Boat names

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Post by Ray79 » February 26th, 2007, 7:19 am

Daren wrote:
Ray79 wrote:In Britain it has a deeper penetration and is often used in any situation where a coordinated pulling effort is required, often where maritime people are involved, but almost as frequently where 'civilians' are working together.
In my 38 years, I'm pretty sure I've never heard anyone say it.
Its on Wikipedia Daren so it must be true :wink: :D
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black pearl

Post by MastahPat » March 13th, 2007, 8:21 pm

i saw a resolute recently called the Black Pearl which was fitting
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Post by corpsrower » March 23rd, 2007, 4:24 pm

When I was a senior in high school our school purchased two new WinTech 4+ that we could call our own (4yr old program at the time). They were supposed to have their own names, something out of norse mythology, except all the rowers in our boat decided to call it something we had always wanted to name a boat, so we took black electrical tape and spelled out SHURIKEN on the bow of the boat. We got a lot of interesting looks when it came time to launch :)
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Post by VHS_Johnson » March 27th, 2007, 9:03 am

If I ever get around to buying my own boat, I intend to name it Charon (Share-On). That's the name of the ferryman in Greek Mythology who rows the dead across the river Styx. I just always thought it had an interesting and obscure meaning. As for existing boats, my favorite name is "Blue By You".
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Post by DavidA » March 27th, 2007, 3:13 pm

VHS_Johnson wrote:If I ever get around to buying my own boat, I intend to name it Charon (Share-On). That's the name of the ferryman in Greek Mythology who rows the dead across the river Styx. I just always thought it had an interesting and obscure meaning. As for existing boats, my favorite name is "Blue By You".
The ferryman's name is pronounced Karen, not Sharon.
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Post by Tyn » March 27th, 2007, 3:38 pm

Karen, Karin, Share-on what's in a name??

BTW it's the largest moon of Pluto!! ( the orange planet! )

I like Charon!

And we call all David's , Daffy overhere!! :D :D :D

But Daffy I think You're right

Charon={kair'-uhn} in Greek
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Post by VHS_Johnson » March 27th, 2007, 8:54 pm

Charon. Meh, I like the sound of it either way. That is how my English teacher pronounces it and I like it better that way, I think. Either way it comes dangerously close to sounding like Sharon and Karen. ^_^
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Post by ancho » March 28th, 2007, 6:26 am

Tyn wrote:Karen, Karin, Share-on what's in a name??

BTW it's the largest moon of Pluto!! ( the orange planet! )

I like Charon!

And we call all David's , Daffy overhere!! :D :D :D

But Daffy I think You're right

Charon={kair'-uhn} in Greek
I thought Pluto wasn't a planet any more?

Pluto would make a nice name for a boat too, even more if rowed by a Goofy like me! :lol:
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Post by Tyn » March 28th, 2007, 6:58 am

I thought Pluto wasn't a planet any more?
No it isn't anymore, But who gives a ......!

( It's a dwarf planet now )
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Post by Tyn » March 28th, 2007, 7:11 am

What about:

Never Again II
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Post by DavidA » March 28th, 2007, 2:51 pm

Tyn wrote:Karen, Karin, Share-on what's in a name??
And we call all David's , Daffy overhere!! :D :D :D
All Davids, or just one :roll: :P ?
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Post by Tyn » March 28th, 2007, 3:35 pm

Just the one who looks like a duck!

so don't worry!
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Post by DavidA » March 28th, 2007, 4:18 pm

Quack! Quack!
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Post by Rocky » March 29th, 2007, 1:07 am

The folks at Capital Rowing Club in Washington DC have very clever names for their boats. The ones I can remember are:

Capital Punishment
Capital Offense


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Post by Kangaroo » April 3rd, 2007, 3:16 am

Well most of our boats in our boathouses are named after past Headmasters, but there are a few that aren't named like that. The boat name that I like the most is our yellow 14kg severin scull called Lady Fortune.

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