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Posted by elmroc on 07/17/07 - 11:13 AM

Hey folks, it's my lucky day.
Just put a deposit on a beautiful 1989 Outrage 18 and will be taking delivery by the weekend. She's in great shape, with less than 400 hours on her total, and inspected all the maintenance records. I can't wait to get her wet.
Now the tough part. I'm looking for suggestions for names.

Anyone creative out there? (If it helps, i have a wife and 2 kids (one of each) that will be tagging along on here)

Thanks for the help

JV

Posted by Bob Kemmler JR on 07/17/07 - 12:24 PM

Congrats and are you a fisherman? If so being on long island where catching bluefish is a right of passage in the summertime........"Blues man" has a nice ring to it.

Posted by elmroc on 07/17/07 - 12:56 PM

I am a fisherman, and it's my hope that this boat will take me to plenty of them over the coming years.

Keep 'em coming!!!!

Posted by moose on 07/17/07 - 1:19 PM

I pretty much have a deviated cerebellum and my thoughts go off in directions that can't be explained most of the time. From Long Island I came up with "Shorty's Isle" and the other from the kids is "Baby's New Shoes." I'm sure otherss will follow.
Mike

Edited by moose on 07/17/07 - 1:19 PM

Posted by kamie on 07/17/07 - 2:51 PM

While it may be your boat, I vote for letting the kids or the wife name her. That way they will have a vested interest in the boat.

Posted by Buckda on 07/17/07 - 3:18 PM

Own her and use her this season. She will name herself before next year. Just think about it for awhile and use a "placeholder" name on the radio for this year.

Mine came with a name, but after 4 years of ownership, I'd change the name to something original to me if so many people didn't know the boat with its current name....

Posted by pjred71 on 07/17/07 - 6:07 PM

#13

I agree with Buckda- she'll name herself at some point this seasong.

A word of warning- do not let your buddies know you are looking for a name. Case in point- my buddy with his shiny 2004 21' Outrage has taken to hailing me as "Second Fiddle" on the VHF. Ha, ha, ha. (I hate to admit I did laugh the first time)

Posted by Home Aside on 07/17/07 - 6:41 PM

#14

A lot of different subjects might bring about a boat name, Occupations, Kids/Wifes names, specialties, sports affiliations, etc, etc,

For me I worked as a Sergent with Detroit PD Homicide, I really loved that job, it was rewarding stuff, I worked a lot of overtime in that job, it may sound demented but that overtime payed for my first Whaler, I spent a lot of time on that Montauk, one day I thought a lot of people mispronounce Homicide to sound like "Home Aside", I was spending so much time on the Montauk it was almost like a Home Aside from my real home...thus the play on words "Home Aside" became the name of my Montauk and now my Revenge 22 WT......

Pat Henahan

Posted by DelawareDan on 07/18/07 - 5:32 PM

#17

Lotsa good suggestions... I especially like kamie's and Dave's (Buckda). Haven't named my boat yet, but have a few names in mind. I'm also not opposed to having a boat with NO name. Any other members cruising around with un-named boats? Do you still refer to "her" as "she"?
:|

Posted by elmroc on 07/19/07 - 5:33 AM

#18

Well, since i haven't even gotten her wet yet, and the wife and kids haven't seen her yet, i'll wait. I'm sure we'll come up with a name as a family. Thanks all for your input. JV

Posted by Joe Kriz on 07/19/07 - 10:56 AM

#19

Dan,

Out of all the Whalers I have owned, there was only one that had a name on it when I bought it.
I removed the name from the hull but did NOT change the name.

All of the rest never had a name other than what model it was.
I guess I am just not a name kind of guy.... :o

Posted by elmroc on 07/30/07 - 8:00 AM

#20

Update.....Got a name.....

well...i got her wet thhis past weekend.....what a boat.
Had the wife and kids out......kids came up with her name....

SEA PUP (no....she's not a dog!!!)

She ran nice and dry in 1-2 footers on Long Island Sound on Sarurday before the storms kicked in But what a Boat.

Pictures to follow soon.

John V

Posted by MW on 07/31/07 - 2:22 AM

#22

and what a storm it was ! I was out checking things at the dock (south shore of Long Island, "Oceanside"), because, I heard a very violent storm brewing, I checked the radar "YIKES", all red, I saw the storm from about 20 miles away up north, I thought to myself "That North shore is getting hammered", it looked like it was going to to go north east of us but, circled around and WE GOT HAMMERED. I don't have a name on my boat, and sometimes I have seen other people with names on their boats, and after seeing some of them, I'm glad that I don't have one, there is a boat with the name "ONE SHOT" with a picture of a shot glass, I think I have seen him pulled over about 7 times by Marine police. The horse race pages in the newspaper has many good names.
mw

Edited by MW on 07/31/07 - 2:26 AM