Comments on: The Most Popular Sailboat Names

By: Ashley

Ashley — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 19:17:09 +0000

MoonDance amuses me because I mentally made the jump to the skeevy guys out there who are smarming it up in bars with the pickup line, “It’s a marvelous night for a MoonDance, isn’t it?”

By: Aemi

Aemi — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 17:42:57 +0000

Hey, why do you keep typing numbers (#s) in both words and digits?

By: allisonW

allisonW — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 17:17:52 +0000

No surprise to me to see “Mental Floss” on the list. Along with “Banana Wind”, it’s a Jimmy Buffet song. Sailors make up a large percentage of Buffet fans.

As an aside, I always heard it was terribly bad luck to duplicate a boat name. Maybe it only applies to duplicating names of one’s own boats.

By: Kathryn

Kathryn — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 15:44:03 +0000

my parents are avid yachters, & i’ve been all over the east coast with them on trips & seen multiples of all the names listed above – with the exception of Mental Floss. I’ve never seen a boat named that!

oh, & their current boat is “Slip Away.” I always thought that was a cute name.

By: Sandy

Sandy — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 03:12:14 +0000

No, actually the benefit in that episode of Arrested Development was for TBA.

By: Mike

Mike — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 02:04:01 +0000

That’s hilarious that “TBD” is such a popular name amongst boatowners. I wonder how many thought they were the first and thought it was the cleverest thing in the whole wide world…

By: Jason English

Jason English — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 00:03:45 +0000

Dave — You’re right. That photo is definitely doctored. Eric whipped it up in Photoshop.

By: tiffany

tiffany — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 23:56:47 +0000

“banana wind”? really? i like “tbd”, reminds me of the arrested development episode where they held a charity benefit for tbd…

By: Dave

Dave — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 23:12:30 +0000

I have to say… the boat pictured really looks doctored to me. There are areas above the “e” and below the “fl” that look brushed out. Just my opinion.

By: Emmie

Emmie — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 21:46:16 +0000

Someday I want to own a boat, I would in all seriousness name it “Failboat”