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Our
Boat Name Collection
The
Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
  We
think a boat, however small or scruffy, should sport a dignified name. “Stars
& Stripes” is a good name for an America’s Cup defender, and we also saw
at our dock in Ketchikan a tired old tugboat named “Spike.” Perfect. But
some of the names people saddle a poor defenseless boat with are beyond belief.
Not to mention funny as hell! Besides, when you’re sinking and want the Coast
Guard to come quickly, you don’t want to have to spell “Sea Weedy Pie”
over the radio.
We’ve been collecting boat names since 1990,
especially in the Pacific Northwest. For some reason, really tacky boat names
seem particularly prevalent up there. More Bayliners, maybe? Anyway, our rules
for collecting a name are that we have to actually see the boat in person, or
hear the name on the radio. We only broke the rules once, for a wonderful name
supplied by our friend Mark Lindeman: “Sailbad the Sinner”.
Hope you have lots of fun with this.
Cheers . . . Jan
PS: The Sunday New York Times recently thought
this was a fruitful theme, too, so they published a funny article on the
subject, called 'Sailing the High Cheese: Make Way for the Beeracuda'. To read
it,
click here.
Cool Names
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Shere
Kahn
Ijsselmeer
Talisman
Lion’s
Paw
Up
Spirits
Dark
Star
Faraway |
Mandarin
Resolute
Tryste
Truancy
Rainshadow
Tiger
Rag
Revelry
Vesper |
Paprika
Wassail
Haka
Panache
Segue
Zydeco
Peregrine |
Racing
Sailboat Names
This
is a new list we’re working on. Race boats often have the most creative names.
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Sailbad
the Sinner
Marrakech
Express
Jumpin’
Jack Flash
Mostly Harmles
Jabberwocky
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Groovederci
Blade
Runner
Zsa
Zsa
China
Cloud |
Recidivist
Crocodile
Rock
Out
of Options
Irrational
Again |
Funny/Clever/Tacky Names
Boy
do we have a lot of these! Many of them, perhaps in bad taste, are still very
clever.
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Sugar
Booger
Reel
Hooker
Never
Again VI
Tits
Up
Dragon
Breath
3
X A Lady
Billy
Boat Gruff
Four
Play
Shirley’s
Temple
Slightly
Crewed
Holy
Moses
Nauti-Gal
d’Hope
Chest
EZDuzit
Budget
Buster
Sugar
Shack
Bartender
Upchuck
Kantaforder
Ho-Ma-Way
Wet
Dream
Aquaholic
Earth
Ship
Cold
Pizza
Yachts
Afun
Dun
Diggin
Grand
Funk
Ann
Teak
Nauti-Lust
Popsicle
Toes
Spar
Trek
Unreel
Baby
Number 6
4
R Fun
R
Turn
Jus’
Fur Fun
Goofinoff |
She
Got the House
Bleached
Blonde
Beach
Condo
Taiwan
On
Happy
Hooker
Blew-By-You
$um
Fun
Knot
Lost
Afrayed
Knot
Wakey-Wakey
Back
Doc
Which
Doctor
Romans
10:9
Saila-V
Sail
le Vie
Duck
‘n the Fog
Hava
Kuki
Le
Bôt
Czech
Mate
Comocean
Promocean
(tender = Democean)
Dodge
Buoy
Beeping
Sleauty
Boy
Toy
Bigger
Juan II
Zorro
del Mar
Egg
Us On
Beer
Nuts
Special
F/X
Stress
Tab
Out
to Launch
Fore
No More
Dairy-Aire
$in
¢ity (from Las Vegas)
Passionate
Getaway
Earth
Patrol Ima
Rover |
Campbell
Sloop
Sir
Luftalot
Yes
Dear
Accounts
Payable
Ferry
Queen
The
Rutt Factor
Knoti-Nauti
C’s
Sosueme
Loan
Ranger
Magic
Jammies
Fo
Pa
Chateau
Bateau
X-Rayted
De-Fishent
Dinghy-N-Me
(‘Tender to Me’)
Boatacious
Clairbuoyant
Victoria’s
(Other) Secret
(tender ‘Shh’)
Pied
A Mer
Hombre
Oro
(owned by Mr. Goldman?)
Midlife
Boat
HMS
Hot Lips (tender ‘Pucker’)
Uncle
Fishy
Afishionado
Judge’s
Chambers
Price’s
Waterhouse
Com.Seas
Dot
Calm
Ms.
Conduct
Booby
Hatch
Cirrhosis of the River |
The
Unfortunate Sea Collection
Some
boat owners just can’t seem to suppress this regrettable ‘urge’.
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Sea
P.A.
Whoopsea
Pep
Sea
Legasea
Sea
Weedy Pie
Ecstasea
XTSea
SummerXTsea
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Sea
Esta
Sea
Quester
Tootsea
Sea-ducer
Mersea
Playseabeau
Sea
Spaniel
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Vitamin
Sea
Sea
Battical
Seafari
II
Chicken
of the Sea
Spy
Sea One
Sea
Prompt
Seaduced
Sassea2
Panaseá
Sun
C Ker |
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