The never ending boat-name threads-with a twist

rgranger

rgranger

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Jan 19, 2010
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Hobie 16 & Rhodes 22 Skeeter Charleston
I know these come up about every six months but here is one with a twist...

Its a riddle....

I think it would be cool to name my next boat

Nantes' Promise

Now who here gets the reference...

Hint: It is a nod to a famous pirate ship.


If you got a cleaver boat name with a twist... share it.

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wristwister

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Jan 28, 2015
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Tartan 30 Anacortes, WA
I think I get the Nante thing, but I'll let the guesses play out a bit.

But I'll add a name of my own: "ASITHIS". Would have named my current boat this, but my boat partner didn't like it so we named her Wind Rose. But some day I will own an ASITHIS. Any guesses?
 
rgranger

rgranger

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Jan 19, 2010
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Hobie 16 & Rhodes 22 Skeeter Charleston
wristwister said:
I think I get the Nante thing, but I'll let the guesses play out a bit.

But I'll add a name of my own: "ASITHIS". Would have named my current boat this, but my boat partner didn't like it so we named her Wind Rose. But some day I will own an ASITHIS. Any guesses?
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There is a Latin word close to that "aisthesis" that sort of means "an awareness of sensation". Is that what you were going for? Is this a more modern latin-based word?

For a sailboat that would be a cool name.
 
woodster

woodster

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Sep 15, 2009
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S2 9.2a Fairhope Al
rgranger said:
There is a Latin word close to that "aisthesis" that sort of means "an awareness of sensation". Is that what you were going for? Is this a more modern latin-based word?

For a sailboat that would be a cool name.
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when i got my boat she was named SINSATION
 
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wristwister

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Jan 28, 2015
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Tartan 30 Anacortes, WA
rgranger, nothing quite so urbane as Latin, but thanks for pointing that out. Now I like the word even more!
 
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Benny17441

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May 24, 2004
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CC 30 South Florida
If we need a PHD in Literature to understand a name it is probably not good. Whatever happened to the old standards, like Summer Breeze, Sunseeker, etc?
 
Kermit

Kermit

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Jul 31, 2010
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AquaCat 12.5 17342 Wateree Lake, SC
I'm working on this. I still haven't figured out the meaning but it's a nod to Queen Anne's Revenge. Arrrggggghhh!
 
Kermit

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Jul 31, 2010
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AquaCat 12.5 17342 Wateree Lake, SC
Benny17441 said:
If we need a PHD in Literature to understand a name it is probably not good. Whatever happened to the old standards, like Summer Breeze, Sunseeker, etc?
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rgranger may not hold a PhD but he is a professor of chemistry. I get what you're saying, Benny, but I love a good mystery!
 
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wristwister

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Jan 28, 2015
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Tartan 30 Anacortes, WA
OK, wasn't the Queen Ann's Revenge originally a freighter named "Nantes" or some such thing before Blackbeard took it over for his nefarious purposes?

Regarding ASITHIS, you don't need a PhD to figure it out, you just need to see the picture hanging on the bulkhead, and read the old sailors quote written on it.
 
Apex

Apex

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Jun 19, 2013
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C&C 30 Elk Rapids
no answers?
someone go ahead and be the spoiler, I don't even have a guess....
 
rgranger

rgranger

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Jan 19, 2010
12,935
Hobie 16 & Rhodes 22 Skeeter Charleston
Kermit said:
I'm working on this. I still haven't figured out the meaning but it's a nod to Queen Anne's Revenge. Arrrggggghhh!
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Yes that is it. The original name of the boat was La Concorde de Nantes. It was originally a slave ship. In 1717 Thatch (Blackbeard) captured the boat and renamed it.
 
rgranger

rgranger

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Jan 19, 2010
12,935
Hobie 16 & Rhodes 22 Skeeter Charleston
Kermit said:
rgranger may not hold a PhD but he is a professor of chemistry. I get what you're saying, Benny, but I love a good mystery!
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I do hold a Ph.D. but not in language. I just happen to have a close friend who is a professor of Latin and he is always talking about the origin of words. It is quite interesting once you start parsing out a word.
 
Kermit

Kermit

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Jul 31, 2010
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AquaCat 12.5 17342 Wateree Lake, SC
rgranger said:
I do hold a Ph.D. but not in language. I just happen to have a close friend who is a professor of Latin and he is always talking about the origin of words. It is quite interesting once you start parsing out a word.
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Oops. My bad! I looked you up on the college website. I figured they would brag on your PhD if you had one. *blush*
 
rgranger

rgranger

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Jan 19, 2010
12,935
Hobie 16 & Rhodes 22 Skeeter Charleston
Kermit said:
Oops. My bad! I looked you up on the college website. I figured they would brag on your PhD if you had one. *blush*
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Don't matter... if I could do it all over again, I think I'd just go sailing... :D
 
DannyS

DannyS

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May 27, 2004
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Beneteau 393 Bayfield, Wi
I named my first boat, "Tiller I'll Be Late". The boat was sort-of the final wedge that ended my first marriage 15 years ago. Originally, I was going to name her "Tiller I'm not coming home". Hee-Hee!
 
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wristwister

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Jan 28, 2015
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Tartan 30 Anacortes, WA
Regarding ASITHIS, I suppose the complete boat name should also include BTNWSABF, but that just doesn't roll off the tongue nicely.
 
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