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Boat Names
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We've just bought a boat (just an old thing for pottering up and down the river on). We would like to rename it. Anyone got any ideas for a good name? Prefer funny ones or a clever play on words. Or our surname is Brown, so something around that. I have little imagination so I really struggling.
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.Helen Highwater, is one i like; 'Wet Dream' is popular; here is a boat name a-z site; http://www.boatus.net/boatgraphic/names/Anames.asp
My parents had 3 boats on the canals which were called 'Forestof' (see surname), 'Tarnwood' (name of our road), and finally 'Silver Birch'(one in the garden). Funnily enough, as the boats got bigger, the 'timber area' got smaller! Anyway, seen loads of good names. eg 'Moby Richard'. A bloke who lived in the middle of Oxford (ie carfax) had his third boat 'Carfax Free' (it sounded so poetic 'til you found out why!). As to your name, we knew someone who owned a Dawncraft Dandy. These were notoriously bad to handle in a wind (ie like a cow) and theirs was brown, so they called it 'How Now'.
A character in a book I read had a boat named The Following Sea. Another character asks him why its not just called Following Sea. He tells her a sea is a wave and the following sea is the one you have to watch out for. Its the one that comes up behind you and swamps you. The rule is that if you're running in following seas, you've gotta keep moving faster than they are and stay ahead. Its like a reminder to always watch over your shoulder - but more like a metaphor for life. I hope you don't think that sounds really morbid :) I just thought it was cool when I read it.
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