On Mon, 13 Jul 2009 04:41:18 -0700 (PDT), Tim
wrote:

http://www.freep.com/article/2009071...rious-business

Some people take it really serious.

I don't . My boats are all named, "boat"

All my boats have had names that are related to my other long time
hobby - so far, names have been Long Wave, Quarter Wave, Half Wave,
Wave Length, Freguent Sea, Standing Wave, Traveling Wave and of course
good old Short Wave.

Long Wave was used twice - the Contenders. The Grady was christened
Frequent Sea, Half Wave I through IV were all bass boats, Quarter Wave
I and II was the Princecraft and a 18' Lund guide boat, Wave Length
was a Town Class sailboat I owned in high school, Standing Wave was a
18' lapstrake center well lobster boat based on the Swampscott Dory
style lapstrake construction also in high school.

Traveling Wave was a Fortier 26 that I owned for all of two months -
it sank at the dock due to two freak major malfunctions - the intake
hose burst and the stuffing box gave way - both relatively at the same
time. The marina manager said it was fine when he went home, next
morning, it was on the bottom. Never gonna use that name again. :)

My favorite name, of course, is Short Wave and was the original boat
that I inherited from my Dad - a 13' Boston Whaler Sport with a 30
horse Evinrude. The second Short Wave was 17' Montauk which I bought
right after I was discharged from the service - got it used from my
old high school after school boss. The name was never used again
until I bought the Ranger. And of course the business name that is
currently in hiatus.