Often 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. Naming a boat can be as personal as naming a baby. Many boat owners have a secret fear that someone else got their brilliantly original name first--or ruined their chosen name forever by co-opting it for their disgraceful boat.
The perfect gift for any skipper or would-be skipper, and featuring hundreds of common and uncommon names, this entertaining little book answers 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 right now?
Names are categorized--and listed alphabetically within these chapters--as to:
- Popularity: helpfully, yacht insurers release ranked lists of popular names each ye
