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We Like Them Just Because

Poetry, Amusing, Clever, Whatever
Ali Bubba
Aqualibrium
Bamboo Bay
Banana Belle
Boring Alice
Brave Turtle
Cantanchorus
Capt. Snorky
Captain Queez
Chasing Wabbits
Chuck Bucket
Cod Father
Farfrompukin
Forever Endeavor
Goober's Retreat
Grand Fromage
Green Eggs & Sam
Gromit
Hand Basket
Happ Hatteras
Harmony Times
Hoffa's Shoes
Ise the Bye
i Tuna
Lazy Lola
Lollipop
Mary Hates Me
Missin Texas
Mr Sippy
Neener 3
Nemosabi
Now and Zen
Old Sam Peabody
Plankton
Sam and Ella
Scruffy
Scrumpy
Sir Catchalot
Spear It
Stream Weaver
Summer Salt
Super Crab
Thistle Dew
Tom, Dick, & Herring
Tuna Kahuna
Tweedles and Dawn
Weeble
Windependance
Wings of Mangoes
Wood Chuck
Worthless Wench

Who Are You?

While cruising, you are your boat name.
It becomes your identity in the cruising community and your new surname.
Seriously. Choose with thought.
Is it legible on your transom? (Avoid trendy, swirly, micro-sized script.)
Does it sound clear on VHF?

An Author's Opinion

"A popular device whereby to capture the sea's magic is to choose a name with the prefix sea. The waters abound with Sea Winds, Sea Stars, Sea Witches, etc. It is my presumption that there are as many names starting with Sea in Lloyd's Register of Yachts, as there are listings of Martinez in the Madrid phone book..."
William Snaith from On the Wind's Way (1973)



Its still a just boat.


Homeports on Transoms
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Moot Point
Paradise
Sea Level

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True: "Anything She Wants"
status: for sale

"May Day"
 is not a good boat name,
 but it's been done.



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