Emptynester
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- Jun 5, 2021
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Our 41 Aquarius is named The Parent Trap. The tender is The Parent Trap II
My wife said I could buy any boat I wanted as long as she got to name it. So I bought a DeFever 47 and she named it Wretched Beast. Seems that’s the name of a horse ? in one of her favorite books. It works for us although sometimes I have to repeat it to bridges. ??*Why do so many boaters name their vessels to make a joke or otherwise demean their boats? "Got beer" is only one of many.
Or Köchel 231. Perhaps a bit obscure for most. "Swabian Salute" might be a bit more direct....
Well, one of the more unusual (and crass) names I’ve seen on a boat was due to a guy winning a major race with a horse, and then buying his (very nice) yacht with the proceeds. The boat’s name was “Lucky Sperm”. There outa be a law…
I was going through a very expensive divorce and renamed my boat 'Begrudged'. I found that when using the VHF it sounded like an old single cylinder diesel starting up !
After the dust settled I could just about afford the signwriting to rename it, 'Sanity'.
We haven’t actually named our new/old boat yet. We were going to name it “Joy Lynn” (my wife’s name). Once she actually saw her own name ready for the vinyl print she couldn’t do it. So we are searching for a name. The boat is steel and has kind of a shanty style look and it’s green. We’re thinking maybe “Steel Shanty”. This is not easy to do.
We haven’t actually named our new/old boat yet. We were going to name it “Joy Lynn” (my wife’s name). Once she actually saw her own name ready for the vinyl print she couldn’t do it. So we are searching for a name. The boat is steel and has kind of a shanty style look and it’s green. We’re thinking maybe “Steel Shanty”. This is not easy to do.
When we bought our little 32 Senator it had the name Intrigue on it. I thought it was a bit pretentious.
I wanted something I had not seen before and we wanted something that involved our other family members...our two dogs. Then I remembered a place I went to in Kauai when I was in the Marines as a Helicopter crew chief. It was the Missile range/electronic warfare site called Barking Sands. Barking Sands is also the name of an amazing beach there. At the missile range we used to fly through the mountains keeping as low as possible as to not get painted with radar and avoid any "Smokey Sams" they would send up. Lots of fun.
So when we get the chance..in the next few months..when we tackle the paint we will change the name. Simple, personal.