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After lots of discussion we seemed to be heading to calling our new boat Narrow Minded but the Admiral has now changed her mind and prefers 2escapees.

 

How did you choose your boat name?

 

Why not compromise and call it Narrow Escape? Although you wouldn't be the first.

 

We chose the boat and the name came with it.

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Our NB is still in the fabricator's awaiting shipping to the fitters for engine installing/finishing etc. We're calling it " The Cat's Whiskers " as we like cats and she (our British Short Hair) will be the third occupant. We happen to think the boats great too :cheers: (Better than calling it "The Dog's ... Bow Locks" ) :rolleyes::lol:

 

Cheers

 

Ann & David

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When we had our previous boat built, in 2001, I was a schoolmaster specialising in French. The French for boat is "bateau". So we anglicised her into 'Batto'. She remains the only boat of that name on the canals.

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We inherited our boat name and it seems to fit the boat quite well. We wouldnt dream of renaming her but she has had a name change in the distant past. She was originally launched as "I Dunno". The chap then sold her and renamed his next boat "Still Dunno" :rolleyes:

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Why not compromise and call it Narrow Escape? Although you wouldn't be the first.

 

We chose the boat and the name came with it.

 

Or go with the other words from your alternatives and you get "Two Minded" :cheers:

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When we had our previous boat built, in 2001, I was a schoolmaster specialising in French. The French for boat is "bateau". So we anglicised her into 'Batto'. She remains the only boat of that name on the canals.

 

There must be a similar gallophile moored in our neck of the woods - he's got a boat called "Mon Bateau".

 

ETA: Just looked it up on Jim Shead's list. It's not there. Odd.

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After lots of discussion we seemed to be heading to calling our new boat Narrow Minded but the Admiral has now changed her mind and prefers 2escapees.

 

How did you choose your boat name?

Guess, My Surname-Schweizer, Boat Name-Helvetia.

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Our new to us boat is called promises, we hate it and will change it very soon. Current favourite is Mudlark. Whilst we don't steel from river traffic we have been known to make good use of the contents of the odd skip or two, and being that we are almost on the Thames the name seemed to make sense.

 

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mudlark

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Before settling on a name imagine having to tell complete strangers your boat's name and spelling over and over again. You'll have to do that quite a bit and I'm sure that a lot of owners who chose puns as boat names must cringe every time they deal with BW or a marina

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Our new to us boat is called promises, we hate it and will change it very soon. Current favourite is Mudlark. Whilst we don't steel from river traffic we have been known to make good use of the contents of the odd skip or two, and being that we are almost on the Thames the name seemed to make sense.

 

"Promises" isn't too bad if it's a Buzzcocks reference? Also, from your description, wouldn't "tubdiver" be a more fitting moniker than "mudlark"? Or perhaps, more cryptically, "Seagull"?

 

If some inspiration of the 200 most popular names would help, click here

 

I note from this list that a few Zodiac signs get a mention, and predictably the water signs prove popular. With the exception of "cancer". I wonder why that is?

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Before settling on a name imagine having to tell complete strangers your boat's name and spelling over and over again. You'll have to do that quite a bit and I'm sure that a lot of owners who chose puns as boat names must cringe every time they deal with BW or a marina

 

That's pretty much what I thought when I read the OP.

 

Richard

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"Promises" isn't too bad if it's a Buzzcocks reference? Also, from your description, wouldn't "tubdiver" be a more fitting moniker than "mudlark"? Or perhaps, more cryptically, "Seagull"?

 

 

 

I note from this list that a few Zodiac signs get a mention, and predictably the water signs prove popular. With the exception of "cancer". I wonder why that is?

The Buzzcocks reference might be overlooked because to go with the dainty signwriting there is a very twee picture of a 'felix' like cat peering around a geranium! Nope, even though it is a quality tune, promises has to go!

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"Promises" isn't too bad if it's a Buzzcocks reference?

I took it to be a reference to the brand of chocolates of that name.

So, replacement names might include Galaxy, Celebration, Mars, Five Boys (dodgy) or Snickers (even dodgier).

Or if it's a GRP cruiser, perhaps Crunchie.

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Current boat - Lucky Duck - it came with the name and although at first we thought it silly, it grew on us and we like it for that boat.

 

One stipulation for when we bought our boat was that I didn't want to live in a pun!

 

Next boat (I hope) will come with a name it's had for 70-80 years!

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Dont forget the re-naming ceremony if you do rename.

 

I'm still torn on names for mine - from "Forest of Dean" to either "Navy Lark" or "Paseo" :unsure:

 

James

 

For "Navy Lark", you could have "Troutbridge"

 

Left hand down a bit...

 

Richard

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We didn't, (in either case).

 

It's what the boat was already called, (in both cases).

 

In one case for 75 years, so it would seem wrong to change it!

 

I agree with this post. We never change a boats name and never have, thats its name and thats it. Besides I am a Yorkshire man and that would be classed as a total waste of money repainting a named panel :cheers:

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I did originally think that then the week after i saw another boat on e-bay with the same name :(

 

Everybody down!!!

 

James

 

Oh lumme...

 

You could go for Povey I suppose

 

Richard

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Before settling on a name imagine having to tell complete strangers your boat's name and spelling over and over again. You'll have to do that quite a bit and I'm sure that a lot of owners who chose puns as boat names must cringe every time they deal with BW or a marina

 

As in the OP's OH's choice - 2 S K Ps :blink:

 

ETA My son's first boat was named (with a minor alteration, just for fun) after his grandma. Our current boat is apparently named after someone else's grandma! Seems to be a trend :rolleyes:

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