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What shall we call them?

We have a lot of new boats in need of names. Two new eights, two new sculls, the Light Four and the Coastal Four. Either pick your favourites from the options below (one for each boat), or suggest another.

Black Prince (men's eight)		89%

Riccardo (men's eight)		3%

Other (men's eight)		5%

The Ladies' Plate (women's eight)		0%

Henry the Eight (women's eight)		32%

Valkyrie (women's eight)		16%

John Pierrepoint Morgan (women's eight)		0%

Fair Maid of Kent (women's eight)		18%

Power in the Water (women's eight)		3%

The Random Buftie (women's eight)		16%

Other (men's eight)		8%

Pike and Eel (sculls)		37%

Cat and Buns (sculls)		37%

Blue and Gold (sculls)		5%

Flotsam and Jetsam (sculls)		11%

Other (sculls)		11%

Hydra (light four)		50%

Ariel (light four)		18%

Martin Rees (light four)		18%

Other (light four)		8%

Ursula (coastal)		13%

Circe (coastal)		5%

Leviathan (coastal)		68%

Other (coastal)		13%

Total: 38 members' votes

by Simon - Sun 3rd Dec 2006, 6:34pm

I meant to hit "other" on the names of the sculls, and then go for Whewell and Neville.

by Wants to see a boat burning - Sun 3rd Dec 2006, 6:35pm

I'm presuming by the "Fair Maid of Kent" name being in the poll, that we're assuming that it's going to become available from Saturday 3rd March 2007 then...

by Joff - Sun 3rd Dec 2006, 6:55pm

isn't the coastal already christened?

by gf - Sun 3rd Dec 2006, 7:02pm

Shouldn't the second listing for "Other (men's eight)" read "Other (women's eight)"?

by BJ - Sun 3rd Dec 2006, 7:59pm

Black Prince (men's eight): 100%

Semper Eadem.

by Simon - Sun 3rd Dec 2006, 8:29pm

BJ said: Semper Eadem.

Sorry Bryn, don't think much of that as a name... although Semper and Eadem could work for the singles.

by Simon - Sun 3rd Dec 2006, 8:30pm

Wants to see a boat burning said: I'm presuming by the "Fair Maid of Kent" name being in the poll, that we're assuming that it's going to become available from Saturday 3rd March 2007 then...

It's not unknown for this club to have two boats with the same name...

by RTT - Mon 4th Dec 2006, 9:04am

Please can we call the singles Chips and Drinks?

Or maybe Lie Back and Think of England?

Or Assault and Battery?

Or Cigarettes and Alcohol?

by Which do you like more? - Mon 4th Dec 2006, 9:26am

RTT said: Please can we call the singles Chips and Drinks?

Daddy and Chips...

by gf - Mon 4th Dec 2006, 9:49am

Cut and Run?
Stoppit and Tidyup?
Give and Take?
Chaka Demus and Pliers?

by Rich - Mon 4th Dec 2006, 9:52am

Lift and separate?

by Andy - Mon 4th Dec 2006, 9:54am

Sink and Swim

Maybe we should name the tubs while we're at it...

by Leviathan - Mon 4th Dec 2006, 2:45pm

Joff said: isn't the coastal already christened?

Don't think so.

by tears - Mon 4th Dec 2006, 3:30pm

Leviathan said: Don't think so.

only kidding :)
this is starting to sound like a trial VIIIs naming session.. how about something slightly more challenging - naming CUWBC's trial VIIIs (there's got to be three that go together, last year we were blood sweat and tears)
hm, maybe daddy, chips and hp sauce..?

by Semper Eadan - Mon 4th Dec 2006, 4:28pm

Henry the VIII is just so sweet! I'm sure we could persuade the girls.

(Newnham, Newhall and Lucy Cav? Father, Son and Holy Ghost?)

by mjb - Mon 4th Dec 2006, 5:00pm

tears said: only kidding :)
how about something slightly more challenging - naming CUWBC's trial VIIIs (there's got to be three that go together, last year we were blood sweat and tears)
hm, maybe daddy, chips and hp sauce..?

Larry, Curly & Moe.

by jmg - Mon 4th Dec 2006, 5:46pm

tears said: three that go together

Rod, Jane and Freddie

by rjn - Mon 4th Dec 2006, 6:43pm

jmg said: Rod, Jane and Freddie

Sex, drugs and rock n'roll

by Amelia - Mon 4th Dec 2006, 11:35pm

Snap, Crackle and Pop!

by Dubya - Tue 5th Dec 2006, 1:55pm

Simon said: Sorry Bryn, don't think much of that as a name... although Semper and Eadem could work for the singles.

Eadem doesn't make any sense for the name of a single. Maybe ok for a double though!

by Dubya - Tue 5th Dec 2006, 1:58pm

Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness?

by Dubya - Tue 5th Dec 2006, 1:59pm

Dubya said: Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness?

and obviously the french variation on this theme

by Rich - Tue 5th Dec 2006, 2:44pm

Faster, Higher, Stronger

by Volans - Tue 5th Dec 2006, 3:27pm

Rich said: Faster, Higher, Stronger

Citius, Altius, Fortius.

(You can't beat a bit of pedantry: fortius is a comparative adverb, not adjective, so actually means 'more strongly', not 'stronger'.)

by gf - Tue 5th Dec 2006, 5:39pm

Spam, egg and chips
[can't let this get too highbrow]

by RTT - Tue 5th Dec 2006, 7:08pm

Freeman, Hardy and Willis?

Huey, Dewey and Louis?

Lock, Stock and Barrel?

Soft, Strong and Very Very Long

by Extermin8 - Tue 5th Dec 2006, 7:38pm

First, And, and Third

by not very long lilie.. - Tue 5th Dec 2006, 10:17pm

RTT said:
Soft, Strong and Very Very Long

haha, I love this one! now guess who gets to be who..

by North of the Border - Thu 28th Dec 2006, 4:22pm

If any of the paired boats are B*rgashells, could I suggest "Cheap" and "Nasty"?