# Name your new boat - **URL:** \ **Category:** Scuttlebutt\ **Created:** [August 7, 2016, 4:49pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/name-your-new-boat/16527 "2016-08-07T16:49:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Ea\_y\_Money](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e47c2d/32.png) [@Ea\_y\_Money](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/Ea_y_Money)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2017, 7:04am UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/name-your-new-boat/16527/24 "2017-07-01T07:04:07Z")
M/V Titan Uranus ---
**Author:** ![water](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/water/32/131_2.png) [@water](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/water)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2017, 7:06pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/name-your-new-boat/16527/25 "2017-07-01T19:06:50Z")
There was a sport fish working out of Old Port Cove in the late 70s with that name. One night a few of us went out for a beer, and had a hard time keeping a straight face when the barmaid announced that her name was “Dawn.” 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![albertpachino](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/albertpachino/32/946_2.png) [@albertpachino](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/albertpachino)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2017, 6:14pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/name-your-new-boat/16527/26 "2017-07-06T18:14:53Z")
![](https://cdck-file-uploads-us1.s3.dualstack.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/flex016/uploads/gcaptain_maritime_forum/original/1X/359d3d413f96f036d913a5cc78c6bd961e0eaa06.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![albertpachino](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/albertpachino/32/946_2.png) [@albertpachino](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/albertpachino)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2017, 7:27pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/name-your-new-boat/16527/27 "2017-07-06T19:27:30Z")
![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/gcaptain_maritime_forum/original/1X/e33303a8d12653d154f127bab7683cb3f07814dd.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![27182](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/27182/32/21380_2.png) [@27182](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/27182)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2017, 1:05am UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/name-your-new-boat/16527/28 "2017-07-07T01:05:39Z")
I’ve got nothing. ![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/gcaptain_maritime_forum/original/1X/6e99c5bcfd18b35e7e3b0791d4a892326f4bf2b8.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![albertpachino](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/albertpachino/32/946_2.png) [@albertpachino](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/albertpachino)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2017, 9:30pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/name-your-new-boat/16527/29 "2017-07-07T21:30:44Z")
![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/gcaptain_maritime_forum/original/1X/ec54a1de913be3bb94fd8f87a6df3ffc6eafd41b.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![oildrop](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/oildrop/32/179_2.png) [@oildrop](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/oildrop)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2017, 12:35pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/name-your-new-boat/16527/30 "2017-07-08T12:35:49Z")
Pure understatement… ---
**Author:** ![27182](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/27182/32/21380_2.png) [@27182](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/27182)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2017, 2:30am UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/name-your-new-boat/16527/31 "2017-08-18T02:30:35Z")
![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/gcaptain_maritime_forum/original/2X/0/0e17e15e395c0c0df4520a99cb27868078a1d267.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Beam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/779978/32.png) [@Beam](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/Beam)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2017, 3:30am UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/name-your-new-boat/16527/32 "2017-08-18T03:30:28Z")
![](https://cdck-file-uploads-us1.s3.dualstack.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/flex016/uploads/gcaptain_maritime_forum/original/2X/4/483a757f579d63a829dc87524115e909afd7d55a.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![ItsJody](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/itsjody/32/9624_2.png) [@ItsJody](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/ItsJody)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2017, 3:51am UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/name-your-new-boat/16527/33 "2017-08-18T03:51:53Z")
M/V c.captain ---
**Author:** ![oildrop](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/oildrop/32/179_2.png) [@oildrop](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/oildrop)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2017, 11:37am UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/name-your-new-boat/16527/34 "2017-08-21T11:37:43Z")
![PICT0059-2](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/gcaptain_maritime_forum/original/2X/3/331691bc0003abe40d61c5eb65b04f84ea30bddf.JPG) I named both of them girls " Future " ---
**Author:** ![JayNola](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/7cd45c/32.png) [@JayNola](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/JayNola)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2017, 2:09pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/name-your-new-boat/16527/35 "2017-08-21T14:09:44Z")
That’s some awesomely steampunk naval architecture going on right there. Think it’d get sporty when the personnel section bottomed out though. That cylinder would need to be able to be locked down or it’d bash itself out the bottom of the boat in a serious run of weather. ---
**Author:** ![27182](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/27182/32/21380_2.png) [@27182](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/27182)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2017, 12:54pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/name-your-new-boat/16527/36 "2017-08-23T12:54:23Z")
![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/gcaptain_maritime_forum/original/2X/e/e792baa677cf2d90907a8a70c7df9fe0862978b3.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![27182](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/27182/32/21380_2.png) [@27182](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/27182)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2017, 12:57pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/name-your-new-boat/16527/37 "2017-08-23T12:57:05Z")
> **[SS Bessemer](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Bessemer)** > > The SS Bessemer (also called the Bessemer Saloon) was an experimental Victorian cross-Channel passenger paddle steamer with a swinging cabin, a concept devised by the engineer and inventor Sir Henry Bessemer, intended to combat seasickness. Bessemer, a severe seasickness sufferer, devised in 1868 the idea of a ship whose passenger cabin - the Saloon - would be suspended on gimbals and kept horizontal mechanically to isolate the occupants from the ship's motion: an idea he patented in December 1... ---
**Author:** ![Capt\_Phoenix](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/capt_phoenix/32/281_2.png) [@Capt\_Phoenix](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/Capt_Phoenix)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2017, 6:50pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/name-your-new-boat/16527/38 "2017-08-23T18:50:16Z")
“After two attempts to enter the harbour, it crashed into the Calais pier again, this time demolishing part of it.” ---
**Author:** ![ombugge](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/ombugge/32/11217_2.png) [@ombugge](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/ombugge)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2017, 7:48pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/name-your-new-boat/16527/39 "2017-09-20T19:48:10Z")
An Old Timer on the water: ![P1100243](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/gcaptain_maritime_forum/original/2X/9/9a72761b3a8b19a5fcb2aae8119e14fd7170a586.JPG) ---
**Author:** ![MateChristine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/dbc845/32.png) [@MateChristine](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/MateChristine)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2017, 9:36pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/name-your-new-boat/16527/40 "2017-09-20T21:36:16Z")
I knew a guy who wanted to name is boat “Suck to be you” for the same reason ---
**Author:** ![Noggin](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/noggin/32/70042_2.png) [@Noggin](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/Noggin)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2017, 12:04am UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/name-your-new-boat/16527/41 "2017-09-30T00:04:06Z")
Anotherv Norwegian vessel leading the way. Elias is a cartoon character that educates kids about life on the water and a few adults also😀 ---
**Author:** ![cchick001](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ecae2f/32.png) [@cchick001](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/cchick001)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2017, 12:49am UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/name-your-new-boat/16527/42 "2017-09-30T00:49:21Z")
I have a friend who’s fishing boat is named, “Poverty Sucks” ---
**Author:** ![AHTS\_Master](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/ahts_master/32/117_2.png) [@AHTS\_Master](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/AHTS_Master)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2017, 1:55am UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/name-your-new-boat/16527/43 "2017-09-30T01:55:47Z")
I think this was first. https://www.youtube.com/embed/0SAQIIfbEHk?feature=oembed&wmode=opaque&list=PLkctK2ZL8rVJ7eIuxwW7LCjsAfD55MFvO [Previous page](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/name-your-new-boat/16527.md?page=1) [Next page](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/name-your-new-boat/16527.md?page=3)