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"Skip Gundlach"
wrote:

Well, we're rounding third in our quest to step aboard and cut the lines.
Minor details remain to be dealt with, but one which had bedeviled us until
today is now resolved.

That's the name of our boat. There's more background than you'll want to
hear, but the challenge we've had is to come up with something which was
meaningful to both of us, and also to be unique

FWIW there are two documented boats with the name FLYING PIG although
they aren't *THE* FLYING PIG

(1 of 2) Vessel Name: FLYING PIG USCG Doc. No.: 588065
Vessel Service: RECREATIONAL
Trade Indicator: Recreational
Hull Material: FRP (FIBERGLASS)
Year Built: 1976
Hullyard and Address: KOWLOON, HONG KONG
Length (ft.): 27.7
Hailing Port: JACKSON, MI
Owner: GORDON L HEINS
JACKSON, MI 49203
Documentation Issuance Date: May 27, 2003
Documentation Expiration Date: June 30, 2004

Previous Vessel Names: HORN-BLOWER III
WIND-UP

(2 of 2) Vessel Name: FLYING PIG USCG Doc. No.: 545796
Vessel Service: RECREATIONAL
Trade Indicator: Recreational
Call Sign: WN2191
Hull Material: FRP (FIBERGLASS)
Shipyard and Address: ISLANDER YACHTS INC
Year Built: 1972
Hullyard and Address: COSTA MESA CA
Length (ft.): 39.9
Hailing Port: ALAMEDA
Owner: CAROL ANN SIMPSON
Documentation Issuance Date: March 18, 2003
Documentation Expiration Date: March 31, 2004

Previous Vessel Names: ON THE ROAD AGAIN
AQUARIUS
GEM
Previous Vessel Owners: PAUL C HOFMANN

There is also

(1 of 3) Vessel Name: PIGS FLY USCG Doc. No.: 670949
Vessel Service: RECREATIONAL
Trade Indicator: Recreational
Hull Material: FRP (FIBERGLASS)
Hull Number: EGH33170M84A
Shipyard and Address: EGG HARBOR BOAT CO
Year Built: 1983
Hullyard and Address: EGG HARBOR NJ
Length (ft.): 32.8
Hailing Port: MARION MA
Owner: BRIAN J LADOUCEUR
Documentation Issuance Date: December 09, 2003
Documentation Expiration Date: December 31, 2004

Previous Vessel Names: EGGSTASEA
EGGSTASEA
ROUSTABOUT
ENDORFIN
Previous Vessel Owners:
ROBERT W AUBREY
DAVID L NICHOLSON


And also my favorite

(2 of 3) Vessel Name: WHEN PIGS FLY USCG Doc. No.: 974594
Vessel Service: RECREATIONAL
Trade Indicator: Recreational
Hull Material: FRP (FIBERGLASS)
Hull Number: SERP1004F990
Length (ft.): 41.6
Hailing Port: SEATTLE WA
Owner: BYRON L STEENERSON
Documentation Issuance Date: August 27, 2003
Documentation Expiration Date: September 30, 2004

Previous Vessel Names: OVERHEATED
TWO DOCS
Previous Vessel Owners: GARY B LUNDY

(3 of 3) Vessel Name: WHEN PIGS FLY USCG Doc. No.: 919877
Vessel Service: RECREATIONAL
Trade Indicator: Recreational
Hull Material: FRP (FIBERGLASS)
Hull Number: CDRCA080E686
Shipyard and Address: CARVER BOAT CORPORATION
Year Built: 1986
Hullyard and Address: PULASKI WI
Length (ft.): 42.1
Hailing Port: LEE'S SUMMIT, MO
Owner: FRANCIS E NOLD
Documentation Issuance Date: January 15, 2004
Documentation Expiration Date: February 28, 2005

Previous Vessel Names: SPARKLE II
COMING ALONG
Previous Vessel Owners: No Vessel Owner Changes

This is in the US as the Canadian system seems to be down at the
moment.

When we bought our boat its name was INCORRIGIBLE which Bob hated.
The first boat we chartered was WHISPER, and I thought that was a good
name, but when I looked it up, there were 50 some WHISPERs. We also
wanted something a bit unique.

We considered a large number of names, including REAL QUIET who had
just won the Kentucky Derby. I looked all of them up for uniqueness.
There were no Real Quiets in the database although there is a small
boat here in this marina with that name, but we finally decided on my
first name. There are 14 other boats with ROSALIE in their names
(including a fishing boat named ST. ROSALIE, and a freight barge named
ROSALIE 106B), but none that are ROSALIEANN.


As for logos - before you use one, you'd usually have to get
permission. http://www.flyingpigsoftware.com/showwinner.html has the
designs for a Flying Pig logo contest. (I don't like any of these)

The Flying Pig Systems one looks like it has an attitude.

http://flyingpig.pigpen.com/ is a site for people who collect pigs and
their logo is a bit more cherubic

There's a carved balsa flying pig on the order of the Flying Pig
System one http://www.natashascafe.com/html/pig.html which could
perhaps serve as a figurehead.

****My favorite is http://www.arcfan.demon.co.uk/sf/flying.htm the
Flying Pig Bookshop in the UK which has a nice silhouette logo

A Japanese company http://www.flying-pig.co.uk/ apparently makes
'executive toys to model' and has a moving model of a flying pig.

http://www.flyingpig.nl/alt1024/theFlyingPig1024.htm is a backpackers
hostel in Holland but their logo doesn't seem particularly useful.

http://www.flyingpigmarathon.com/ has a logo for the Flying Pig
Marathon in Cincinnati

There's a logo on the Flying Pig home page of a couple in the UK
http://users.argonet.co.uk/users/flying.pigs/intro.html

There's also Flying Pig Shopping, Flying Pig Productions (selling
flying pigs - apparently people collect them), Flying Pig Eyewear, The
Flying Pigs QRP Club, the Flying Pig Brewing Company (without a web
page), a Flying Pig singing group that has put out a CD, a UK
Cambridge football (soccer) club named Flying Pigs, and Flying Pig
Precinct in NSW which is a gift shop.

grandma Rosalie

S/V RosalieAnn, Leonardtown, MD
CSY 44 WO #156
http://home.mindspring.com/~gmbeasley/id2.html