Sailing Around Australia; The Alphabet of Boat Names

28/11/2015 The Alphabet of Boat Names

Sitting at Tipplers passage near the Gold Coast on a quiet day watching a few hundred other water craft of all sorts (mainly pesky jet skis and houseboat loads of “schoolies”) go by, I have been thinking about all the different types, makes and models of boats that we have seen on our sailing around Australia adventures.

Then I started thinking of all the boats and boat names that we have either sailed with, shared anchorages with or just merely passed by. So I set myself the challenge t recall a boat name for each letter of the alphabet. Here’s what I came up with;

A -  Acropora (met Peter and Cath in Bundaberg)

B -  Bossa Nova (our fellow fusioneers, Neville and Amanda)

C – Chances (Gary and Anne, at Garry’s Anchorage)

D - Doh!!! Don’t know one starting with D

E – Easy Tiger ( that’s us)

F – Fayze 2 (We met Fud and Faye in Esperance)

H– SHiraz (OK! a point off cos it’s the second letter! Met Stephen and Sharon in Portland)

G – Great Sandy (Never met these people but we have constantly crossed paths in Sydney and Sandy Straits etc…)

I -   It’s Great (Met Tom in Bundaberg)

J –  Jamais Plus (ok haven’t crossed their path but know Ken and Susan)

K - Skellum  (OK! points off here cos it’s the second letter in Paul and Shani’s  cat)

L – Lettin Go ( didn’t meet these people but crossed paths a lot in Whitsunday’s)

M  -Madhatter 2 ( Phil and Leanne, mates from Paynesville)

N – Nope, can’t think of one for N.

O – Ohmless – (We met fellow fusion owners Mike and Chrissy way back)

P – Purrfection (the first Catamaran we ever sailed on)

Q– Aqualibrium (Yeah, I know 2^nd letter again. Met Gerry in Paynesville and Whitsundays)

R – Reef Magic (this is the boat our daughter works on out of Cairns).

S – Sapphire -  (Met Richard, Isabelle, Robbie and Rebecca in Robe)

T – One White Tree – (Met Ray in Sydney. Ok, PART of this unusual name begins with T)

U – Urchin ( Brian (b1) and Maree are a third of our bight crossing trio.)

V – la Vida  - (Parked next to a very big boat named this, right now).

W –Water Music (Met Nick and Sue at Garry’s Anchorage)

X – Xtsea -  (We met David in Cairns)

Y – Yarandoo 2 – (met Mike and Sue in Mooloolaba)

Z – Zofia – (Brian b2 and Eva, are a  third of our bight crossing trio)

There you go. That filled in a few hours. 

Before she even had a drink... honest

Anchored outside the tipplers resort.

With a hundred or so other water craft...

Including the odd Aeroplane???

A bit of fun watching this guy trying to land amongst the hundred or so big boats, the jet skis and dinghies all racing around.