[Public-list] Re: boat names

Mon Dec 19 09:07:51 PST 2005

Gaelic for "Castle Point" or "Fort Point" or "Headland of the Fort" 
Rinn = headland, point, Dun=castle, fort  Duin = genitive (possessive form
of Dun)
It's an ancient castle on Lough Ree in Ireland where Pat's family is from.

Mike
Rinn Duin #272

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ok, i'm igmorant, what does rinn duin mean
  dan

"Meinhold, Michael J" <MICHAEL.J.MEINHOLD at saic.com> wrote:
  We're just waiting for "Rinn Duin" to become "Run Down"

Mike
Rinn Duin #272

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Gord,

And 'GILLELEJE' became "jelly jelly'

Mike Lehman
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Gilleleje #505

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Subject: Re: [Public-list] Re: boat names
Date: Mon, 19 Dec 2005 09:43:16 -0500

Back in the '80's I was part owner in a marine oriented publication whose
purpose was the printing of classified ads (besides making money) I
remember we hired a young woman to do data entry of the ads; she asked me if
there was an easy way tell if the boats in the ads were power or sail boats.
I told her that if the boat's trade name invoked violence, poisonous
reptiles, dangerous insects or savage animals, it was a power boat. If trhe
boat's manufacturer was named for its designer, a graceful sea creature or a
weather pattern, it was a sailing boat. Usually the test worked.

With regard to individual names of boats, I always suggest that one should
consider how the boat's name can be malformed by rivals or even crewmembers.

Here are some I knew...

Barca Nostra became Barking Dog

Valour became Velour

Orace (named for a fast square rigger the owner's ancestor owned) became
Orifice

Passing Wind became, well you can guess

Deliverance became something foul - I guess the owner had not seen the film

There was a 'No Fat Chicks' whose name was protested officially, and became
'Rule Number Three' which meant...

Etc oh what fun...

Gord Surprise #426

> One from Lake Erie : Our Souls. Sometimes one wonders when there is a 
call
> if the boat is not aptley named! I could go on since some of the power
> boaters are almost prone to having things sound a bit risque over the
> airwaves.
> Don #528
>
> Gordon White wrote:
>
>> Regarding the former name of Jonathan's boat - and quite a few
>> others I have seen, maybe before naming a boat the owner should
>> contemplate being in trouble and calling over Ch. 16 "may day, may day
>> yacht xxxxxx calling may day (and insert here the chosen name.) It might
>> give one pause to applying one of the more idiotic names to one's stern.
>>
>> - Gordon (Brigadoon II)
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