Messing About In Sailboats

Really Stupid Boat Names

A few weeks ago, I asked for submissions for the Stupidest Boat Names and I was not disappointed. These are beauties. Thank You! This would not of course had been possible without the support of the awesome Scuttlebutt. I have tried to categorize them and they have been unscientifically grouped in a totally subjective way that made sense to me after a few beers. I haven't figured my 3 favorites yet but when I do the submitters get CDs of the Top 10 Sailing Songs. The original list, culled from several web sites, is in the extended posts. If you have any other names to suggest, I will happily add them. Here they are: Appalling Puns "Hot Ruddered Bum" "Si yes da" "L.L. Boat" "Sail Bad The Sinner" "Bow Down" "Sexual Heeling" "Ahoy Vey" "Yacht Sea" "Makin' Luff" Financial "A Crewed Interest" "Myovadraft" "The Loan Ranger" "Colin's Tuition" Medical "Biopsea"... Read more →

Sailing Photo Of The Day

Going Nowhere., originally uploaded by Le Troubadour. c/o Flickr. Read more →

Porto Cervo Sardinia

Some nice pics from my friend Nantini who just came back from Sardinia. I think the big yacht is one of Perini Navi, although it's one of their smaller yachts. She took these form Porto Cervo Read more →

Song for Friday: Van Morrison - Into the Mystic

The Mini-me of Cruising ships -- Majesty Of the Seas

I am less than a fan of the whole cruiseboat thing. I can think of nothing more boring than being stuck on a floating hotel with a thousand strangers, stuffing myself silly. This however caught my attention. It is a little out of date and I apologize if it's old news but it was too weird not to share. It's an 1/8th scale model of the Royal Caribbean cruise ship, Majesty of The Sea. It was built by a now-retired French miner, Francois Zanella. He spent 3,500 hours planning and designing it in intricate detail. It then took him 11 years to build. More precisely, 25,000 hours. It was then transported to the Saas river so Francois could spend his retirement cruising it up and down the French canals. There are times when I wonder why I do this blogging thing (Many of my readers may share this the same... Read more →