The first time I took my daughter & some of her friends (age 13) out for tubing in the old bass boat they immediately christened it "****Raft."<br /><br />Of course that's just a nickname, sort of private joke, mostly I just call her Ol' Blue (the boat, not the daughter).<br /><br />edit: that's "P-I-M-P"
I saw this on the side of a boat with a picture of popeye on it years ago. The name struck me as being quite odd and for some reason it stuck in my mind. I didnt work it out until quite recently. The name: Whale oil beef hooked.
My boat is only a 16 ft. long jon boat. I often fish with much larger boats so I named my ship --<br /> " SIZE DOESN'T MATTER". I rarely get checked by the water police- just a laugh and a thumbs up from them
I have a 14' bayliner with a 48hp Johnson.....thought about naming it "Lil Johnson" but since I'm still single, I decided against it! <br /><br />It already has a small sticker on one rear corner that says "Stupid should hurt" (and it does) so I think I'll keep that for now.
Bought an old 16' Skeeter Baron with a 40 Hp Mariner from my brother-in-law. They named it "Sweet Baby". I've got a three year old son who after watching Finding Nemo want to go on a boat ride every day. Since his boat sounds more like the little fish in the movie when they come up on the boat at the drop off , I'll be re-naming it to "My Boys' Boit"
Back in the 90's I finally got a low time 1968 21' Aluminum Cherokee daycruiser with a Chevy 4cyl Mercruiser I'd lusted after for about 6 years. The first time I saw it back in the 80's all freshened up, I fell in love with it.<br /><br />Finally seperated it from the guy for $500 after he'd let it set full of rainwater (over the engine) and sink in the yard for a few years.<br /><br />I totally re-did it and named it 'Teddy', because its a rough riding SOB.<br /><br />I'm just about finished with a 16' single seat hydroplane pushed by a 150 Merc. Its been named 'Poco Loco'.<br /><br /><br />Ed.
One of the cutest Ive seen is from a guy who owns a buisness and keeps his boat there about a mile from here.26-28 flybridge on a trailer. Normally you have the boat name on top and your port or town of call under it.<br />My case <br />Baby<br />Lakewood WA <br /><br />his case<br /><br />Instant Fun<br />"Just add Water"<br /><br />I always thought that was cute!
scraped up some money with my wife and bought a 22' cierra for 3,900. all my friends had boats, NICE BOATS! and a couple of them would pass remarks and i would say it's "this or nothing" so my italian grandfather says "o-gist-o-gotz" this or nothing....
Wife nick-named my 1987 21' cuddy cabin "Lawn Ornament" since it sat in our back yard for the past year while I worked on it...now that it is (sorta) running I was thinking of naming it after my wife - "Cranky Old B!" I am gonna have to take her (the boat) out a few more times and see what "personality" she has before I finalize a name.<br /><br />-JustMrWill