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Chris Z
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Initially Posted - 02/14/2008 : 15:50:19

We have decided on the new name for our boat. We have went with Nautilus. Here is a link on this famous sub. I saw a story on PBS about it.
http://www.ussnautilus.org/history.html

Now, the quesion I have is where to get the stickers for the name or has anyone had it painted on.

Chris Z.
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1982 Force 5

Former Owner Blown Away - C25

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dlucier
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Response Posted - 02/14/2008 : 16:00:50

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by Chris Z
 Now, the quesion I have is where to get the stickers for the name or has anyone had it painted on.
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Chris,

I had mine made at a local FastSigns franchise and they were a whole lot cheaper than the BoatUS or other similar marine entities. There's a couple FastSigns around Akron or you check other similar sign making businesses.

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Prospector
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Response Posted - 02/14/2008 : 16:27:13

Now I don't feel so bad. We laboured over our name for some time before settling on IRIS. It had to fit the following criteria:

Be easily recognized when said over the radio or yelled from the dock
Not be a joke name
Have some meaning

Iris was a contemporary to Mercury, and we thought it was a pretty good name - our only hangup is that she was also the messenger to Hades and traveled under the sea. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iris_%28mythology%29

At least nautilus never went to Hades...

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John Russell
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Response Posted - 02/14/2008 : 16:39:33

Our boat name is very clear to everyone that speaks Latvian. Too bad I don't speak Latvian. The original owner did it. I'd change it but, I'm the guy that had a dog named "Puppy" for 11 years cuz we couldn't agree on a name.

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stampeder
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Response Posted - 02/14/2008 : 16:47:00

Changed our boat from 'Sea Ya' to 'Labarca'
Bought vinyl self adhesive numbers and letters from 3M Auto detailing store. $26 total. 100's of colors, no limit to font or size. Graphics are unlimited. They sell vehicle grade and marine/aircraft grade vinyl. I applied it myself. Easy, looks great.

I had a dog named 'Dog'. He called me Bark.

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Chris Z
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Response Posted - 02/14/2008 : 16:51:45

Instructions from my brother was that it shouldn't be something you have to explain to everyone.

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Prospector
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Response Posted - 02/14/2008 : 17:05:43

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by John Russell
 Our boat name is very clear to everyone that speaks Latvian. Too bad I don't speak Latvian. The original owner did it. I'd change it but, I'm the guy that had a dog named "Puppy" for 11 years cuz we couldn't agree on a name.
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Apparently it means Sea-gull.

Some of my most genius names were quickly rejected. I want to name it "What" Then when people said "What's your boat's name?", I'd agree.

One of my other suggestions was "Pop-Pop" Then when folks called up on the radio, they'd make a bowl of popcorn "Pop-Pop, Pop-Pop, Pop, this is..."

Another rejected name was "Mary" that was so folks could "Hail Mary."

The list goes on...

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dmpilc
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Response Posted - 02/14/2008 : 17:50:40

After about 25 years, we finally named our C-22 "Shadowfax" after Gandolf's white stallion in Lord of the Rings.
For the C-25, we decided on "Recess" which is what 'going out to play' was at school when we were younger.

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delliottg
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Response Posted - 02/14/2008 : 18:47:29

We had our lettering done at a Fast Signs here in the Seattle area as well. Pretty easy to apply, had the registration numbers done on the same color vinyl, but in Arial font (I think?).

I had a dog named "Herby" because I spent my first two weekends looking for him after going to the shooting range and he bolted. HERE BOY! HERE BOY!

Sirius Lepak makes for a mouthful on the radio (actually haven't used it yet), but the name means something to both of us, and it's kind of fun to tell the story. So I guess we deliberately made ours so it did need explaining, unless you happen to be a Malaysian Astronomer with dogs.

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Dave Bristle
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Response Posted - 02/14/2008 : 19:42:26

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by Chris Z
 Instructions from my brother was that it shouldn't be something you have to explain to everyone.<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></blockquote id="quote">I have to explain Sarge to everyone, and I'm proud to do it. Her name is carved and painted gold on two mahogany quarter boards.

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Steve Blackburn
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Response Posted - 02/14/2008 : 19:50:58

A submarine name for a boat? Let's hope it doesn't live up to it's name. Close the hatches, diving diving diving.

I'm joking. I like the name.

I had the same requirements. Had to be easy to say in most languages (english and french mostly). Easy to understand on the radio. Significant to our lives, in our case Nova Vida means new life as we moved 3000 miles across Canada to Calgary to better our lives (and so we did!).

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Dave Bristle
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Response Posted - 02/14/2008 : 20:12:46

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by Steve Blackburn
 ...Nova Vida means new life<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></blockquote id="quote">Isn't that Vida Nova?

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Frank Hopper
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Response Posted - 02/14/2008 : 20:29:08

We too are Hobbits, our 30 year old daughter is named Elanor and our boat is named FellowShip.

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GaryB
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Response Posted - 02/14/2008 : 20:44:40

With my southern drawl people have a hard time understanding LaFawnduh over the radio. I've been wanting to change the name anyway and thought I could make it easy on myself and just remove all but three letters "duh".

I think it could be a fun name.

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Response Posted - 02/14/2008 : 21:34:29

Joint decision was not named under the influence!

We discussed dozens of names, and I finally said "I don't care what the name is, as long as it is a Joint Decision"

!!!
Paul

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Russ.Johnson
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Response Posted - 02/14/2008 : 23:42:54

Our boat is "Vida Boa".
It means "Life is Good" or "Good Life"
My wife is Portuguese from the Azores.

We had some unexpected reactions that were kinda funny.
"Where's the T"? should that be "Vida Boat"?

"What does your boat have to do with snakes"?
"I know what a Boa Constrictor is but what's a Vida Boa"?
The answer: Boa Constrictors are in the Amazon and Brazil speaks Portuguese.
"Boa Constrictor" literally means "Good Squeezer".

Having a boat name that doesn't need to be explained has it's advantages.
Russ

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JohnP
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Response Posted - 02/15/2008 : 08:05:47

Chris,

Looking for a spot to eat a sandwich, my wife and kids and I got a closeup view of the Nautilus, by accident, before the museum building existed. Driving back at night from Mass to Conn (winter 1985?) we turned off I-95 and saw "New Sub Museum Under Construction". We drove right across the open parking lot to the water's edge and had a snack looking at a little submarine, which we guessed must have been the famous Nautilus. The US Navy guards were apparently on a break, and we enjoyed that rest stop.

Nautilus is a good name for a sailboat. Don't forget the fun of the renaming ceremony, as discussed on this forum in the past. Here is a description of the tradition:
http://www.boatsafe.com/nauticalknowhow/rename.htm

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redviking
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Response Posted - 02/15/2008 : 08:19:48

There are several sites online where you can play with the fonts and with shadows and colors to get the right look for your letters prio to ordering them. But never mind the name of the vessel and the origin and the source of the stick on letters and let's just go the the real deal.

Make the name of your vessel clearly READABLE from afar. 8-10" isn't just for porn stars, it's a good size for letters for a C25. I hate boats I can't hail becasue their letters are on the transom or are too small. I once saw a boat with huge 20" letters on the bow and we will never forget "Acadia" now...

"Modesty is a sign of no talent." Make it BOLD

Sten

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SV Lysistrata - C&C 39 heading south to the islands in a week after the canvas guy finishes! Yippee!

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Prospector
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Response Posted - 02/15/2008 : 08:35:09

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by redviking
 
Make the name of your vessel clearly READABLE from afar. 8-10" isn't just for porn stars, it's a good size for letters for a C25. I hate boats I can't hail becasue their letters are on the transom or are too small. I once saw a boat with huge 20" letters on the bow and we will never forget "Acadia" now...
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We photoshopped out the old name on ours and tried on the new name with various fonts & sizes. It is amazing what the different fonts look like, and their readability from different angles. I thik th ekey is to keep it big and keep it simple.

Look at the signs on the highway, big and simple and very readable. Seems to me thats what you want (In Canada those signs are in "Highway Gothic" font, incidentally...)

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ClamBeach
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Response Posted - 02/15/2008 : 08:38:19

Curious: Labarca = Seagull? What language?
Sure it's not simply 'The Boat' in Spanish or Portugese? (feminine).

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John Russell
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Response Posted - 02/15/2008 : 08:43:22

Kaija = Sea Gull in Latvian

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Frank Hopper
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Response Posted - 02/15/2008 : 09:45:49

I like the size of our name a lot

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delliottg
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Response Posted - 02/15/2008 : 09:55:01

Russ,
I'm Portuguese as well, and lived in the Azores on Terciera for about a year & a half when I was in the USN. I got a chance to visit my grandfather's island (Madiera) while I was there. I'd love to go back & spend about six months there, what a beautiful place.

I would have thought the Vida Bom would have been correct, but I did a little research, and I'm wrong. The only Portuguese I speak is what I learned from my maid while I was there (she refused to speak to me in English once she saw my last name which is obviously Portuguese, because she thought I should know my own language), but none of it was written. The folks I knew over there never seemed to use the "boa" tense or more probably, I just didn't notice. Anyway, nice boat name.

Which island is your wife from?

We did the same Photoshop trick, took pictures of the boat on the trailer, erased the previous name and tried out different names, fonts, colors, etc. till we found what we liked. Then we just picked the size & color for the letters. Originally we were going to do 12" letters, but looking at a display on the sign maker's wall, decided on the 9" ones instead, and I think we made the right choice:

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jerlim
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Response Posted - 02/15/2008 : 10:11:47

We kept the name of the boat from the PO - it is the original - and I felt it was an instruction!

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John Russell
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Response Posted - 02/15/2008 : 10:23:41

David,
What a lovely photo of a lovely boat. Might be my new favorite. Now, if I can just figure out how to change the name on the side for my desktop background.......

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Steve Milby
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Response Posted - 02/15/2008 : 10:37:44

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by Frank Hopper
 I like the size of our name a lot.<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></blockquote id="quote">
Me too, Frank. What size are the letters, what is the font, and how did you get the alignment and spacing so perfect when you applied them? Did you just eyeball them, or did you use a system?

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