| # | Boat Name | Original Owners(s) / Crew | Etymology
[Person supplying information] |
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| 3585 | | | The name in 2017 after the boat had been modified by John Fildes.
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| 3586 | Same Old Magic | Mike Fitzpatrick |
[Kieron Mason] |
| Re-named:-
Shadowplay | Re-named by:-
Kieron Mason | Kieron acquired the boat after it had been in storage for some time. This had been less kind to the fittings and the majority needed replacement so another refurb was underway (see 3548). Kieron wanted to flip the trend for ‘traditional’ white waterlines and decided on black. He admired the very dark grey of 3743 so black and grey it was.
Belinda (his wife) and Kieron had spent many hours working late into the night as students listening to Joy Division and their track Shadowplay. Thoughts of this brought back memories and it seemed to fit the boat pretty well.
 [Kieron Mason] |
| 3587 | Mitral
| Ted Kington | Ted’s present to himself after major heart surgery which included the provision of new Mitral valves.
[Chris Martin] |
| Re-named:-
Mistral | Re-named by:-
Frank Fern | Frank thought the name on the boat had been mis-spelt and had it 'corrected'.
[Chris Martin] |
| 3588 | Merlinium | | A boat built at the start of the 3rd millennium
 [Peter Male] |
| 3589 | Fat Bottom Girl | Colin Brockbank | As we all know - boats are feminine. Merlins have a wide beam and a flat(ish) bottom. A play on words.
 [Colin Brockbank] |
| 3592 | Boadicea | Judith Massey | Boadicea was perhaps the greatest of the Warrior Queens, and something of an inspiration for its lady owner.
[Graham Willianson] |
| 3593 | Insomnia | Richard Whitworth | A song to which Richard would listen prior to sailing to get him 'in the groove'.
[Richard Whitworth] |
| 3594 | Summit Fever | Phil Plumtree | Name taken from a book by Andrew Greig which focused on the addiction of mountaineers wanting to reach the top at all costs and the euphoria of the achievement. Also the typeface of the cover was used by David Winder as a basis
for the name on the side.
[Phil Plumtree] |
| 3597 | Quidditch | Steve Crook | The boat was purchased at the time when Harry Potter was big box office. Merlin was a wizard and Quidditch is the game wizards play in Harry Potter .
 [Steve Crook] |
| 3598 | Bah Humbug | Jim Hopton | After years of persevering with older boats Jim decided if couldn’t beat the owners of new boats he would join them.
 [Chris Martin] |
| 3599 | Harry | John Harris | Named after John & Robert's father.
 [Mike Liggett] |
| 3601 | Millennium Falcon | Will Rainey | In 2000, a new design was conceived over supper at the Looe championships.
The film the Phantom Menace had been released the previous year and as a Star Wars fan - Will's next boat just had to be metallic silver and called Millennium Falcon, the fastest space ship in the galaxy.
It was, after all, the year 2000 and a Merlin is a species of Falcon.
A further twist in the theme is the now infamous port v starboard incident with Dave Winder in the boats first open meeting at Abersoch, when Will hit Dave (WIll's fault). Dave then called his new boat The Phantom Menace (3611).
[Will Rainey] |
| 3604 | Aunt Fanny | Laurence Tosh |
[Year Book] |
| Re-named:-
Desafinado | Re-named by:-
Tim Barr | The name of a song written by Tom Jobim. The word means off key or out of tune. - Helm or boat?
[Tim Barr] |
| 3606 | Take it easy | Phil King | Alluding to the corny cowboy salutation (another reference to Kevin Driver's black hats) and the hope that the boat would do all the work.
 [Phil King] |
| 3608 | The Shed | Phil Emery | Phil - an avid Chelsea supporter. The Shed - the home end at Stamford Bridge.
[Phil Emery] |
| 3609 | Time Lords | Graham Williamson & John Bell | A development of the 'Time' theme (3569), and an anagram of Old Timers. The boat was purchased at a point when John & Graham were consistent winners of the Centenary Trophy for a combined age over 100...
[Graham Willianson] |
| 3610 | Needlemakers | Paul Hollis | When purchased, Paul was the licencee of The Needlemakers Arms, Studley, Warks.
 [Paul Hollis] |
| 3611 | The Phantom Menace | David Winder | The story continues from 3601. Dave was also a Star Wars fan and The Phantom Menace (Star Wars: Episode 1) was a film that had just been released. The Millennium Falcon (a silver boat) and The Phantom Menace (a black boat) are on different sides in the Galactic Republic.
[David Winder] |
| 3613 | Two Red Herrings | Paul Gilbert | Not known
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| Re-named:- Alfred | Re-named by:- Christopher Grosscurth | Named after the grandfather of Chris's wife
 [Dan Kelly] |
| 3615 | Edgar | Andrew Hilton | Named in memory of grandfather.
 [Andrew Hilton] |
| 3617 | --- | Richard Estaugh | Richard did not name the boat
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| Nearly all Over | Matt Biggs & Dave Crockett | When purchased by Matt & Dave it was anticipated that Dave would soon have to give up sailing - however - see 3665
[Matt Biggs] |
| 3619 | Dark and Stormy | Richard Page | Richard had been taking part in a 'round the Island' race. This was followed by drinks in the Royal Corinthian YC. The crew from another boat started the group on 'Dark and Stormy'. A great time was had by all. The boat was named as a reminder of the memorable evening.
 [Richard Page] |
| 3620 | Cool Cookie | Patrick Blake | Patrick had started a new theme for his boat names (see 3506). An alternative version of 'Smarty Pants' is sort of slang terms for attractive young women - after all boats are feminine. So he came up with 'Cool Cookie', it sort of followed on with a nod towards his home club at Cookham.
[Patrick Blake] |
| 3625 | Point Break | Richard Bramley | The term is taken from surfing. When two wave which are approaching at different angles collide, this results in a bigger wave. Name given by Lawrie Smart, who at the time, had just returned from surfing in Australia.
[Richard Bramley] |
| 3626 | Business as Usual | Mike Clavert | Following a theme from Mike's previous boat (3549). Having taken delivery of Unfinished Business Mike went on to win (in 2002) the National Championship. The hope was that the new boat would ensure continuing success.
[Mike Calvert] |
| 3627 | Snorter | John Cooper | A follow on from Snorting (3561) and Captain Snort (2710)
[John Cooper] |
| 3629 | Zero Gravity | Will Rainey | Getting the weight out of the ends of the boats was the theme of the day (Will considers that he went a bit far with this boat as it had 28kg of correctors).
Wishing to continue with the space theme, Zero Gravity (also metallic silver like Millennium Falcon 3601) was an obvious choice. Sadly, this was not Will's quickest boat.
Picture of the graphics supplied by John Tailby (12/21)
 [Will Rainey] |
| 3631 | Scantily Clad | | Named by the boat builder, Steve Neal, to reflect the minimal use of carbon fibre strands on her foredeck and front bulkhead.
[Ollie] |
| 3634 | Ministry of Pleasure | Phil King | A reference to the then prevalent ' Ministry of Sound' club culture and the hope that the ship would deliver happiness.
 [Phil King] |
| 3637 | Delerium | Richard Whitworth | An upbeat song to which Richard would listen before going sailing.
[Richard Whitworth] |
| 3639 | Carbonator | Steve Leney | Prior to obtaining this boat Steve was sailing a wooden boat with an aluminium mast. He felt there was a considerable disadvantage compared with the newer boats with carbon 'bits' - hence 'Carbon (h)ater'.
[Steve Leney] |
| 3640 | Smart Tart | Patrick Blake | Patrick had a theme running (see 3506 - 3620). Following that theme but also giving recognition to the boat builder - Laurie Smart
[Patrick Blake] |
| 3641 | Puff the Magic Dragon | Steve Tyler | The story starts when Steve mislaid his mobile phone. It was known to be in the house, and his mother-in-law, who was visiting, dialled Steve's number. The ringing took the search party to the phone and in the lead was the mother in law. Picking up the phone she could not help noticing that the phone making the call was listed as the Dragon. The funny side was well understood.
At the time Steve was hoping to buy a new boat and this was aided (a little puff) with the help of the mother-in-law.
Puff the Magic Dragon was a song performed by Peter, Paul & Mary in the early 1960s. Puff lived by the sea and sailed with his friends on a boat with billowed sail.
[Steve Tyler] |
| 3643 | Moist | William Warren | The name was a result of dinner party silliness.
 [William Warren] |
| 3644 | Poached Salmon | Duncan Salmon | Following the theme (3518 - 3575) - Duncan needed to upgrade to a Winder 4 but was having liquidity issues because of a recent house move. Fortunately, a house restoration fund was being accumulated to pay for essential repairs / updates to the 100 year old North London property. Cash was liberated from the fund and the boat called Poached as in 'to steal fish from another's property' as distinct from 'to cook in simmering hot water'. However when his wife found out, the latter was just as relevant.
Dave Winder got the joke and the boats name was sign- written in medieval script to reflect the poaching reference.
 [Duncan Salmon] |
| Re-named:-
Marleen | Re-named by:-
Jon Bloice | Jon acquired the nick name 'Boycie' - the character in 'Only Fools & Horses'. Boycie's wife was Marleen.
 [Jon Bloice] |
| 3645 | Blue Velvet | Barry Morant | Named after the film
[Jeremy Deacon] |
| 3646 | Wuthering Heights | Miles James | Wuthering Heights - a romantic novel by Emily Bronte. Miles built the boat in the garden of his wife to be and the name was a statement of his feelings.
 [Miles James] |
| 3647 | Mr Bright Side | Andy Davis | A song from the band 'The Killers'.
[Andy Davis] |
| Re-named:-
Liquid Dreams | Re-named by:-
Hywel Bowen Perkins (jnr) | For a long time Hywel had dreamed of owning a Winder Mk4, so when he finally got permission from his wife to buy the boat he got very excited - 'liquid dreams'.
 [Hywel Bowen Perkins (jnr)] |
| 3650 | Headcase | Lawrence Tosh | At the time of buying the boat, Tosh lived in Looe. Whilst standing on the balcony of his house and wondering about the name, he got the insparation from the name above the hairdressers across the road.
 [LawrenceTosh] |
| 3651 | Jupiter | Colin Brockbank | For Colin this was a reminder of his school days when, with his mates, lived in a fantasy world of 'Jupiter' - they were all 'Jupiterians'. A trip in to nostalgia.
 [Colin Brockbank] |
| 3652 | Time & Tide | Graham Williamson | Further development of the 'Time' theme (3569 & 3609). Time & Tide, as we know, wait for no man but lead from the front!
[Graham Willianson] |
| 3653 | Artemis | Judith Massey | Artemis was another famous warrior queen (see 3592) - in this case the highly respected Greek goddess of hunting. Watch out chaps....
[Graham Willianson] |
| 3654 | Tales of Acapulco | Geoffrey Cox | Following the theme from a previous boat - 3476 - Tales of Marco Polo
[Kieron Mason] |
