Lady Who?

Recently there has been some debate on ww & over on the CYA forum concerning the naming & numbering of vessels.

My view on the choosing of a vessels name is that anyone can name their boat what ever they like & no one has exclusivity to a name. There must be dozens of Sprays, Gypsys & Wave Dancers out there. The freedom to choose the name of your boat is one of the things that make boating so special, after all boating is one of the last almost (don’t get me started on life jackets) unregulated activities we can enjoy.

There are two ways that a vessels name can be tagged with a number:

1. The owner has had a succession of boats & chooses to name them all the same & tag that name with a numeral to identify that they now have owned three boats.

2. An owner may like a particular (& popular) name but wishes to identify their boat from others similarly named. If this is the case, they need to respect the chronological order (if known) that a particular name has been used. Common sense must come into play across vessel categories i.e. a P-Class yacht & a motor cruiser.

If records exist then the chronological order must be followed.

In the example of the many Lady Margrets – the Colin Wild built LM was the 2nd with this name, refer news clipping below. So will always be the the 2nd motorboat launched under that name – end of story. If its not I’ll edit the posts here.