What can't I name my boat?

[Bill Seal]

TBA

[PortClydeMe]

Originally Posted by sannyasi

I am the new owner of my first sailboat.
The boats current name is not one I intend to keep, but I'm having difficulty finding a name I like.
In the meantime I've started a page with the name "SV Unknown" as a place holder.

I have to say it's kind of grown on me for its implications (ie into the unknown).
However I could see how this could create some confusion over VHF.

Are there names that one simply cannot have (like mayday) and do you think unknown would fall into this category?

Thanks

Personally, I'd avoid the following:

RMS Titanic
RMS Lusitania
MS Achille Lauro
USS Indianapolis

[jeepbluetj]

Originally Posted by Snore

Not true.

I believe it is that you cannot have same name and same hailing port.

And as mentioned, that's not true either. There is another boat named the same as mine with the same hailing port.

[TrentePieds]

Quote: "...it's Quimera"

Same as English 'Chimera', a mythical beast composed of parts of many animals - lions head, serpents tail, and a goat's head growing from the middle of her back. The chimera was a fearsome fire-breathing female creature. She was slain by Bellerophon, a son of Posidon.

TrentePieds

[Bleemus]

Originally Posted by Jim Cate

I'm reminded of a race boat in the SF bay area years ago, name of "FUJIMO". Not an obscure Japanese curse, but from "f... you, Jane, I'm moving out".

Might have been a response to one of those 'me or the boat" ultimatums... i dunno.

Jim

I raced on that boat. Owner was a guy named Jerry and every year or two he would get a new boat built each bigger than the last. When he told his wife he was building a 50 footer she put her foot down and said "no more boats or I will divorce you." And that is where Fujimo comes from.

Great guy. He was from the Great Lakes but moved the boat coast to coast for regattas. Treated his crew like kings.

[Snore]

Originally Posted by jeepbluetj

And as mentioned, that's not true either. There is another boat named the same as mine with the same hailing port.

This was acknowledged in post #74!

Really should read and entire thread before jumping someone's #^]!

Cheers

[Jim Cate]

Originally Posted by Bleemus

I raced on that boat. Owner was a guy named Jerry and every year or two he would get a new boat built each bigger than the last. When he told his wife he was building a 50 footer she put her foot down and said "no more boats or I will divorce you." And that is where Fujimo comes from.

Great guy. He was from the Great Lakes but moved the boat coast to coast for regattas. Treated his crew like kings.

Thanks for the fill in, and for affirming that my memory hasn't gone completely. Sounds like a good chap to crew for!

Jim

[markpierce]

Originally Posted by adlib2

If you Federally Document your vessel you cannot have a name that is already taken.

Not so in the U.S. of A.

Vessel Name Built Service Home Port Length Doc. No.
1. AQUA SCOOTER 1999 Recreational Lake Havasu City 28 1085423
2. AUCOOT 1995 Recreational Katonah 35.5 1060244
3. AUCOOT 2006 Recreational Marion 39.3 1191000
4. BANDICOOT Unspecified Osterville 528055
5. BANDICOOT 2000 Recreational Point Richmond 30.4 1096901
6. BARRACOOTER Recreational Jeffersonville 38.1 1152115
7. BOAT SCOOTIN 2004 Recreational Kemah 30.3 1158891
8. BOOT SCOOTIN BOOGIE 2003 Recreational Humboldt 26.7 1147019
9. CARQUINEZ COOT 2010 Recreational Vallejo 35.8 1229510
10. CHILCOOT 1995 Recreational Urbanna 30 1033852
11. COOT 1935 Passenger (Inspected) * 32.2 296506
12. COOT 1966 Passenger (Inspected) Gloucester 33.9 509276
13. COOT 1979 Commercial Fishing Vessel Miami 29.5 613839
14. COOT 1984 Commercial Fishing Vessel Manchester 32.5 683238
15. COOT 1988 Recreational Gilgo Beach 26.8 928984
16. COOT 1989 Recreational Ferrisburgh 29.7 953087
17. COOT 1996 Oil Recovery Seattle 36 1045193
18. COOT Recreational Seattle 25 1163789
19. COOT DE GRAA 1999 Recreational Blue Hill 36.4 108927

[belizesailor]

Fairly common I think. Ive seen boat names containing the ex's name which has been X'ed out.

Only a bit less foolish than getting someone's name tatooed on your hide.

[Mirage35]

And then there's the boat I spotted (on the hard, and I may have mentioned this before) with a woman's name - spelled differently on bow and stern.

[PortClydeMe]

Originally Posted by AnglaisInHull

And then there's the boat I spotted (on the hard, and I may have mentioned this before) with a woman's name - spelled differently on bow and stern.

Wife and daughter, maybe?

[Matt S]

There's a video on YouTube of a guy sailing offshore who comes across an abandoned sailboat named "Escape Pod". He called the Coast Guard and the name did cause confusion.

THE VIDEO

(Confusion starts at 11:26 if the time link did not work.)

[SKG56]

Originally Posted by TrentePieds

Quote: "...it's Quimera"

Same as English 'Chimera', a mythical beast composed of parts of many animals - lions head, serpents tail, and a goat's head growing from the middle of her back. The chimera was a fearsome fire-breathing female creature. She was slain by Bellerophon, a son of Posidon.

TrentePieds

Looks like I'm in for it then

[michaelratinter]

I checked several of the Freedom Anapolis, MD boats and found that the documentation is expired. Does that make a difference?

[Don1500]

Originally Posted by basenay

1. If USA based might want to check out Office of Science and Technology to be sure lots of others have not already used your clever name.

Humm, found 19 "DILLIGAF"'s