been a good clue to take a closer look..

Quetzalsailor · Post by **Quetzalsailor** » Mon Jul 06, 2009 11:38 am

Seen on a powerboat in Kent Island Narrows last Thursday: 'G Spot'.

No, really!

Triton439 · Post by **Triton439** » Mon Jul 06, 2009 8:11 pm

Also on Kent Island...

On a fishing boat in Kentmorr Harbor Marina - "Striper's Garter"

How nice.

Bluenose · Post by **Bluenose** » Wed Jul 29, 2009 7:09 am

We're not likely to have any real contenders to Tim's title in little ole Fishbay. But it's not from a lack of trying.

Rachel · Post by **Rachel** » Wed Jul 29, 2009 2:29 pm

Just last night I thought of this thread when I saw a boat named...

"Ships and Giggles"

Just to add to the whole thing, it was a pontoon boat. I'm only sorry I wasn't able to get a photo.

R.

Bluenose · Post by **Bluenose** » Wed Jul 29, 2009 2:53 pm

Rachel wrote:Just last night I thought of this thread when I saw a boat named...

"Ships and Giggles"

Just to add to the whole thing, it was a pontoon boat. I'm only sorry I wasn't able to get a photo.

R.

Uh Oh! I'm in trouble.... I actually kind of think that one is cute. And fitting for a pontoon boat.

Figment · Post by **Figment** » Thu Jul 30, 2009 7:52 pm

(I rather like ships and giggles too)

Spotted last night: "Sails Call"

Idon84 · Post by **Idon84** » Fri Jul 31, 2009 12:51 am

"Willie Tippit"

Nothing more to report.

Chris Campbell · Post by **Chris Campbell** » Fri Jul 31, 2009 8:18 am

I confess to liking Ships and Giggles also. For any sort of non-classic powerboat, really.

But I also have to confess to having a plan to name my first boat "Faust", and the dinghy "Mephistopheles". Fortunately, by the time I got my first boat I had decided against it (and she came with the perfectly acceptable name of Pegasus anyway).

Hirilondë · Post by **Hirilondë** » Fri Jul 31, 2009 4:42 pm

There are a lot of boats out there with amusing names. There are many that give me a good laugh. But I wouldn't use any of them as amusing people doesn't quite seem enough of a reason to choose any given boat name. I will admit to liking that others seem to consider it reason enough.

Quetzalsailor · Post by **Quetzalsailor** » Sun Aug 02, 2009 3:44 pm

My father-in-law called one of his boats 'Surcease'. When asked what it meant, he'd explain 'Sure Stop'. (We call our oldest Flying Dutchman, and our first boat together, Surcease in his honor.)

Not a bad name, though, I don't think. (I called our second FD 'Surfeit', and the third was to be 'Surprise', after Patrick O'Brien's fictional frigate.)

Chris Campbell · Post by **Chris Campbell** » Thu Aug 13, 2009 10:26 am

I apologize in advance for the lack of picture, but I saw a ~25' cabin runabout last night named:

Oh-Sea-Dee

It did appear to be quite clean.

s/v Groovy · Post by **s/v Groovy** » Thu Aug 13, 2009 4:25 pm

all I could do was to just shake my head...

ghostwriter247 · Post by **ghostwriter247** » Fri Aug 14, 2009 12:15 am

Some freinds were a father son team on a small boat, and they named her

did knot
Did too

heartofgold · Post by **heartofgold** » Mon Aug 17, 2009 4:11 pm

I apologize in advance for the lack of picture, but I saw a ~25' cabin runabout last night named:

Oh-Sea-Dee

It did appear to be quite clean.

I refuse to call it OCD anymore. Simply Unacceptable. It is CDO.

(it absolutely must be alphabetized)

Henk · Post by **Henk** » Sat Aug 22, 2009 12:44 am

Seen in Poet's Cove, South Pender Island, British Columbia, on a big power boat...
'Kiss my Aft'

Ceasar Choppy · Post by **Ceasar Choppy** » Thu Aug 27, 2009 9:11 am

This boat name speaks for itself... I will add, that it is located not too far from a sewerage treatment plant that tends to overflow after a heavy rain.

Tom in Ohio · Post by **Tom in Ohio** » Fri Aug 28, 2009 12:27 am

Airbrushed art always adds that extra touch of class to anything - boats, cars, t-shirts, license plate holders.

Post by **Tim** » Wed Sep 16, 2009 1:33 pm

Heard secondhand from a friend: $tocks & Blonde$

(complete with dollar signs in place of the first and last "S", which always adds that elusive touch of class...)

Figment · Post by **Figment** » Wed Sep 16, 2009 3:21 pm

Dennis, what was the one we saw in Greenport? "Loose Knots"?

(think bart simpson prank calling moe's tavern)

LazyGuy · Post by **LazyGuy** » Wed Sep 16, 2009 6:07 pm

Damn. I knew you were going to ask. I am drawing a complete blank. Must have had too many Nastygansetts.

Mario G · Post by **Mario G** » Wed Sep 16, 2009 9:38 pm

I think I'm calling my next boat "Dont Wake Me"

DaleH · Post by **DaleH** » Thu Sep 17, 2009 12:13 pm

Clearly a commercial vessel, but this sure is a candidate!

Please DELETE if considered too off-color for these outstanding forums ...

And apologies in advance if considered to be in poor taste.

Figment · Post by **Figment** » Thu Sep 17, 2009 6:31 pm

Figment · Post by **Figment** » Mon Nov 30, 2009 2:35 pm

Having trouble getting the pic off the camera(phone), but spotted in FL last week: Wasted Seaman

Figment · Post by **Figment** » Wed Dec 02, 2009 8:44 am

full disclosure... I was on a charter called "Pro-Fish-In-Sea" at the time.

Rachel · Post by **Rachel** » Wed Dec 02, 2009 2:19 pm

Then I guess the people on Wasted Seaman will soon be posting a pic of "your" transom in this thread ;)

(How do these people ever call on the VHF radio without dying of embarrassment or dissolving in a gale of laughter?)

Quetzalsailor · Post by **Quetzalsailor** » Wed Dec 02, 2009 8:41 pm

Think 'different species'. Think 'Darwin Awards'.

(I just erased an abusive, but funny I'd hoped, rant about that kind of intellect.)

Ceasar Choppy · Post by **Ceasar Choppy** » Fri Dec 04, 2009 12:39 am

Rachel wrote:(How do these people ever call on the VHF radio without dying of embarrassment or dissolving in a gale of laughter?)

Two boats: Oh my god and Fantastic

On Ch. 16: "Oh my god, Oh my god, Oh my god... this is Fantastic... "

Idon84 · Post by **Idon84** » Sat Dec 05, 2009 4:33 pm

That is exactly what we would say... but it's O-MY-GOD, not Oh my god.

Of course it helps when you show with a scraggly group of barefooted sailors half drunk, blaring the Souther Culture on the Skids heading to the yacht club to finish off the keg. I think we fit the part.

Ceaser, where did you see a Oh my god? I thought we were the only one!

Ceasar Choppy · Post by **Ceasar Choppy** » Sun Dec 06, 2009 8:37 am

Nice work there Bryon. I only heard the boat. Didn't see it.

This radio call has just moved one step closer to being verifiable... I mean, I could imagine someone naming their boat Fantastic, but.... OMG?

Figment · Post by **Figment** » Mon Dec 07, 2009 11:33 am

What is that smoky green hull to windward?

Idon84 · Post by **Idon84** » Mon Dec 07, 2009 2:16 pm

That's Koosa, a Pearson 36.

Matt B. · Post by **Matt B.** » Thu Dec 10, 2009 7:53 pm

Idon84 wrote:Ceaser, where did you see a Oh my god? I thought we were the only one!

Sorry, Idon, you're not only not the only one, you're not the only one in Puget Sound. There's one in Everett, I think it's a Catalina 30. Haven't seen her leave the slip in a while.

Quetzalsailor · Post by **Quetzalsailor** » Fri Dec 25, 2009 5:38 pm

Sue and I are in RI and CT over Christmas, and who-knows-where in New England next week. Seen in East Greenwich Yacht Club: 'Knot A Clew' and one other just as dreadful, which we've both forgotten.

christopher · Post by **christopher** » Fri Dec 25, 2009 9:51 pm

I saw one in a slip this year named "Turd Cutter". It even had graphics to illustrate what is so commonly seen floating around the harbors here in Milwaukee on Lake Michigan.

Ceasar Choppy · Post by **Ceasar Choppy** » Sun Dec 27, 2009 1:54 am

christopher wrote:I saw one in a slip this year named "Turd Cutter". It even had graphics to illustrate what is so commonly seen floating around the harbors here in Milwaukee on Lake Michigan.

Sadly, all you have to do is look about half-way up this thread and you will see it. What do I win?

Rachel · Post by **Rachel** » Fri Jan 01, 2010 9:41 pm

I thought I might have mentioned this one already, which I saw on a powerboat, but I don't see it. It's not such a bad name, if it weren't for the "misspelling."

"Wood Pecker"

(At least I assumed it was supposed to be the bird known as a woodpecker. But who knows anymore.)

Rachel · Post by **Rachel** » Mon Jan 11, 2010 11:43 pm

On my way back from Florida last week, I saw a pair of huge-ish power boats on trailers headed north on I-95. The first one had a fairly typical name, which I forget. The second one had a name that was bad enough it took me a few minutes (I was in traffic, mind you) to "get" the joke:

"Blue Moor Money"

Ooookay.....

ddsailor25 · Post by **ddsailor25** » Wed Jan 20, 2010 5:22 pm

I have seen many bad names. My number one is, "DON'T PANIC!" and it's written upside down.

Dave

earlylight · Post by **earlylight** » Wed Jan 20, 2010 7:08 pm

A few years back while wandering around a boatyard looking for a project boat I came across a boat named "What It Is" with a hailport of "Where Its At".....A power boat obviously :-)