What would you name your boat if you had one?
By Judy Evans
@JudyEv (339431)
Rockingham, Australia
March 3, 2018 4:04am CST
While we were in the town of Denmark in Western Australia, we took the chance to go on a river cruise. We caught the boat at our caravan park then puttered gently up the river for a short distance before turning around and coming back.
On the way a local hotel brought fish and chips down to a landing for our dinner. We then went out into the inlet to watch the sunset before being returned to our starting point.
We were intrigued with the name of this boat. If you slur the words and say them quickly, it is a very rude phrase consisting of the ‘f’ word and ‘off’. So the boat’s name is ‘f*ck off’.
Boat-owners come up with some amazing names for their vessels. Our friends named their boat ‘Miss Tress’, in other words ‘Mistress’. And I wonder why boats are always feminine. If I ever get a boat I might call it Roger. What would you call a boat if you had one? Or perhaps you have one already.
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@LadyDuck (471253)
• Switzerland
3 Mar 18
The "word" boat is feminine in most countries, but not all, in Spanish, it's often is male (el barco or el buque), same in French (le bateau), in Italy we have the usual mix the boat is feminine (la barca), but il battello for a bigger one.
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@garymarsh6 (23404)
• United Kingdom
3 Mar 18
We has a small boat many years ago and when I was a kid we used to go to the Norfolk broads every year on holiday. I much prefer cruise ships that take you to lovely places. I am unlikely to ever own a boat but would probably name it after my daughter!
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@garymarsh6 (23404)
• United Kingdom
4 Mar 18
@vandana7 On yes my daughter is definitely the apple of my eye!
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@Happy2BeMe (99380)
• Canada
3 Mar 18
At work I type of the boat registry for the local yatch club every year. There are some pretty good names but I can not think of them all right now. I know there is somebody with the last name Maxwell and their boat is Maxwell House. There is Nauti Girl, Dark and Stormy, Dejabringabeeralong, and Aqua-holic just to name a few.
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@allknowing (135915)
• India
3 Mar 18
Why no one thought of the name 'Safe Haven' that will be what our boat will be christened 
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@allknowing (135915)
• India
4 Mar 18
@vandana7 Our boat will be such that it will be well protected from sharks, piranhas and gators (lol) Having said that we will see to ti that we will not take onn those who keep shifting their positions creating imbalance.
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@RasmaSandra (79649)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
3 Mar 18
I have no boat and probably never will but if I had one I would give her a flower name like Rose or Daisy. Just one of my whims. You might find this interesting about why boats are referred to as shes.
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@moffittjc (121540)
• Gainesville, Florida
4 Mar 18
Years ago, I had a boat named The Job Site. Whenever any of the guys wanted to go out on the boat, they would all tell their wives and girlfriends that they were going to the job site for a few hours. The ladies thought the guys were working! haha
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@moffittjc (121540)
• Gainesville, Florida
4 Mar 18
@JudyEv My wife not only knew about the boat and its name, but she had been out with me on the boat a bunch of times. I couldn't be sneaky about it since she already knew about it!
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@JudyEv (339431)
• Rockingham, Australia
4 Mar 18
@moffittjc There you go again - assuming stuff! Did I mention you? Can you see your name in my comment? What a guilty conscience you must have! 
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@just4him (317040)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
3 Mar 18
Good question. I've had to give names to ships in my novels, but never thought about what I would name one of my boats, if I had one. I'd have to give this one some thought.
People do come up with strange names for their boats. I think they're called feminine names because women are so temperamental, just like the elements they bounce around with on the rivers, lakes, and oceans.
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@andriaperry (116936)
• Anniston, Alabama
3 Mar 18
Cars are also "she" and I would like to call mine " Bob or Freddy."
I would not use Roger, that is my sister boyfriends name 
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@JudyEv (339431)
• Rockingham, Australia
4 Mar 18
@andriaperry I suppose so but she ended up not being the nicest horse.
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@JohnRoberts (109846)
• Los Angeles, California
3 Mar 18
A question that I never pondered before. Perhaps "Freedom."
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@hereandthere (45645)
• Philippines
3 Mar 18
once at the mall, i saw another female wearing a gray t-shirt that said 'bugger off'. hmm, i guess 'fish n chips' would be a good name to make anyone smile when they see it. roger is good, as in 'roger. over and out.'
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@LeaPea2417 (37350)
• Toccoa, Georgia
3 Mar 18
I am not sure, I will have to think about that.
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@stapllotik (1933)
• India
4 Mar 18
If I have to name your boat , it would be ," Roo-Shoo."
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