I know you have already chosen a name for your cat, but I was just wondering, does your screen name (VeniceSailor) mean you have some connection with Venice or Italy? If so, I would have thought you'd go for a cat name with an Italian/Venician flavour, like:

(Il) Gondola di Gatto....(The) Gondola Cat
(Le) Gondole Gemelle...Twin Gondolas OR
(I) Gemelli di Gondola...(The) Gondola Twins (not sure of plural)
Due Gondole...Two Gondolas
(Lo) Specchio di Gondola...(The) Gondola Mirror
(La) Gondola Riflettuta...(The) Reflected Gondola

(You'll have to pardon my Italian if it's not perfect, as I do not speak it, just English & some Spanish). If you (or anyone) felt like using one of these, please check out spelling, grammar, etc. first!!


Mark Owens
1976 H16 sail # 19857

Option 'B' looks expensive.

I just thought it was time to bring this boat name thread back into action, since the new season is almost upon us, and it is time to think about putting a name on your boat and christening her before she splashes in for the first time this year.

If your boat is more than just a piece of equipment, if she is a part of your family and your life, you should give her a name.

And I read somewhere recently that boats, like hurricanes, are no longer considered to be only female, so that also gives a greater potential range of names, although it is hard to imagine a boat named George.

Does anybody have any new name suggestions?

Mary,

I wish! The damned ice is still a foot thick and there's talk of snow by the first of the week! After returning from the 85 degree waters on the Mexico/Belize border, I'm having a hard time readjusting

As for boat names, since Michele and I are long-time Van Morrison fans, our N6.0 is named "[color:"green"]Crazy Love[/color]". (If we ever set sail for distant horizons, we'll name the cruiser "[color:"green"]Moondance[/color]".)

Wow, B is a bit long.....some of my prior boats: '87 18 magnum "Wingin' It"; '88 Beneteau "Mon Amy" (my wife's name); that big Sea Ray I wasted a ton of $$$ on "Tradin' Up"....my current and favorite boat:

Smokin'

Jeff Worman
SC17

The best name I ever saw was on a tornado:
" [color:"blue"] [/color] Toto, I don't think we're in Kansas anymore."

There was an Australian cat named:
" [color:"red"] [/color] LIGHT BLUE TOUCH PAPER AND GET AWAY" (a warning printed on fireworks)

My P16 was "Rapid Transit"

My current Nacra 5.2 is "Unleaded"

Enjoy your P16. I will never forget mine.
-colin

One of the better one's I've seen: "Sonova Beach"

My first Hobie 18 was "Cat Nap", and after I switched to custom black sails they became "Black Magic", "Merlin", "Black Cat", "Magus", and then "Trident" after my companies. My Hobie 14T's were "Yeller Cat" and "Blue Cat", and my Hobie 17 was "Slo Cat". My 35' twin screw is named "Hakuna Mutata" by my kids after the Lion King "No Worries" theme. My current Taipan 4.9 is yet unnamed, but I'm leaning to "The Shadow."

Say Andrew, let's get some cats into the Sarasota Sailing Squadron racing series. There are a gazillion cats stored up there but none of them look like they've been in the water for years. I sail regularly off the beach in front of my house here on Casey Key Island just north of the Venice Jetty. Can't miss my black sails. I went out this past weekend and lapped the monohulls in their distance regatta.

Jon Hamlet
Taipan 4.9 #217

Another good one............ "Follow Me"........

Simple, and gets the point across!

I still like mine the best. I was unaware that there was another until I checked this thread. And there is a "2" as well? Oh well...... Still original in my mind......

Check the attachment......

AJ
Nacra 6.0 Express (Blow Me)

I really like 'Blow Me' too but Bonnie would never let me go out in public with that on my boat

I'm still quite happy with my "Flippen Fearless" too. However, I've learned that it is bad luck to name two boats the same thing. My N5.2 was named "Flippen Fearless" and I never once capsized that boat during a regatta (only on occasion when really pushing it while out recreationally). Once I named my new 6.0NA the same thing, I capsized in nearly every regatta I entered at least once per weekend. I have since appended the name with "again!?" and haven't capsized since. (knock on wood).

I have been thinking of naming my Nacra 5.2 "Pure Adrenaline!" or "Adrenaline Rush!"

Terry

My former Tornado was called "Disaster Area". My current boat is "DoubleMint" since it has dark green/minty decks. I've got a Marstrom on it's way and I'm starting to think of a name for it. So far I've got "Full Tilt", "Twister", "Snuffleluffagus" (a reference to the spinny snuffer), or since Tuesday, "Terminator" refering to Arnold S.'s win here in CA.

Other names I've seen on cats over the years:
"Psych Job" on an 18SX owned by a psychologist.
"Shear Force" on a T-boat.
"Peppermint Catty" on a light green T-boat.
"Panty Buncher" a T-boat once owned by the daughter of a former Tornado Builder in Canada (SailCraft).
"No More Mister Nice Guy" on a T-boat in Toronto.
"Katamoorangmaroo" on a T-boat.
"Great White" on a T-boat
"Blew Job" on a blue T-boat.

On a larger recreational cat... "Cat House". Funny, but it had a red anchor light, too....

I used to be "Katastrophy", but got faster sails..
"flying hairball" sounds too slow
"Kat Scratch Fever" is too cliche'
"2 fast" is probably over-used

maybe "I got your room at the mark" ???

"Blew By You" on my wifes N5.7. She wants me to name my N5.2 "Water Lilly". I don't think so.

Mike
N5.7, N5.2, 6 horses, 3 cats, two gold fish and a dog.

I was going to name my RV "Cathouse" but that didn't go over well at home either...

It's the "Sailing Shack" instead...still not totally satisfied with the graphic yet though.

(HEY!!!! 1000 freakin' posts and I'm still just a 'decent' sailor!??)

After reading 4000 names on boatus.com, I think I've finally decided on "Double Time" (I used to be a drummer, so it fits). Now, for the graphic???

There's a big (50 or 60 ft) racing cat in Brazil with this name. It was second to Nicator (ex-Lakota)in the last Cape to Rio. But I think it doesn't really matter...

Cheers,
Luiz

Jake:

Make the multicolored panel a gradient instead

hmmm...I could do that but it would cost a small fortune in ink on vinyl. I might try that though....

Resurrecting this old thread...

While in Monterey I saw this fishing boat hauling out…named “FILLET SHOW”.

I passed it off as some fisherman thing until I spoke the name out loud. I chuckled and pointed it out to my wife who laughed. My teenage daughter stared at it for quite a while and then got REALLY embarrassed when she finally figured it out. Her idiot pizza-faced boyfriend kept saying loudly “I don’t get it…FILLET SHOW, FILLET SHOW”??? I saw my daughter jab him in the ribs and tell him to shut up, she'd explain later. I pushed him off the pier.

DP
Dunedin, FL
Mystere 5.0XL “Mr. Toad’s Wild Ride” (not that different from Fillet Show)