I never really intended the boat acquisition to become a spectacle, but since it has - I figured I might as well share updates for a bit!  

We had a great sea trial and survey today.  For those that don't understand the term - a survey is the marine equivalent to a home inspection.  I hired multiple guys to crawl through the entire vessel, and we ran her HARD today.  We had 20+ knot winds, 3' to 5' waves in the intercoastal and inlets, and hit 6' to 8' head seas as soon as we hit the Atlantic.  We learned very quickly that stabilizer fins are your friend.  We had three laptops hooked to the engines, and they ran great.  I will send survey reports to those that requested it this weekend.  Cutlass bearings will be replaced along with service to the halon system in the engine room and a few other misc things.  Ultimately, I'm VERY comfortable with her after the team spending all day on her in moderate seas.  

We had her hauled out and given a (powerwasher) bath.  Note large rudders on the stern with large stabilizer fins amidship.  



One of the bow while we're at it



We had a good 21 knot run on the intercoastal



It looks like we have a green light to complete the transaction, which will occur in Bimini in late November/early December.  The gulf stream is going to be UGLY that time of year.  I'll be taking pictures and video along the way, and will post updates of course!


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I'm overwhelmed by all the great ideas.  Thanks again everyone!  In short, we've decided to name her "Blue By You" if everything goes through.  

I had form an LLC in the name of the boat before I could even complete the contract on it.  Kind of a hassle, and completely unexpected - so the again, the help was appreciated.  It turns out Natron11 submitted the idea we went with, and ironically - lives in SWFL near me, and we've met at a HTF shoot/dinner before.  While I didn't want to turn this in to a public spectacle, I will post updates and pictures as I go through the acquisition process.  I also hope to host Natron11 and his family once she's docked here, and will be sure to post updates.  Natron - you'll also notice an extra year on your account expiration date here .  

Thanks again all!  

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I have to come up with a name for my boat by Monday morning (long story), but am having a bit of creativity block.  On top of work and commercial Captain's courses going on this weekend - I'm really struggling to come up with a good name.  Help will be rewarded!!  Here's the boat:




As far as names, here are some thoughts -

• No names to do with alcohol, drugs, or firearms.  I don't need to give the USCG or foreign navies any reason to get excited when I run past them.


• I know we all laugh at sailboats with names like "Blow Me," but sexual innuendos aren't really my style.


• It is important to note you and your family will be known by your boat name around the globe.  Your name is no longer Tom, Dick or Harry - it's "Captain @(#%)^%."  It gives you a moment of pause when you realize you are essentially naming yourself, your spouse and children for the next 10-15 years.  


• While I'm not really superstitious, names like "screw you Poseidon" don't seem wise.  That kind of includes names like "The Unsinkable" or similar challenges.  


• You must announce yourself to every lock operator, drawbridge owner, nearby vessel, Coast Guard operator and foreign Country with your boat name.  You really want it to be a word or two - that are easily understood.  The vessel's current name is "Peace" - not really my style, but short and simple


• The boat is large enough to have a tender, which is fancy talk for a small boat that rides on the back of your big boat.  In my case, I'm getting a cradle lift for a 13' Boston Whaler SuperSport.  It's typical to give your tender a name. There is a concern about naming your tender and boat the same, though.  When you do name them the same and take your tender to shore, it screams "hey - my boat is empty!"  As a result, the general goal is to name your tender something a little different than your boat - but related.  

So with all that said - my current inclination is "Freedom"  It's hard to imagine something more meaningful.  With that said, the age old saying that "with Freedom comes Responsibility" comes to mind.  As a result, I would name my tender Responsibility.  Thoughts?

I had thought about the boat name of "Plan B," with a tender name of "Plan C," and a throwable life ring on the flybridge with a name of "Plan D."  My wife suggests that's not as funny as it sounded in my head .  There are a ton of other ideas, but none of them stand out.  I have 48 hours to choose, though .  

So here's the fodder - My last name is actually Fox.  The boat is obviously blue.  The model of the boat is a "Magellano" - named after Magellan, obviously.  It's an 'explorer-class vessel', which means she'll get roughly 2,000 miles on a tank of gas, and is seaworthy enough to circumnavigate.  With that said, I'll generally run her at trawler speeds (~7 knots).  Compared to speed boat - she's a big slow (but efficient) beast.  Names like "Maggie Blue" have been tossed around.  "Kaa-blewie" seems to be tempting fate.  Names like "knot so fast" or something with Fox have been proposed.  Nothing really stands out, though.  Any ideas??

Squib

Motherfucker

S.S. Minnow

blue beauty

TITANIC

Sea Hag

In before "wet dream"

You guys

Autisim

Rainbow Dash

TW25B

The Bluhnnnnnnngggggggg

Fanta-Sea

Hopeless Bitch and the Little Bitch

BLUE LABEL...

Big boat: Mom (or Baseball)
Little boat: Apple pie

Fox Hound
Magnificent Glory
Deep Blue

And in GD fashion:
Wrecked 'em, nearly killed 'em

Lucky duck

Deep blue pockets

"The lazy smuggler" and "The product sampler"

My last two boats were named OnnaWhim and OnnaWhim II

Striker

SeaFox

Peppered Angus

Jenny

FBHO
Hasty Purchase
Ebola

The unsinkable II

I hate you...but congrats on an awesome boat.

HAHAHAHAHAH made me snort

Drug Runner


Fruit Plate


IBTL


FPNI

Busting Bank

Fox Sea

Simpatico


And your welcome :)

Pickle surprise
Gerhkin

You guys are KILLING ME!!!



Interesting.....

Island Rhythm
Break Time
Sea-licious
Bluewater Hwy Ii
Son Of A Saylor
Windmagic
Endless Summer
Dew Mi Moor
Super Sloop
The Damned Wolf Of Tortuga
Daze Off
Ensure Angler
Dyer Dow
The Fearful Privateer Of The Sargasso Sea
Dobies Dinghy
Wet Dreams
Herewego
A Wave From It All
The Good Life
AFEICA (Another Flipping Experience I Can't Afford) Patience
After Taxes Pepsea
Allmine Perfect Form
Almost Home  Persephone
Aloan Again Perspective
Aloan at Last Pied Piper
Always Something Pier Pressure
Amateur Hour Pike Chaser Pinch me
Another Payment Another Toy Pinnacle
AnotherDistraction Pipe Dream
Anticipation Plane to Sea
Anytime  Play pen
Aquabums  Playpen
At Eaze  Pontoony
Atsa Ma Boat Prop a Sea (prophecy)
Aye Sea U  Propduster
B.O.A.T.
(Bank Owns Another Tolly) Puddles
B.O.A.T.
(Bring Over Another Thou) Pump it Up
Backlash  Pure Pleasure
Bad Habit  Put-Put
Bad Influence Quit Wishing
Bad Kid  Radar Rider
Baffled  Radical Times
Bare Bottom Rasmataz
Barefoot Ray-Sea
Barely A Wake Razzle Dazzle
Beached Buoys Reality Bytes
Beats Shopping  Reckless
Been There  Reckless Abandon
Blew Too Much  Record Sea-Ker
Blood & Curses Red Baron
Blood, Sweat, & Beers Red Legs
Blood, Sweat, & Tears  Red Scare
Blow Job  Redux
Blue Devil  Regulator
Blue Eyes Relaxin
Boatrupt Religious
Boatweiser Remedy
Boomer  Renegade
Boys 'N' Toys Rest A Shore
Brass Ring  Revelrie
Budget bender Reverie
Buoy, Oh Buoy! Rhumb Runner
Cache 22 Riot Time
Caper Risk It
Captain's Choice  Rock & Roll
Carpetbagger Rockin' Roland Too!
Catchu Rode Warrior
Cause For Divorce Rolling
C-H20 (sea water) Romp
Channel Surfer  Rough Life
Charged It Royalty
Cheap Thrills  Ruff Times
Chirrosis of the River Ship of Tools
Cheers  Ruffian
Chub Tub Saltgrass
Clairebuoyant Sandy Shoals
Clueless  Say Maybe
Coastal Creation Scarlett Fire
Cockpit Commando  Scene Isle
College fund Screw Loose
College Tuition Scruffy
Come Monday Scuba Due
Constant Sea Scuba Toy
Contagious  Sea Bee
Continuum Sea Clusion
Cool Change Sea cowboy
CostaLotta  Sea daddy
Cove Dweller  Sea Duced
Crewless Sea Elf
Crooked  Sea Esta
C-U (see you) Sea Ewe II
Cyber Ship  Sea Fever
Da Bote Sea Goals
DaBoyz Toyz  Sea King
Daddy's Delight Sea Phantom
Daddy's Money Sea Prince
Dad's Toy  Sea Sick
Dagwood  Sea Sikh
Dalliance  Sea Squirt
Deduction Sea Swag
Deeper In Debt Sea Toy
Deeper Yet  Sea U Later
Deferred Maintenance Sea View
Dela-ca-seas Sea Wings
Depth Charge  Sea Wolf
Devocean Sea ya later
Dilly Dally Sea Ya
Dingbat Sea Y'all
Dock Holiday  Sea Yawl Later
Dock-a-dent (decadent) Seacup
Dockbusters Seaduction
Docked Wages Sea-Gar
Done Deal Sea-nile
Done That  Seanut
Don't Panic (written upside down) Seaquence
Dot Com Searching For Sea
Double Bubble Sea's the Day
Double Diamond Seas the Moment
Double Play SeaSun Ticket
Double Time Sea-U-Late-Oar
Double Trouble Seavader
Drift Wood  Seaworthy
Drifter Second Chance
Ecsta Sea Seize the Bay
E-fishn-C  Self Dispatch
Egg-Sta-Sea Shadowfax
Empty Buckets Shake
Empty Pockets Shallow minded
End of The Rope Shameless
Endorfin  Sharper image
Enufís Enuf  She's Only 17
E-Z Ship of Fools
EZ GO-N Shockwave
EZ2 Sea  Silver Bullet
Fah Get A Boat It Silver Fox
Fare Thee Well  Sin or Swim
Fastidiots Sir Osis of the River
First Born  Ski Fever
Fishfull Thinking  Skidancer
Floridays  Slacker
Fog Ducker Slipaway
Footloose  Slippery When Wet
For Fun Snafu
For Sail  Snap 2 It
Forced Impulse  Snap Shackle & Pop
Four Bucks Snookers
Four Fun 2 Snoozer
Fun Money  Soapy Sales
Fun Runner  Soggy Nightmares
Funky Solitaire
Getta Round Tuit  Solo
Gigabite Some R Home
Go Deep Son of a Sailor
Go For It Son's College Funds
Going Concern  Soul Asset
Gold Rush Sound Advice
Good 2 Go  Spare Time
Good Enuf  Special Vessel
Good Times Splash
Goody Two Shoes  Splurge
Gotta go Spoiled Rotten
Grounds for Divorce Sporty
H82W8 Stik-It
Had To Have It  Still Going
Happy Hour Stress Relief
Happy Landing Strike King
Happy Ours Stroken
Harvey Dockbanger Stubbie
Hellraiser  Summa Home
Helmroid Sunburn
High Life Sunny Side Up
High Priority  Surface Tension
High Tide  Swept away
High Times Swoosh
His,Hers & Ours TailWalker
Hocus Pocus Takes Two
HOOF ARTED  
Hole in the Water Teaser
Homeless Tempus Fudget
Hull Buster The fugitive
I-C-the-C ( I see the sea) The Loafers
Idle-Ours The Old Goat's Boat
If you can read this Flip Me Over (written upside down)
I'm Breaking Wind The Wet Dream
In D Red  There and Back Again
In decent c's Thyme Out
In Depth  Tide Drifter
In Stead Of Tide One On
Insta-Gator Tide Trotter
It'll Do Time & Again
It's About Time Time Out
It's Only Monet To Sea Oar Knot to Sea
Jet Sea  Too Cool
Jolly Dodger Too Many Bogeys
Joyride Too Much Fun
Jus T Nuf  Took a chance
Just Add Water Toy Too
Just Do It TOY-4-US
Just for the Hull of It  Tub Toy
Just Us  Turn Two
Just-A-Nutter Payment Twice Bitten
Justified Expense  Two Fools Waves
Kaleidoscope Two's Company
Kane on the Wave Tyme 2 Play
Keemosabee  Tyme 4 2 2 Play
Keep'r Wet U sea it
Knot So Fast Undertow
Knot4Sail  Unfettered
Kutnloose  Unzipped
Last Call  Veja Du
Last Laugh Vitamin Sea
Likely Excuse Wages of Sin
Little Guy Wait A While
Little Mystery  Wake Maker
Little Toy  Wake Up
Live Wire  Walkabout
Livin' Large Wanna Be
Lofin  War Eagle
Long Wait Wave Jumper
Looney Toon Wave Runner
Loose Cannon  Wave Slicer
Loose Nut Wave walker
Make My Day Wavetamer
Makin' Memories We're Outta Here
Medicinal Purposes Weakender
Mi Buddy Weather Oar Knot
Miss Behavin' Weedidit
Miss Goody Two Screws We'll sea
Mom's Mink  Wet and Wild
Moor Fun Wet Dream
Moor Toys Wet Nap
N 2 Deep Wet Spot
Never Again What A Life
Never Again # 2 Whatever Floats Your Boat...
Never Enough What's next
 Wheredahelarwe
No Trump Wicked
Notta-Yachta WillieDoIt
Nuclear fishin  Will-N-Joy
O' sun of a beach Without A Clew
Oblivia.calm Working Man
Off road www.boat.com
On The Virg  www.el.com/aboard
One For Fun Wye Knot
One Way Out  X*TA*SEA
Our Toy X-Traneous
Out of Control  Y Worry
Out of Phase Yachta-Yachta
Outta Control  Yachtabe
Over Indulgence  YachtKnot
Over the Edge  Yachts of Fun
Paci Fire           YachtSee
Pair-A-Dice Yacht-to be Working
Pantomime Yahoo
Paradocs Yes Dear
Par-Tee-Tyme Yikes!
Party Time  Y-Knot
19th Hole Zoloft

Patient Zero for your ship

Ebola for the little one

Blue by You

Knot me

FSA

White Privilege

Azimut Magellano 50, right?

Very nice

Far too rich for my blood, but a truly beautiful boat.

Nice!

THIS

You must do Patient Zero!

Chum Guzzler

Runner Runner

You will get a chance to know the local Coasties.


Honestly? I like "Fox Trotter"...

80 and 7
Handsome Devilfish and Sea Hag
Beans and No Beans
45 and 9

Indeed

Out Foxed

SS Fo

Ladies drink free.