Need a name for my boat
OK so I've owned my boat for almost a year (96 proline cc). Me and the other owners (3 way buy) have been working on names we can all agree on, but they are few and far between. I'm trying to come up with something fitting for the story of how it came to be but am drawing blanks. The story on her is: my g/f's uncle bought it new at the ft laud boat show back in 96. ran her for 12 years on fair weather days only until one day hes in the intercaostal and the oil alarm goes off. he parks the boat for 2 years because he says "the engine doesn't run". We buy her for the steal of $3500 (I say steal because come to find out the oil pump is shot, so we go to premix fuel and its fixed). Problem solved runs like a charm (comp test shows 120-125 on all six cylinders). So after several trials letting her idle in the driveway with the muffs and even some light use in the C-14 canal we decide were going to go out fishing. We load up on bait, ice, beer, etc... Put it in the intercoastal, idle out to the inlet, punch it but it dies has soon as the throttle comes up. Now were drifting dead in the water across a shoal on the south side of the inlet as I scramble to figure out the problem and get it rectified. Luckily it was high tide so we drift over cleanly but are now headed for the beach. By now I've figure out its a clogged fuel filter from 2 years sitting. Anchor is thrown to avoid drifting aground but its just dragging... so I remove filter and back flow it using the squeeze ball reinstall and we get it fired up and idle back to the ramp - very hectic 20 minute boat ride. It was our first time out on the ocean without someone with any kind of real boating experience. That has since been fixed and now it runs great. Next item on the to-do list is a name - its never had one. I've been trying to come up with something catchy/witty that kind of tells the story of how it came to be and our initial venture. If anyone has any suggestions I'd love to hear them.
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the survivor
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