On Feb 29, 2:26*pm, "Sal's Dad" Sals...@nospam--betts-hyphen-
orourke.net wrote:
Skip, I too have followed your adventures - and have always wondered -

Did nobody warn you, of the bad luck that comes with saying "Pig" while on a
boat?

The name of your boat is, well, asking for it.

Sal's Dad

I never heard of this.

There are 35 documented boats names with PIG - does include three
Pigeons and a TroPiGal

Vessel Name Built Service Home Port Length Doc. No.
1. BIG PIG 1979 Passenger (Uninspected) Carolina Beach 28.8
615366
2. BLUE PIGEON 1974 Recreational Marion 38 573477
3. BLUE PIGEON 1961 Recreational Newport Ri 39.7 1097157
4. BLUE PIGEON TOO 1989 Recreational Jamestown 52.7 1133574
5. C PIG Recreational Topsail Beach 35.8 1164623
6. FLYIN' PIGS Recreational San Diego 36 1053402
7. FLYING PIG 1978 Recreational St Thomas 45 992056
8. FLYING PIG Recreational San Rafael 29.9 1130605
9. FOUR LITTLE PIGS 1994 Recreational Ft Worth Tx 34 1031664
10. MADAME PIG 1984 Recreational Libertyville, Il 34 675865
11. MISS PIGGY 1982 Unclassified Burlington, Vt 40 648280
12. MISS PIGGY Recreational Freemont 31 667367
13. MISS PIGGY Recreational Verplanck 62 914896
14. MISS PIGGY 1996 Recreational Seaford 40 1097289
15. MISS PIGGY 2002 Recreational Chester 23.8 1138660
16. MISS PIGGY 2 Recreational Inver Grove Heights 33 1159782
17. MISS PIGGYS PLAY PEN VII 2004 Recreational Atlantis 47.7
1161211
18. PIG PEN 1990 Recreational Annapolis Md 34.4 976201
19. PIG PEN 2000 Recreational Punta Gorda Fl 35 1101865
20. PIG RIG 2004 Recreational Topsail Beach 60.4 1158099
21. PIG STY 1999 Recreational Royal Ar 78 1080947
22. PIG TALES 1990 Recreational Ventura 34.4 967006
23. PIGEON TOES IV 1989 Recreational Solomons 44.2 954521
24. PIGGY BANK 1994 Recreational Smithfield 54 1024312
25. PIGGY BANK Recreational St Louis 33 1122899
26. PIGGY BANK III 2000 Recreational Dana Point 33.8 1105975
27. PIGGYBACK 2000 Recreational Carson City 78.2 1101803
28. PIGLET 1988 Recreational Boxboro 35 928634
29. PIGLET Recreational St Louis 33.7 971000
30. PIGS FLY 1983 Recreational Marion 32.8 670949
31. PIGS IN SPACE 1985 Recreational Duluth, Mn 33 695126
32. PIGSNOOT IV 1970 Recreational Jackson Nj 36.1 573240
33. PIGTALES 1995 Recreational Louisiana 39.2 1043394
34. PIGTRACKS 1988 Recreational New York Ny 30 929389
35. POOH PIGLET 1991 Recreational Tuckerton 39.4 988126
36. SEA PIG II 1985 Recreational New Smyrna 32.8 973839
37. TROPIGAL 1978 Recreational Key West 35 616597
38. WHEN PIGS FLY 1976 Recreational Boston 31.6 585623
39. WHEN PIGS FLY 1986 Recreational Lee'S Summit 42.1 919877

Also I've seen or found the Happy Heifer, Heifers, Heifer Dust, The
Brown Cow, Pied Cow, two Cowardly Lions, twenty boats with some
variation of Black Sheep, a Sheep Dog, and a Wild Sheep

Aqua Hog (2), Bay Hog (3), Blind Hog, Elegant Hog, Fish Hog (4) Hedge
Hog (2), Ground Hog, Hog Dogs, The Slippery Hog, Wart Hog (2). Plus
over 300 boats that had some version of BEAR in their names.