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Old 26 September 2004, 13:58   #1
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With our new xs 550 due in Feb, starting to look at names. How did you name your beloved (RIB)??


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Old 26 September 2004, 14:16   #2
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Hi I've called my Rib "Nauti Buoy", took a while to come up with it, sat on Poole Quay. When you come up with name and if you want it cut out of Vinyl Adhesive Letters to any size/colour let me know and I will gladly sort this out for you foc of course!!
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Old 26 September 2004, 14:41   #3
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my boat is Solentis as i work in the Solent and is a Solent rib so easy ,best name i have seen so far is Sheila Blige
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Old 26 September 2004, 14:51   #4
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betty swallocks made me laugh
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Old 26 September 2004, 15:56   #5
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choose a name that you don't mind saying over the radio or phonically spelling
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Not to mention : Falcon L.

(I said NOT to mention...................)
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Old 26 September 2004, 19:35   #7
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boat name

My last boat was called MARY HINGE. Always got a funny look .
We did rename it and my brother thought up a good un, NAUGHTY COOL.
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my boat is Solentis as i work in the Solent and is a Solent rib so easy ,best name i have seen so far is Sheila Blige
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We have one in Christchurch.............

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Old 26 September 2004, 20:24   #9
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My last boat was "Aries II" - You'll never guess why ...

OK perhaps you might - my first boat was "Aries". Now there's a surprise!

Actually, it was a Zodiac MK II GT. Since it had to be a short name (short boat) and "Aries" is a sign of the Zodiac, it seemed like a good idea!

My Scorpion - the ordering of which was stopped in its tracks (on medical advice) was to have been called "Quick One". Given that it would have had a monster engine, it seemed like a good name.

I hope to review RIBing in perhaps 2-3 years, when (hopefully) I can convince my doctor that it really would be good for me!

Until then, I will use my former "tender" on fair days and take up caravanning. At least I have a good excuse for buying the VW Touareg! The low ratio gear could come in handy on the steep hills in Cornwall but I'm not sure that the 'van will fit down some of its narrow roads!

Happy boating!

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My boat is one of the fastest boat in the country and was specially ordered Ferrari red and obvious name for her was "Rauða eldflaugin" translated Red Rocket/Missile.

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Old 27 September 2004, 01:37   #11
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Two great boat names I have spotted in Swansea(not on ribs) are "piston broke" and "Itchy Pussy"
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Old 27 September 2004, 01:47   #12
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funniest name I saw on a boat was a beuatiful twin engined speed boat called 'Goody Two Screws'.

I love the name the gArfish has called his boat. 'Euronobber'

mine are all called after musicians or songs

'Stevie Rayvon' Avon 5.4
'Bugle Billy' Avon 8.4
'Wake Up Call' Scorpion 6.5
'Wont Get Fooled Again' Camel Ribtec

My next boat is gonna be called Dynamo Hum or Freebird
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Old 27 September 2004, 04:29   #13
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Names that I have seen and smiled at:-Cunning Plan,Passing Water,Passing Wind,Pugmahone-apparently Gaelic for kiss my ass-should have seen the house flag!!!
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Old 27 September 2004, 06:55   #14
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. 'Euronobber'


I like Freebird RW

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Old 27 September 2004, 07:14   #15
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so do I missus but the song Dynamo Hum means an awful lot to me
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Old 27 September 2004, 07:14   #16
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funniest name I saw on a boat was a beuatiful twin engined speed boat called 'Goody Two Screws'.
A pal has a Boston whaler 22 with twin Mercs called 'Goody Two Screws', did you see it in the Solent?
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Old 27 September 2004, 07:16   #17
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I certainly did! really good graphics if I remember correctly.
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Old 27 September 2004, 08:45   #18
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There was a sailing cat in Emsworth called "Cathy's Mink" which was replaced by a bigger one called "Cathy's Sable".

I can only asume that Cathy does not know about the boats.

Boats I have sailed on include:-

Freelance, owned by a journalist
Prime Cut, owned by a butcher
Protem, owned by a solicitor
Warp Factor I to VI inc., owned by a prat
Xaviera, a Hustler 32 named after Xaviera Hollander aka "The Happy Hooker".

Hope that these add to your inspiration.
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Old 27 September 2004, 09:29   #19
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There was a charter fishing boat in Whitby we chartered for a film as a camera boat called "The Next Generation" - his previous boat was called "Star Trek"!
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Old 27 September 2004, 09:37   #20
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Saw an excellent dive RIB named Unnecessarry Faff, we appreciated the bravery of this step and went over to talk to them, apparently it is actually on all dive RIBs but is usually in invisible ink!
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