Boat Names!
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Topic: Boat Names!
Posted By: radial179102
Subject: Boat Names!
Date Posted: 30 Dec 06 at 5:35pm
Rightey, I need a name for my Europe. So list some funny names or good boat names you have seen, think would be a good idea! ------------- 
Villan is my Bitch ;) |
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Posted By: Webmuppet
Date Posted: 30 Dec 06 at 5:52pm
How about "Final Countdown" ? which was the only hit by a band called "Europe" some time in the 80's (so my wife tells me) 
------------- I am the milkman of human kindness, I will leave an extra pint (Billy Bragg) Graduate 2530 'Galaxy' |
Posted By: Lukepiewalker
Date Posted: 30 Dec 06 at 5:57pm
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Allowing that it's bad luck to change a boats name. And Europe had other hits with 'Rock the Night', 'Carrie', 'I'll Cry For You', and 'Superstitious'..... (I'll get my coat).... Only you can come up with the name for your boat. You'll know it when you think of it.... It'll just feel right... |
Posted By: FireballNeil
Date Posted: 30 Dec 06 at 6:12pm
I weanted to call my fireball "wet spreaders" but it already had a name and I don't thonk it would work on a europe? (no spreaders?) ------------- Neil 
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Posted By: landlocked
Date Posted: 30 Dec 06 at 10:34pm
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How about "The radial retirer" seen as how you got rid of the blasted thing and now beat them all
------------- Cherub 2535 "Eggbert the Nasty" Soon to be for sale PM for Details Cherub 2657 "Slippery When Wet" Don't sail fly Cherub |
Posted By: radial179102
Date Posted: 30 Dec 06 at 11:59pm
*points* AAANORAK!!! -------------
Villan is my Bitch ;) |
Posted By: radial179102
Date Posted: 31 Dec 06 at 12:00am
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Im thinking ... Beetlebum?? Need more ideas people!! Keep 'em rollin'! -------------
Villan is my Bitch ;) |
Posted By: radixon
Date Posted: 31 Dec 06 at 2:58pm
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What about "Our Pee"? If you haven't worked it out its an anagram of Europe!!!
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Posted By: radial179102
Date Posted: 31 Dec 06 at 3:19pm
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Villan is my Bitch ;) |
Posted By: olly_love
Date Posted: 31 Dec 06 at 4:56pm
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" Europe it isnt just for girls" like the Yorkie ads ------------- TWO FRANK-Hunter Impala |
Posted By: radial179102
Date Posted: 31 Dec 06 at 5:37pm
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Well I'm a girl so maybe if a guy was sailing it that might work a little better!!
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Villan is my Bitch ;) |
Posted By: Merlinboy
Date Posted: 01 Jan 07 at 5:51pm
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What about "to Slim for a finn" ------------- |
Posted By: radial179102
Date Posted: 01 Jan 07 at 6:49pm
Haha!  I don't think anyone at our club knows what a Finn is...  -------------
Villan is my Bitch ;) |
Posted By: Merlinboy
Date Posted: 02 Jan 07 at 1:25pm
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Radial, if they dont know what a finn isfind a new club lol ------------- |
Posted By: fizzicist
Date Posted: 02 Jan 07 at 7:16pm
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What colour is the boat? Colour is always worth creating a bad pun around. Fpr instance if the boat is just finished in Varnish you could call it 'Morning Wood' My boat names to date: Yellow Peril (topper I had when I were a lad) Murphy's Lore - Lightning 368, which had a dark brown hull and a cream deck. Looked like a pint of Murphy's of you squinted. However it was known locally as 'the flying sh*te'. My Laser never had a name as they're all the same. My RS300 was bought with money I had saved for an engagement ring (unbeknownst to my now-wife). Hence it is now called "Kate's Ring". Which someone found offensive whilst everyone else found it tittersome... ------------- Not all chemicals are bad. Without chemicals such as hydrogen and oxygen, for example, there would be no way to make water, a vital ingredient in beer. |
Posted By: BBSCFaithfull
Date Posted: 03 Jan 07 at 1:16am
You can just imagine a results sheet couldn't you! And the winner of the 07' icicle is Kate's Ring ------------- Greatfully Sponsored By www.allgoodfun.com Int 14 GBR 1503!! |
Posted By: Merlinboy
Date Posted: 03 Jan 07 at 11:29am
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I can see the results now 1st "Kates Ring" Followed by 2nd "Slippery When Wet" followed finally in third by "Morning wood"
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Posted By: Isis
Date Posted: 03 Jan 07 at 5:00pm
Has she never asked why your beloved boat is named afer her ring? Perhaps she just thinks shed rather not find out? ------------- |
Posted By: English Dave
Date Posted: 03 Jan 07 at 8:10pm
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How about calling it "Ian"? As in Europe-Ian When I named my Hurricane, "Higgins" made the shortlist! ------------- English Dave http://www.ballyholme.com - Ballyholme Yacht Club (You'd think I'd be better at it by now) Hurricane 5.9 SX RS700 |
Posted By: radial179102
Date Posted: 04 Jan 07 at 6:04pm
I'm not naming it after my step-dad!!! -------------
Villan is my Bitch ;) |
Posted By: radial179102
Date Posted: 04 Jan 07 at 6:05pm
Unfortunately its a newish Winner Hull, so its all white with random red stripes on the foredeck... -------------
Villan is my Bitch ;) |
Posted By: landlocked
Date Posted: 09 Jan 07 at 8:54pm
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HAVE YOU COME UP WITH A NAME YET?
------------- Cherub 2535 "Eggbert the Nasty" Soon to be for sale PM for Details Cherub 2657 "Slippery When Wet" Don't sail fly Cherub |
Posted By: radixon
Date Posted: 10 Jan 07 at 2:28pm
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If its red, then going back to "our Pee", it can be called "Our Red Pee" If you havent yet named it, post a picture so we can see the boat with random stripes. ------------- |
Posted By: radial179102
Date Posted: 13 Jan 07 at 10:04am
 
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Villan is my Bitch ;) |
Posted By: olly_love
Date Posted: 13 Jan 07 at 10:43am
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very nice i didnt realise how much the europe looks like a finn
------------- TWO FRANK-Hunter Impala |
Posted By: radial179102
Date Posted: 13 Jan 07 at 8:16pm
Yeah they look like mini Finns -------------
Villan is my Bitch ;) |
Posted By: olly_love
Date Posted: 13 Jan 07 at 8:17pm
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did u decide on a name in the end.
------------- TWO FRANK-Hunter Impala |
Posted By: radial179102
Date Posted: 13 Jan 07 at 8:22pm
 And it actually moves!!! (was 30 knts mind...) -------------
Villan is my Bitch ;) |
Posted By: tgruitt
Date Posted: 13 Jan 07 at 9:16pm
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how flat are you sailing that, thats great stuff!
------------- Needs to sail more... |
Posted By: radial179102
Date Posted: 14 Jan 07 at 10:53am
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(note the top of the sail is backwinding) And yeah Europes are easy to keep flat. Thats a good picture too. You havent seen the cartwheel picture!! -------------
Villan is my Bitch ;) |
Posted By: radial179102
Date Posted: 14 Jan 07 at 10:55am
No not yet! Still searching for the perfect name  -------------
Villan is my Bitch ;) |
Posted By: FireballNeil
Date Posted: 14 Jan 07 at 10:17pm
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You mentioned it now post it! You can't back out of it! Yeah the other picture is good! Flat is fast! hard to stick to that mantra with a 6stone crew in a fireball today though! As depowered as I can get the boat in a F4! What a laff! ------------- Neil
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Posted By: radial179102
Date Posted: 14 Jan 07 at 10:27pm
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*backs out hastily* There is a guy who sails a laser fun at our club, singlehanded. When it gets windy he just steals a random child off the beach or out of a Topper to be his crew for the day!! Can't imagine it would work so well in a fireball though... -------------
Villan is my Bitch ;) |
Posted By: English Dave
Date Posted: 16 Jan 07 at 12:54pm
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This name popped into my head at one of those random thought moments (I may have been stopped at traffic lights). How about "In Continent" ------------- English Dave http://www.ballyholme.com - Ballyholme Yacht Club (You'd think I'd be better at it by now) Hurricane 5.9 SX RS700 |
Posted By: fizzicist
Date Posted: 17 Jan 07 at 10:23pm
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Either "UKIP" or "Kilroy-Silk" would be suitably ironic for a Europe.. ------------- Not all chemicals are bad. Without chemicals such as hydrogen and oxygen, for example, there would be no way to make water, a vital ingredient in beer. |