| # | Boat Name | Original Owners(s) / Crew | Etymology
[Person supplying information] |
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| 3815 | The Kracken | Louise Johnson | The Kracken , is a legendry sea monster. It is also a favoured brand of rum.
 [Louise Johnson] |
| 3816 | Wild Horses | Phil Emery | New boat - new crew - new theme. Several of the past boats have been named with a reflection on football. - (see 3608, 3657, 3700 & 3772). Wild Horses , a song made famous by the Rolling Stone was an age / generation inspiration.
 [Phil Emery] |
| 3817 | Aura | Geoff Kimber | In Latin and Ancient Greek, aura means wind, breeze or breath. It was used in Middle English to mean "gentle breeze".
 [Geoff Kimber] |
| 3820 | Skadi | Caroline Croft | In Norse mythology, "Skadi". is a Viking goddess who hunts in the mountains on her skis. She married the sea god Njord. Caroline enjoys skiing as well as sailing.
 [Caroline Croft] |
| 3821 | Happy Ending | Gavin Willis | This was the first new boat Gavin had after 3316. He considered the name was a natural follow on.
[Gavin Willis] |
| 3823 | The Goon Show | Alex Jackson | When Alex booked his place for the 2024 Salcombe week he did not have a name for the boat. Graham Cranford Smith - the 'need to go to man' for Salcombe week wanted to have a complete list of boat names on the entry schedule / results list. He therefore selected the name as a continuation of a theme from Alex's previous boat - 3795
[Peter Male] |
| Goon with the wind | Alex Jackson | After Salcombe 2024 Alex 'officially' named his boat. A continuation of the theme started with 3795.
[Peter Male] |
| Trigger's Broom | Alex Jackson | A new name for 2026. Alex was keen on maintaining his boat in the best of condition. A new hull as necessary, the same colour as the old one. New mast, sails, rigging and sheets as the ware and tare demanded. Just like "Trigger's Broom" (Trigger was a charter, a road sweeper, in the BBC television series 'Only Fools & Horses'.)
The 'skit' was a modern interpretation of the classical paradox "The Ship of Theseus"
[Alex Jackson] |
| 3824 | Bonnie | Andy Davis | The boat is blue. Bonnie - a word associated with having a good time.
[Andy Davis] |
| 3825 | T Cup | Storm Nuttall | Storm sailing in her boat.
[Storm Nuttall] |
| 3826 | Rodney (aka Dave) | Stu Bithell | The name on the registration certificate is Rodney - but on the boat the name is Dave! This was inspired by 'Fools & Horses' , a BBC TV comidy series in the 1980/90s
A specific explanation is given here.
[Stu Bithell] |
| 3827 | The Return of the Jedi | Dave Winder | Following the Star Wars theme from previous boats. (3611 - 3662 - 3735 - 3781)
 [Dave Winder] |
| 3829 | Back in Business | Mike Calvert | The explanation goes back to 3549 - Unfinished Business. This boat was sold in 2002 and replaced with 3626 - Business as Usual. After sailing it for a while Mike felt that the hull shape could be improved and some surgery was undertaken by the builder. However, this did not seem to work and Mike moved on to 3691 - Quick Fix. Once again, the hull shape did not come up to expectations and Mike decided that 3549 had been the best.
3549 is a wooden boat built by Kevin Driver and Mike approached the current owner who agreed to a mould of the hull being taken.The result is that Mike is back in (unfinished) Business.
 [Mike Clavert] |
| 3830 | Amuse. Bouche | Tom Low | The literally French meaning is "to amuse the mouth". Tom found that having a new, non-conventional Merlin was 'mouth watering'
[Tom Low] |
