Plaid Rocket Update. She Needs A Name.
Plaid Rocket Seat Cushion
To start things out, we all know how this may go down….. the dark rabbit hole of obscure references, Troy will no doubt post a girl in a Tartan and we are all back to normal after the last gasping of 2017. But what the heck, gotta kiss alotta frogs to find your Prince. Now, the plaid Rocket is getting close and will be in Florida for the Lake Dora show. Remember, we are looking forward beyond Winter now. We are on Florida time. 114ish Days! Anyway, back to plaid and Rockets. Couple things to consider in the naming.
1. It’s a Chris Craft Rocket
2. Its the oldest known Rocket out there. #004 or something like that
Will have White seams
3. It has a yellow Bottom and Green bilge
4. Its 17 feet and fast
5. Oh, almost forgot. HAS A PLAID INTERIOR!
Green Bilge
There it is
That’s it. Alan Johnson will be at Katzs Marina this week to slap your name on the back of this plaid sucker. Will it be your name?
Okay lets get this started, just spit balling here, running some names up the flagpole.
Miss Plaidy McPlaidy
Thayer XVIII
Scot Rocket
Scotect
Plaidulla
Tartan Time
McRocket
Anyway, you get the idea. Have fun, thats is what its all about.
Put your name right here!
Ear trumpet.
Plocket
Scotch on the Rocket(s)
Beam Me Up
or, for those who would not get the point with just that much,
Beam Me Up Scotty
Bag pipes
Miss Rocketeer
Skyrocket
Plaidzilla
Green bilge and yellow bottom….name her – Emerald Sun
If we are going to play this game we might as well use Gwen Stefani.
I’m thinking “Scotty Rockets”!
KWITCHURBELIAKIN
single malt
TARTAN
Chris McCraft
A WEE ROCKET
Lucille
Well Plaid
Danny Bhouy
“Well Plaid” = the best of the best so far…..
“Plaid Lad” if she might be a he?
John in Va. Going McBoating…..
Since “Rocket Man” is taken I vote for “Wild Child”.
I guess Wild Thing would go too.
Caber Toss – dressed in plaid throwing around some large wood.
Toot’n Tart’n
Forever Plaid (also a broadway show)
Checkered Past
Weave me alone!
Flash or Flash Gordon. With old style rocket under the name same as used in the TV show.
Scotch & Water
Future Swan
I’m liking “Well Plaid”
Little Tart
If it was named Spaceballs would anyone get the reference?
“My ProjecTILE”
FUGLY because of the color combinations
Lad-Stronaut
I like Checkered Past
MFine, with all the pent up emotion regarding this boat, is that the best you can do?
m-fine wants to really wants to call it BACON.
NO WAY! Bacon doesn’t just taste fantastic, it also smells great, makes an awesome sizzling sound and LOOKS GOOD too! I could certainly see naming a 20’Custom or another attractive boat BACON, but this hideous mess would be more aply names “Spoiled Haggis”
OH YA! Bacon!
Yes! I can’t think about it for any amount of time or with any clarity. It is so ugly it makes my head hurt.
Pleasant Suprise
Acme
Misplaid
Plaidtastic
WOOD -N-ROCKET
MacRocket, said with the proper Scottish lilt.
A good Spaceballs reference: “They’ve gone to plaid”
Dead Men Don’t Wear Plaid
Bay City Rocket
or,,, Thistle Du
Hipster
What an opportunity!
Toot’n Tartan, Tartanater, Tartanic? Probably not…
“Checkered Past”
Spoke too late – edit to +1 for Checkered Past
Scot Rocket
McRocket or MacRocket
Scotch & Water
Count me among the apparently few who like the plaid. Especially trimmed with the yellow piping – that’s awesome!
Spaceballs reference –
4-Plaid
TARTANIA
A few more for Mayer…
Butter Upholstery
Burnt Retinas
Designer’s Regret
If the transom is big enough to fit “My Dog Ate a Box of Crayons and then Deficated on My Seats” if not, simply Crayola.
Original Mistake
Bad Acid
The Boat That Makes an Arabian Look Good
Regret
Losta Bet
Born Ugly
why would you drag the arabian into this, arabian has some of the best lines of plastic boats, we were fortunate to have one growing up in the 70’s, what a great ski boat back then.
The Arabian comment is an old WoodyBoater joke from the face off between Mike’s Arabian and Alex’s XK. It doesn’t represent my actual views on Arabians.
M-fine sound like you have some issues with this boat.
Not the boat, just the upholstery!
m-fine that’s why I called it FUGLY ! F$%^k&*G UGLY.
My mother always said “some people’s taste is only in their mouths.”
Yes, it is fugly, well not totally. She is actually a nice boat, Butter Upholstery…
On that note how about just “Brown Acid”.
In reference to the seats…
Aye Strain
Scotch & Water
Well plaid = nicely done
Plaid out = not so much.
chose one.
With apologies to Roy Scheider, we’re gonna need a bigger transom.
“Chris Cross”
That should be on a sailboat, no?
lot to be said for “Chris Cross”!
But I am mostly with M-fine…..
John in Va.
Mad Rocket – Scottish slang for crazy or
Affy Boot – Scottish for awful ugly woman
I am liking Affy Boot!
loving “scotch and water”!
CHIVAS
Made for Gentlemen
Plaid with wood
I’ll vote for “Checkered Past” too. Bring it to Keuka next year and take a ride past M-Fine’s place-I’ll hear the howls on the other side of the Bluff! (all in fun Matt!)
LOL, I will have a battery of cannons ready to defend myself from the attack by sea!
I’ll have another…
Scotch & Water please!
Scotch-rocks
vomit rocket
I was going to say “Butt Ugly” (referring to the plaid), but let me be more biblical and go with “hinder parts ugly” ! Ouch
Lumber jack
Heart in Tartan
81 comments and no one used the photo Matt provided?
No matter what it gets named, I’ll call it the M-Fine.
Good lord! What a fun day, Huge traffic spike and glad to see the community out for some fun. Of course we are going to play this out and make the big reveal once its lettered this week.
I think Scotch & Water wins
I love this string! I’ll maybe use the runner up name for D17-005 the next oldest rocket. The Spaceballs reference was the first to come to mind, however “Checkered Past” gets my vote.