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Books > Sport & Leisure > Sports & outdoor recreation > Water sports & recreations > Boating > General
Naming a boat is as personal as naming a baby (even if few male
skippers would risk telling the wife that). The culmination of many
years of dreaming and penny pinching, the purchase of a boat of any
size is a huge event for any sailor, and with that comes serious
naming pressure. Many boatowners have a secret fear that someone
else got their brilliantly original name first - or ruined it for
ever by reducing its reputation to snigger-worthy opprobrium.
Sometimes it's so difficult to name a boat that skippers are
desperate enough to ask the sorts of people who think Boaty
McBoatface would be a good choice... The perfect gift for any
skipper or would-be skipper, and featuring hundreds of common and
uncommon names, this entertaining little book will answer perhaps
the most important question new owners should ask themselves: what
will this name say about me? And as everyone knows, once you've
named a boat, you never ever change it, so it also answers the
question: what is my boat name saying about me? Names will be
categorised and listed alphabetically within these chapters: - Pun
Intended (some reveal a classic wit, others reveal just how many
desperate unfunny dullards there are sailing around in yachts
called Seas the Day) - Common as Muck (bad names - Moondancer, Wave
Catcher and others that sound like names from a bad children's
novel: where they come from, why they're bad, and how to avoid
inventing another) - A Bit of Pedigree (good names - but probably
too classy for you to get away with copying them) - Don't Even Go
There (they might be uncommon these days, but sometimes there's a
good reason for that) - Word Piracy (expressions borrowed from
other languages - with varying degrees of wisdom) - Myths, Legends
and Gods (inspired by heroes and deities of cultures now lost to
the past) - The Devil's Own (don't tempt fate by calling your boat
Invincible, as the Royal Navy did each time the last one
sank/exploded - plus other superstition-violating names) With
fascinating history, a fair bit of psychology and a lot of humour,
this is the essential guide for all would-be boat owners, and
anyone buying a gift for Dad for Father's Day or Christmas.
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