| # | Boat Name | Original Owners(s) / Crew | Etymology
[Person supplying information] |
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| 3705 | 2 Pints of Lager | Matt Biggs | At the time Matt sailed with Rob Kennaugh and this was the typical request after sailing!
 [Matt Biggs] |
| 3706 | Monkey Puzzle | Kevin Anderson | Kevin was in business with Alex Jackson and they decided that they would have new Merlins so they ordered a pair of boats from Winder Boats. Initially the idea was that Kevin would call his boat ' Monkey Business' and Alex would use 'Slap the Monkey'. However, Kevin's wife was not in agreement and held the view that the boat name should relate to a tree or a plant - hence Monkey Puzzle.
 [Kevin Anderson] |
| 3707 | Monkey Business | Alex Jackson | See 3706 - Monkey Puzzle.
 [Kevin Anderson] |
| 3708 | Wicked | Rob Holroyd | A beautiful green which Rob considered 'wicked'. He also loved the musical (show)
[Rob Holroyd] |
| 3711 | Bad Wolf | Richard Bates | A reference to events in Dr Who.
[Dave Lee] |
| Re-named:-
Seawolf | Re-named by:-
Dave Lee | Dave wanted to change the name and he understood that nautical folklore allowed you to avoid bad luck by retaining part of the boats original name. At the time Dave had just finished reading the Patrick Robinson novel, Seawolf, and thought it seemed a better name.The novel is about an American submarine.
[Dave Lee] |
| Re-named:-
Sylvia | Re-named by:-
Sam Thompson | Sam named the boat in honour of his Grandmother. (Sylvia lived in Sutton Coldfield - West Midlands and it is a Royal Town. This status was granted by Henry Vlll and for over 500 years a tutor rose has been associated with the town. A close examination of the boat name shows that a tudor rose has been used for the dot over the 'i'.)
 [Sam Thompson] |
| Gandalf the Blue | Carl Whitehill | A continuation of a theme from a previous boat - 3449 - Wizard in Blue. Also a reference to the Lord of the Rings Wizard
[Carl Whitehill] |
| 3712 | Oakey Dokey | Jon Gorringe | Jon previously had several boats (not Merlins) with names related to dragons. The family used a child entertainer who had a little green dragon which was called Oakey Dokey. It therefore followed Jon's theme.
[Jon Gorringe] |
| 3715 | Truly Scrumptious | Paul Rayson | Paul wanted a name that reflected the beauty and appeal of the boat as well as following a theme, characters from musicals. After much family debate they settled on Truly Scrumptious, the character from the film and stage production of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. So far the theme has continued with our inflatable (used to get to Millbay in Salcombe) being named Jemima after the daughter in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang.
 [Paul Rayson] |
| 3716 | Carbon Footprint | Steve Leney | Following on the theme from his previous boat (3639) - Carbon footprint was a new 'buzz word' for the era.
 [Steve Leney] |
| 3719 | Fluffbum Babylove | Nick Barnes | Believed to be the pet names for original owner and crew.
 [annon] |
| Re-named:-
Fluff 'n' Stuff | Renamed by:-
Jeremy Deacon | An abbreviation on the original name to avoid the bad luck associated with changing the name of a vessel.
 [Jeremy Deacon] |
| 3724 | Sublime | Martin Jones | The hull was black with lime (green) graphics. In addition, the inside of the boat was lime as well as the foils.
  [Peter Male] |
| 3726 | Apollo | David Hitchcock |
[Peter Male] |
| Re-named:- Arwen | Will Henderson | Will did not like the connotations associated with Apollo. He believed that boats should be feminine and his previous boats had always had the name of a beautiful women.
Arwen is beautiful woman in J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle-earth legendarium and the novel The Lord of the Rings,
[Will Henderson] |
| 3727 | Fragile | Tim Fells | The boat was ordered from a hospital bed the morning after a back operation. Fragile is another track from an album by 'Yes'. Continuing a theme from a previous boat - 2737.
[Tim Fells] |
| 3728 | Volski Queen | Judith Massey | Continuing with the theme of warrior queens (3592 & 3653), this boat was named after Camilla, queen of the Volski, who was rumoured to be able to run on water.. Jude just couldn't call a boat Camilla....
[Graham Willianson] |
| 3729 | Shabazzle | Jon Turner | Jon considered the name sounded magical and if checked out 'on line' it has fantastic 21st century connotations.
[Jon Turner] |
| 3730 | Blood Sweat & Beers | Paul Hollis | Paul's wife originally suggested 'What are you doing down there again', however this did not find favour with Paul.
He decided to search an internet site that gave suggestions for boat names and selected this.
 [Paul Hollis] |
| 3731 | Mayhem | Andy Jones | The naming follows a light hearted debate at a dinner party. Andy agreed that the expression reflected the way that he and his daughter - Maddie - sail.
 [Andy Jones] |
| 3732 | | Ben Rayner | Ben did not name the boat.
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| Nutwood Express | Alistair Glen
| When Alistair met his future wife he was in the habit of wearing a chequered scarf in cold weather, somewhat (in her mind) similar to that worn by Rupert Bear. Her nick (pet) name for him ever since has been 'Rupert'. Alistair was looking for a boat name that contained an element of speed, humour and warmth. 'Nutwood', being the town were Rupert lived and had his smashing adventures with his chums together with 'Express' seemed to be the perfect mix.
[Alistair Glen] |
| 2 Planks | John Cooper | John & his crew Becci had been sailing RS400's for 18 years when they were encouraged to buy a Merlin. They wondered if they were been a couple of planks to do so. The inspiration for the artwork came from an Eric Sykes film "The Plank".
 [John Cooper (Lymington Town)] |
| 3733 | The Dark Side | Tom Stewart | A dark grey boat.
[Year Book] |
| Re-named:-
Smokey | Re-named by:-
Nick Simmons | A dark grey boat (a smokey colour). Sailed by ......... The inspiration for the name came from the film "Smokey & the Bandit".
 [Nick Simmons] |
| 3734 | The Black Boat | Philip Ashworth | The first completely black boat in the fleet.
[Philip Ashworth] |
| 3735 | Clone Wars | David Winder | Continuing a theme - see 3611 & 3662. Another boat out of the mold. Clone Wars was an animated series made for TV
 [David Winder] |
| 3736 | Metachrosis | Graham Williamson | All Graham's previous Winder boats had been purple, without any issues, but at the 2011 nationals he was called OCS, and the only evidence to support it was a comment that "the purple boat is close to the line". Graham decided that it was time to get a blue boat, like so many others. Metachrosis is the process of changing colour to blend in.
 [Graham Willianson] |
| 3738 | Superfast Jellyfish | Simon Blake | A protest song - Lyrics refer to Neptune and water breathers.
 [Simon Blake] |
| 3739 | Dory | Ben McGrane | The inspiration for the name came from the film "Finding Nemo". Dory is a Regal blue tang (fish).
 [Ben McGrane] |
| 3740 | Why Ask | Patrick Blake | Partrick was running out of names that followed his theme (see 3506 - 3620 - 3640 - 3676) without getting too risque; He considered that maybe 'Blue Rinse' might be more appropriate!
He was on holiday in the West Indies when I saw a traditional racing boat in Bequia called 'Why Ask'. He thought that this was a good name and maybe the start of a new theme.
 [Patrick Blake] |
| 3741 | Bear Necessities | Simon Lytton | Simon and Jackie lived in California for several years and took inspiration from the State Flag of California (the Bear Republic), along with the bear theme from Simon's old Fireball.
 [Simon Lytton] |
| 3743 | Pokin the Turtle | Matt Biggs | A name chosen by his children, who knowing the vernacular meaning of the expression, found in very ammusing when they heard "no pokin the turtle" been shouted by the warden on the beach at a turtle colony.
 [Matt Biggs] |
| 3744 | Mylo Xyloto | Chris Martin | A name sake (Chris Martin) was the co-founder of a band called Cold Play. In late 2011 they produced an album called 'Mylo Xyloto'.
 [Chris Martin] |
| 3745 | Where's Wooster | Steve Cockerill |
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| Re-named:-
Outnumbered | Re-named by:-
Simon Hoult | There can only be speculation about the new name. Simon had 3 children so it’s possible he renamed it after the TV comedy about 3 children and their beleaguered parents. The third owner was Paul Dean and he also had 3 children so this seemed apt and the name was retained.
Paul had previously owned 3371 Encore Fume and shortly after he bought Outnumbered someone asked if the boat was named after the fact he had been one of the last people at Wembley to own a wooden boat and hence felt “outnumbered” and had bought a plastic one. Maybe………!!!?
 [Paul Dean] |
| 3746 | Point & Squirt | Pete Nicholson | Described the style of sailing
 [Pete Nicholson] |
| 3747 | Learner Driver | Clive Eplett | Clive had prviously only sailed boats with transom rigging. The need to tack in a different style, the hoop and all the extra control lines meant that he considered himself to be the ............................
[Clive Eplett ] |
| 3748 | White Tiger | Nigel Brooke | A black boat! Nigel made a point of naming his boats with refertences to animals, Living in Lymington, sailing in the Solent and the proximinty to the Isle of WIght the name just seemed right.
[Nigel Brooke] |
| 3749 | Stanley | Nick Craig | The name was chosen by his children but Nick was not sure why.
 [Nick Craig] |
| 3751 | Strings Attached | Tony Johnson | A family boat - but with conditions such as it would be available for Tony to sail at Salcombe week.
[Tony Johnson] |
| Re-named:-
Narnia | Re-named by:-
Hew Reynolds | Narnia - a fictional land, the Kingdom of Aslan in CS Lewis’s The lion, the Witch & the Wardrobe. The original 1980’s series was televised
on a Sunday afternoon in winter and was a particular favourite of Huw’s
daughters.
 [Hew Reynolds] |
| 3752 | The Empire Strikes Back | Will Rainey | Will decided that it was now time to go back to Star Wars theme (The Force Awakens was in production). Following his port v starboard incident at Abersoch (see 3601), "The Empire Strikes Back" just seemed very appropriate.
 [Will Rainey] |
| 3754 | Didley Pokey | Jon Gorringe | A follow on from Jon's previous boat (3712). There is a welsh expression that goes:- Oakey Dokey - Didley Pokey.
This name therefore had to follow from the previous boat.
[Jon Gorringe] |
| 3755 | Tickled Pink | Peter Jackson | At the time that Peter bought the boat he had just split up with his long term girlfriend and had just benefitted from an endowerment policy. He as 'tickled pink' with his good luck.
 [Peter Jackson] |
| 3756 | Robert | William Warren | Named after a small boy who was being unfairly, verbally abused by his parents whilst skiing in Verbier. William felt very sorry for him and his idiot antics. The boat was named as a tribute to the underdog and his own idiotic tendencies on the racecourse.
 [William Warren] |
| 3757 | Space Hopper | Richard Domoney |
[Year Book] |
| Renamed:-
To the moon & back | Re-named by:-
Andy Postle | Name chosen by Andy's daughter. Rockets go to the moon and back.
 [Andy Postle] |
| Returned to original name:- Space Hopper | Re-named by:- Tim Parsons |
 [Tim Parsons] |
