How did you name your boat?

[Andrea]

How did you name your boat? I am always curious about how people name their boat and if there is a story behind it. After seeing all of the names on this site, I am looking forward to hearing the stories...So, If you have a boat how did you come up with the name?

[Mac]

I bought my present sailboat in 2001. My son bought a powerboat in 2000 and since our name is McCoy he named his “The Real McCoy”. Since he had taken this name and we shared a dock I named my new to me Bayfield “Real McCoy Too”. My previous sailboat was named “Whimsy” as I had bought it on a whim after a friend had taken me out on his Alacrity bilge keel sailboat and taught me how to sail. Since I learned to sail in an Alacrity I thought I would look for one and in a couple of weeks I found one for sale a few miles from my home. I had given the Alacrity to my step-son as he was the only one of the 3 boys that liked sailing; my 2 sons both went the powerboat route. This boat now has a new owner in Virginia that has done a great job of restoring it to its former glory.

[Robert]

Mine came with the boat, "Moondance", but I am going to change it at the next haul out. My Dad's boat was named "bestfriend" and I will probably use that as a tribute, or some derivative of that.

[Richard]

Bestfriend opens up the possibility of "Little Buddy" or some other play on the Bestfriend theme. Let us know when the time comes.

[Andrea]

That is so sentimentally beautiful. Best of luck!

[___/)ances With Sails]

You Just Know! Naming your boat is probably the most intimate step in acquisition. A form of foreplay before the intense endeavours to satisfy yourself in ways that only a sailor would appreciate. :P

I sail a Vagabond 14 (daysailor) which my soulmate and myself purchased (50/50). Her last name (Perkins) and mine (Hill), hence Perkins Hill, found its way to the stern without any hesitation whatsoever. I was like a kid in a candy store when I palmed the paint brush. And it happened just as fast as I me picking out the font I liked.

Buying our first boat (2000), anticipating the maiden voyage made me think of the things that elevates me highest and adequate credit was certainly due.

___/)

[Andrea]

That's a cool name. I also like your screen name, dances with sails. It's so creative!

[John]

We named our new-to-us Gemini 105M catamaran "Confuse A Cat" after a Monty Pyton sketch our family gets a kick out of.......

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B2Je1CEPkUM&feature=related

[Dick Smith]

well in the tradtion of the New England sailors of a lady's 1st name and her last intial, I am naming my boat after my grandmother.....Ula Grenfel.....so she becomes the Ula G........now let me know if you got it? Dick

[Andrea]

Oh dear!

[Mike]

I am fascinated with Japanese Animation, and try to bring Japanese aestheticism into my life because I like it. One of my favorite anime is called "Martian Battleship Nadesico," and after much thought I named my Hunter 31 Nadesico. There is a saying in Japanese "Yamato Nadesico" which is a woman who posesses all traditional Japanese graces, so the name was fitting. Also, my dinghy/kayak Aestevalis is named because those are Nadesico's high powered mobile spacegoing protectors in the anime. Also, nadesico is the name of a pretty japanese flower dianthus superbus which is a pretty red flower which has an american counterpart utilized in landscaping around here a lot. I don't have any pets but I keep a common dianthus at the dock so if anybody asks the name I can explain with visual aids. Also, I just convinced my buddy to name his catamaran Hayaku which is the adverb form of fast.

[Andrea]

Very interesting. Learn something new every day-Thanks for sharing!

[mike sproull]

Nauti-Gal
...was commisioned that,(I'm the second owner) and I 've heard you don't change the name because it's bad luck!
So it stays