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    Posted: 21 Feb 10 at 9:29pm
Originally posted by Slippery Jim


With or without barnacles?


hmm good question.... I shall start testing immediately (after a quick nap and some biscuits)
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Originally posted by Adamk93

i'm glad this is bizzare, id be worried if i had become
anything near normal  and yes plenty of boats are named after animals,
but really, how many have the exact scaled proportions of a fish? or a
hornet? imagine a boat with the hull the same shape as the under side of
a blue whale....... that i'm guessing would be quite efficient


With or without barnacles?

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Pass the skiff, man!
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i'm glad this is bizzare, id be worried if i had become anything near normal 
and yes plenty of boats are named after animals, but really, how many have the exact scaled proportions of a fish? or a hornet?
imagine a boat with the hull the same shape as the under side of a blue whale....... that i'm guessing would be quite efficient
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Zugvogel, Osprey, colibri, Coraal, Conger..., Toucan...
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Dart Hawk, Hobie Tiger, Hobie Fox, Hobie Wild Cat

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This has to be the most bizarre thread i have ever stumbled into!
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Originally posted by I luv Wight

Halibut - no I made that one up

Now what sort of boat would that be a good class name for? Maybe an Open 60 since its big and flat:-)
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Woodpussy?

I always wonderered where that name came from.

 

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Have to start with
Waterwag  - because they were first
Albacore - built by Woof of course
SigneT -  cygnet but this didn't fit with  the Sunday Times
(Fairey) Duckling
Swan -  oops not a dinghy
Sunfish - the most popular dinghy in the world
Halibut - no I made that one up


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as is the Albacore.
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