Masculine boat name ?

Chester · Posted: Fri Nov 10, 2006 11:49 pm Post subject: Masculine boat name ?

Here's the thing; I'm thinking about naming the boat Chester.
Chester?
I was on a train the other night dead tired ,trying to stay awake, and came up with a boat naming exersice. What kind of creature is small, unassuming, kinda cute, and adventurous.
Chester!
The kids have had several hamsters but Chester really stood out.
This guy was fun, always up to something. He was an escape artist extrodinaire and a traveling fool. This little fella would end up in some truely amazing places.
Back to the boat name. Somehow I don't think C-Hamster would evoke the image we are looking for.
So whadaya think, is this an idea best left on the cocktail napkin or is it a go.

By the way we have dropped Salish-C from consideration, it could be a good name for the right boat.

Chester · Posted: Sat Nov 11, 2006 12:07 am Post subject:

This post is getting views but no one is replying. Please, if this name sucks let me know! Better to find out now rather than later.

TyBoo · Posted: Sat Nov 11, 2006 12:16 am Post subject:

Chester is a great sounding name. Except maybe for old guys who remember Chester from the show Gunsmoke. He walked with a limp. I often wondered how he got the limp, now I'm thinking he may have been rearended by a stagecoach. Oops. Sorry. No problems - the jinx is gone, right?

Chester really is a neat name for a CD. It fits good. And no need to worry about a masculine name on a boat, I should think. My boat is named after my late best friend, Tyler Boothe. Here's a thread on the original MSN C-Brat site all about how folks chose the names. My tale is right up at the top. It was kind of cool seeing it again. I thought we had started a similar topic on here, but I can't find it.

Chester. I like it. Sure beats Festus.

Sea Wolf · Posted: Sat Nov 11, 2006 12:18 am Post subject:

milehog-

I'm sure there's a thousand reasons to call a boat a feminine name (I've read them before, but don't remember right now), and a million superstitions about how you'll wind up falling off the edge of the earth in your boat if you do, but I say go ahead and assert your manhood and call the boat anyting you wish, feminine, masculine, neuter, supernatural, indeterminate, or interdemonimational.

I'm actually thinking of naming my Sea Ray "Funny Farm" in honor of the lack of rationality in human behavior and the world in general.

Gender Free Joe. (Please don't take that the wrong way.)

AstoriaDave · Posted: Sat Nov 11, 2006 12:39 am Post subject:

Well, this is a little far-fetched, but if you added a "Chi" in front of that "Chester," then your C-Dory would be honoring one of the fine old men of the sea: Sir Francis Chichester: http://www.solarnavigator.net/sir_francis_chichester.htm

Chi-Chester, C-Chester, C-Dory

I think he was the first man to single-hand a sailboat around the world. Some details: "Sir Francis has spent nearly 220 days alone at sea and crossed the Atlantic, Cape of Good Hope, the Pacific and the Horn of Africa - 28,500 miles of dangerous ocean. But this man is no stranger to seafaring. He won the first solo transatlantic yacht race in 1960 in Gipsy Moth III, sailing from Plymouth to New York City in 40 days. He beat his own record in 1962 repeating the voyage in 33 days."

416rigby · Posted: Sat Nov 11, 2006 1:37 am Post subject:

http://www.c-brats.com/viewtopic.php?t=1765&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=15

how folks chose the names. My tale is right up at the top. It was kind of cool seeing it again. I thought we had started a similar topic on here, but I can't find it.

Here ya go, Mike

colobear · Posted: Sat Nov 11, 2006 1:47 am Post subject:

I guess if you can give an aircraft carrier a masculine name it's not too much of a stretch to give a C-Dory a masculine name but lets not have any Chesterinas, Chesterettes, Chestericis, Chesterolas, or Chesteranns!! Very Happy

SeaSpray · Posted: Sat Nov 11, 2006 1:48 am Post subject:

Hi Dave,

I read a book about Francis Chichester when I was in grade school and that is what got me started on sailing/boating adventures. I was really intrigued by his gimbaled chair and keg of beer on his boat, even though I did not drink beer at 10 years old.

Actually, the first person to sail around the world alone was Joshua Slocum on a boat named Spray. Another great story if you haven't read it. I named my boat Sea Spray after Slocum's Spray.

I think you can name a boat anything you want.

Steve

DaveS · Posted: Sat Nov 11, 2006 2:35 am Post subject:

416rigby · Posted: Sat Nov 11, 2006 9:12 am Post subject:

I think you should call it whatever you want...because you should be happy with it. Isn't that what a boat is for? Go for it. Heck, lots of ships are named after men...there's a ton of them in the Navy, Coast Guard and the commercial fleet.

416rigby · Posted: Sat Nov 11, 2006 9:33 am Post subject:

Remember the He-Man cartoon series.................?????
How about C-Man..........lol
Donna
just kidding Shocked

JamesTXSD · Posted: Sat Nov 11, 2006 9:45 am Post subject:

Some of us spend more time picking out the names for our boats than our kids. Wink

We've always lived with a boat for a while before "officially" naming her (or him Mr. Green

); I figured the boat would let me know if the name was a good fit. "Chester" sounds good over the radio and certainly has a tough sound to it. If it makes you happy, it's the right name.

Best wishes,
Jim B.

Dan McNally · Posted: Sat Nov 11, 2006 10:13 am Post subject: Boat name

Milehog,
The choosing of name is completely personal, when you do find a name you will know it immediately. This is what I found when I went through the exercise.
Dan.

dotnmarty · Posted: Sat Nov 11, 2006 10:23 am Post subject:

I think "Chester" is perfect.

Sneaks · Posted: Sat Nov 11, 2006 10:43 am Post subject:

On Veterans day, it might be appropriate to include in this thread the WW2 veteran of the same name; the heavy cruiser USS Chester

AFAIC, wear the name proudly.

Don