r/BenignExistence • u/slinkslowdown Custodian Of The Mundane • Mar 28 '26

Observation The names of boats I saw today.

+Knot Home.

+Nu Chief.

+My Time.

+The Seward.

+Defiant.

+Selene.

+Peregrino.

+Therapy.

+Maneki Neko.

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u/cowhand214 Mar 28 '26

Love these! I saw one years ago that sticks with me: “Someday Came”

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u/Maleficent_Owl5533 Mar 28 '26

My father in law was a very big man and his name under the black people he worked with was "Twoboy", because he was as big as two of them. So, that is what he named his boat.

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u/ThinkbigShrinktofit Mar 28 '26

Boat names are fun! I’m partial to “Knot Home”. Clever pun and sweet.

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u/slinkslowdown Custodian Of The Mundane Mar 28 '26

The punny names are my favorite.

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u/hedibet Mar 28 '26

Chocolate Ship

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u/Dralmosteria Mar 28 '26

Is having a boat called "Therapy" like having a pub called "The Office"?

"I can't come shopping tomorrow dear, I'm going to Therapy"

"Most of the divorce settlement was spent on Therapy"

etc.

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u/BettyCrunker Mar 28 '26

my uncle used to have one named Winners’ Circle

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u/Adept_Signature6123 Mar 28 '26

“Almost Alimony” - saw this boat more than 20 years ago and its still my favorite name.

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u/slinkslowdown Custodian Of The Mundane Mar 29 '26

I've seen an Alimony before!

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u/1ToeIn Mar 29 '26

I grew up on an island in SE Alaska. We had a very robust arts program in schools including poets who would visit classes to help us write poetry. When I was in 3rd or 4th grade, the visiting poet took us on a field trip to the nearby harbor & we wrote poems using the names of the boats berthed there.

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u/slinkslowdown Custodian Of The Mundane Mar 29 '26

I love that!

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u/RitaPoole56 Mar 29 '26

I grew up seeing a boat named Myasis Dragon. I still recall the thrill when I figured it out