Strange ship names

[Roger Long]

http://www.rogerlongboats.com/images/Eagle_Stealth.jpg

Good luck with that.

Wouldn't painting her all black have been a good first step?

[BBSebens]

Nah... its hiding in plain sight. the best hiding place ever.

should've painted it fluorescent Green

[paladin]

How about "Talafiafaoe" (literally Love in Tahitian), or Invocation to the great Bear, Chicken Noodle Sloop, Polikero Numero Uno (translate THAT), and one in San Francisco Masarap Na SuSu Mo....and I'm not going to translate that into English, and I swear that not 30 days later I saw one near Monterey that said Masarap Na Puki Mo....and that's a bit more..risque...

[SamSam]

My favorite...


http://www.latitude38.com/LectronicLat/2006/0306/Mar08/titanuranus.jpg

[Boatguy1972]

My favorite...


http://www.latitude38.com/LectronicLat/2006/0306/Mar08/titanuranus.jpg

omg thats great

[purri]

Shouldn't it's Port of Registration be SF?

[Roger Long]

My favorite...

Ever in the history of WBF has anyone been so completely trumped in a thread they started?

[Andrew Craig-Bennett]

And it's genuine; it is not Photoshopped.

The ship with the IMO unique number 8000895 is now the "K Cosmos" of Korea Line but she was indeed the "Titan Uranus" of Sino Ocean Development, who had a fleet of tankers named after the planets all prefixed "Titan" and she was under the Hong Kong flag between April 2004 and August 2006 when, someone presumably having told her owners, she became the "Titan Taurus".

The Register section of the Hong Kong Marine Department, whom I know and whose English is perfectly fluent, not to say seamanlike, and Lloyds Register of Shipping, with whom she was classed and of whom the same can be said, must have been p***ing themselves! :D

[SamSam]

Ever in the history of WBF has anyone been so completely trumped in a thread they started?
I did feel sort of bad about the shanghaiing, but as a world class example of Engrish, I did it for the good of humanity. Sorry. ;)

[LongIslandBoy]

A couple of years ago I crewed for Gareth ("Hwyl") on a 42' sloop, Virginia to St. Martin, named "Ataraxia". While on watch one night just north of Tortola I spoke with the helmsman of a northbound Ketch. After identifying myself he asked why anyone would name their boat "Anorexia"?:eek::D

[ILikeRust]

http://www.rogerlongboats.com/images/Eagle_Stealth.jpg

Good luck with that.

Wouldn't painting her all black have been a good first step?

Maybe if they paint it camouflage and dock in front of some trees and brush, it will be nearly undetectable.

[marcin]

How about "Talafiafaoe" (literally Love in Tahitian), or Invocation to the great Bear, Chicken Noodle Sloop, Polikero Numero Uno (translate THAT), and one in San Francisco Masarap Na SuSu Mo....and I'm not going to translate that into English, and I swear that not 30 days later I saw one near Monterey that said Masarap Na Puki Mo....and that's a bit more..risque...

That's in Tagalog, isn't it?

I learned to sail on a 26' macaroni sloop called "Behemoth".

On another occasion, I sailed off the coast of Spain on Bara-Bara (which is Polish for Hanky-Panky).

[Stan D]

How about "Talafiafaoe" (literally Love in Tahitian), or Invocation to the great Bear, Chicken Noodle Sloop, Polikero Numero Uno (translate THAT), and one in San Francisco Masarap Na SuSu Mo....and I'm not going to translate that into English, and I swear that not 30 days later I saw one near Monterey that said Masarap Na Puki Mo....and that's a bit more..risque...

That is so unfair, Chuck. At least provide a link to translate it for us.

[Iceboy]

That's in Tagalog, isn't it?

I learned to sail on a 26' macaroni sloop called "Behemoth".

On another occasion, I sailed off the coast of Spain on Bara-Bara (which is Polish for Hanky-Panky).

How's that macaroni perform in salt water. I hope they coated it with cpes. :D

[Andrew Craig-Bennett]

That's in Tagalog, isn't it?


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[sailboy3]

That is so unfair, Chuck. At least provide a link to translate it for us.

Look it up on Google.

[marcin]

How's that macaroni perform in salt water. I hope they coated it with cpes. :D

They did. Got really stiffed on the deal too :p

[marcin]

Translation sent by PM

Reaceived, read, LOL'ed.

Thanks!!

[SamSam]

"Cagafuego" or "Cacafuego" is another different sort of name.

[ahp]

Cacafuego was the name of a Spanish warship in the Patrick O'Brian stories. I believe it translates as"****fire". O'Brian was having a bit of fun I suspect.

[Captain Intrepid]

It was also the nickname of an actual vessel, though it was originally Cagafuego, "Fire****ter."

[ILikeRust]

http://www.icis.com/blogs/icis-chemicals-confidential/files/2008/11/shipping-news-titan-uranus.html

cannot believe that one hasn't been mentioned yet.

Um...

Look up thread...

http://forum.woodenboat.com/showpost.php?p=2629156&postcount=4

[JimConlin]

"Average White Boat"
Calipygian (means 'having shapely buttocks),
Hemipygian (its tender)

[Geoff Plante]

Used to be a tanker tied up in the backwaters of Boston harbor, near Chelsea named 'MV Uranus' had a photo of it's bow once upon a time. Also saw a liquor store in Salem named 'Bunghole liquors' once.