Crabbait's boat name?

[Pilar]

Say it isn't so ... 'Sculpin'?

Tell us the story, Crabbait. Enquiring minds want to know. We give Mr. Fisherman no end of grief for 'Sea Lion', barking at him everywhere he goes ... but 'Sculpin'? What, we throw pogies at your boat when we sturgeon fish the Desdemona shoal?

There's been a couple of Submarines with that name, so it can't be all bad. :grin:

[Miss B Haven]

crabbait- told ya so [img]graemlins/berry.gif[/img] :grin:

It's your boat- call it waht ya want, I stil llike pogey better than sculpin though. :grin:

[crabbait]

Avast, sea currs, heave to and learn! The Sculpin is not the biggest fish in the sea, and neither is my boat. Sculpin are not inherently sparkling and pretty like some finned critters, and neither is my boat.

Instead, Sculpin are small, tenacious, voracious little predators. They are fearless and tougher pound for ounce than the majority of glamour fish. They tend to hunt in packs, carry off more than their own weight in Amerman's eggs, and never give up.

They are just like an Edwing boat: Small, not very pretty and tough as they come. Ever hear of an endangered Sculpin? I gotta admire the little beasties!

All hail the Mighty Sculpin!

[Pitch Pocket]

Sculpin = Cabezon = I'll take two please

[Beer Waggin]

Straight from Webster's...

Main Entry: scul·pin
Pronunciation: 'sk&l-p&n
Function: noun
Inflected Form(s): plural sculpins also sculpin
Etymology: origin unknown
Date: 1672
1 : any of a family (Cottidae) of spiny large-headed broad-mouthed often scaleless bony fishes
2 : a scorpion fish (Scorpaena guttata) of the southern California coast caught for food and sport


So your either a "scaleless bony fish" (ya right), or something that is "caught for sport" by the crazy liberals in CA. I'm having a tough time deciding which you are...

[corrirod]

I don't know Crabbait, my definition of a sculpin is a tiny, nasty, annoying, bait steeling thief. I don't think you want that association! :tongue:

[Birdnest]

You could name her..."Hey it's my boat, and if I want to call her Sculpin, I will" [img]graemlins/berry.gif[/img] :grin:

[Uglygreen]

spiny large-headed broad-mouthed often scaleless and bony

<font size="2" face="verdana,arial,helv">Sounds like Crabbait to me.

UG

[crabbait]

Hey! Ok, that may be fairly accurate but I am at times scaly if I don't use my Pond's.

Besides, I couldn't name her "crabbait". I would be fending off "customers" all the time!

[skein]

You guys that question this simply haven't been to Ed Wing's shop. It looks like a place where sculpins would be born and nurtured.

I think it's a great and fitting name, Crabbait, but I'm gonna name mine something else.

Skein

:shocked: Ever try to kill a Sculpin? :shocked: Just like an Ed Wing boat, THEY ARE TOUGH!
Good name CB

[Miss B Haven]

Hey KEta- you heading back North today? Stopping by? I'll proly be at Miss B this afternoon getting her ready for the ride down the river. Might do a run to FMS and West Marine too!

[Birdnest]

Skein & Crabbait,

What are your delivery dates? Seems like August if I remember from the original post. Any pics of work in progress? Don't worry fellas, the last month or so before your boat is done will only seem like 10 years. :depressed:

Birdnest

[Miss B Haven]

Birdnest- don't forget it'll take 'em another month to get the boat all outfitted and shook out after delivery. :grin:

[skein]

Miss B,

Not if we work at it 24 hrs a day. :grin:

"Honey, can you get me the wire crimpers and another cup of coffee?"

You know.

Skein

[corrirod]

I'm sure you guys could find lots of helpers if you asked! :grin:

Of course, that's only if the ocean is all stirred up and we can't get out for TUNA! :tongue:

I can see the posts now:

"Anybody interested in helping me install the GPS this weekend?
"Hello, anybody out there?"
"Anyone?"

:tongue: :tongue: :tongue:

[ 06-15-2003, 11:34 AM: Message edited by: corrirod ]

[skein]

Corrirod,

LOL

Hmmm, nobody on 78. Wonder if I try 16. Maybe I'll get an answer then...


Skein

[crabbait]

Ed says middle of July. The hull is there now, upsidedown, being welded.

Mel - I don't know what makes you think it will take long to outfit her and do the shakedown. All we have to cut holes for and install are the:

Washdown system
Downriggers
Radios
GPS
Compass
Fishfinder
Stereo and speakers
Fuel computer
Added internal/cockpit lights

Seems like a good weekend project to me........

[corrirod]

CB,
Are you familar with the "Camel Theory"?

If one camel can walk across the desert in 20 days can 20 camels walk across the desert in 1 day? :grin:

[Miss B Haven]

Crabbait- you can live without the stereo and speakers until after TUNA season - use your walkman! :grin:
Should only take 25 days that way! :whazzup:

[ 06-15-2003, 07:41 PM: Message edited by: Miss B Haven ]

[Miss B Haven]

To the tune of "It's my Party" (if this doesn't age me then...)

It's my boat
And I'll call her what I want to
call her what I want to
call her what I want to

It's my party.....

:grin: :grin: :grin:

Arrrgggggg,
Just don't name her the Minow or the Red Witch. :grin:

[Deepslayer]

You forgot the end of the song.
You would cry too
If named the Sculpin
,Ed

[Miss B Haven]

No- the cryin' will be if that new boat doesn't catch fish! If it does catch fish then it won't matter what it's called! (at least that's my opinion). :grin:

[graybeard]

I've been to Edwing's boat building facilities and seen his boats. Sculpin is a great name for one of his 23 footers. If it was a 30 footer, you'd want to call it "Warthog". If it was a 40' "Rhino" would be a fitting name. These boats are made top and bottom out of 1/4 inch aluminum, tough as nails and butt ugly. You crash into one of these babies, and you lose.

graybeard

[Fishplay]

The boat naming decission was easy for me. The name came with the boat. The owners said it was a fish killer so the name Rotsa Ruck stays. Corny as hell or not. :grin:

[HOGGEMIN]

I like the name Rotsa Ruck Fishplay sounds like Scooby-do, He is one of my favorites.