You are going to love this contest. The first prize is a package worth over $500 and there are 5 additional prizes!
About the Boat
This is not just any boat you’re helping to name – it is a boat that will be rowed in the Woodvale Challenge Atlantic Rowing Race from La Gomera, Canary Islands to Antigua, West Indies (approximately 2,900 nautical miles across the Atlantic Ocean). Currently the only American team signed up to race is comprised of all women rowers, including Anne Miltenberger, Kelly Nothstein, and Lauren Greenspon, who plan on making history by breaking the world speed record for the route they are rowing, while trying to bring attention to the environment by supporting Keep America Beautiful. We need your help naming the boat of these transatlantic rowers!
The Details
Ask the Boater is co-sponsoring this contest with Custom Boat Names, and it is very easy to enter. Simply enter your suggestion for the boat name in the comments below.
If you blog about this contest and link back to us, you will get an additional entry (be sure we get the trackback or post the link in the comments below).
Subscribing to the blog by email (top right corner) earns an additional entry, so you can get a total of 3 entries.
First Place Package ($500+ Value)
- Perricone M.D. skin care products (value$100)
- In home computer service from NerdsToGo (value $100)
- Defying Empire Book by Thomas Truxes (value $30)
- Autographed copy of the book “Guide to Pirate Parenting”
- Russell Organics gift set of Organic Shower Gel ( value $64)
- Vinyl Boat Lettering Package from Custom Boat Names (value $100)
- Gift Certificate to Boat Name Gear (value $100)
Additional Winners ($150 Value)
Five additional lucky winners will be chosen randomly for the following prizes:
- 2 winners will receive a Gift Certificate to Boat Name Gear (value $25 each)
- 1 winner will receive 1 hour of Social Media Consulting provided by Customized Marketing (value $70)
- 2 winners will receive an iTunes gift card from Customized Marketing (value $20 each)
Be sure to complete your entries soon – contest ends March 31, 2009!
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March 13th, 2009 at 8:49 am
My boat name suggestion is “Cassiopeia”.
http://schoonerevans.blogspot.com/2009/03/these-ladies-rock.html
I also tweeted you at http://twitter.com/MaineAdventure
I own the Schooner Isaac H. Evans and we sail in the Maine windjammer fleet. We are the only windjammer that has ever had an all-female crew. Some of the boats have come close but they all have male captains so that doesn’t count!
I’ll be cheering for you and wish you a safe passage.
March 15th, 2009 at 8:51 pm
My suggestion is “Alethia” the greek goddess of truth. On a voyage such as this, only the truth remains.
Safe passage!
March 15th, 2009 at 10:50 pm
OK, I’m not as classically oriented as the above commenters. How ’bout shattered glass ceiling? Great Expectations? Something female power oriented
Best of luck!
March 16th, 2009 at 12:32 pm
My entry is “Americas Puddle Paddler”. See link back to you in this week’s issue of The Cruising Compass (www.cruisingcompass.com), out Thursday, Mar.19!
Will Tweet too!
March 18th, 2009 at 2:50 am
My suggestion is the ancient Greek hero Xenophon, the man who led his army back to Greece
March 19th, 2009 at 11:34 am
My suggestion for the boat’s name is Purple Heart.
Best of luck ladies!
March 19th, 2009 at 4:40 pm
Name it the “Babe-alicious”
March 20th, 2009 at 10:34 am
Just call it SIMPLE PLAN as the idea of saving the enviroment doesn’t need to be complicated, just as crossing a body of water doesn’t need always require expensive or high tech boats.
Keep it simple Ladies.
Good Luck.
March 24th, 2009 at 4:33 pm
(sonic commodore) how about that name?
March 24th, 2009 at 6:49 pm
I wanted to enter my name suggestion for the boat “ALL IN STRIDE” First I am so proud of these women Anne, Kelly & Lauren for being the only American Women to row across the Atlantic-God Speed ahead. I thought of them being All together in stride. All in stride means : In good spirits, to get all you can get within a single step.
March 25th, 2009 at 11:39 am
I would like to call the boat Beyond.:-)
March 25th, 2009 at 12:48 pm
How about “Gender Bender” ?
March 28th, 2009 at 3:17 am
To Mr. Young – If you are a title sponsor, you CAN name the boat ANYTHING you want!
March 28th, 2009 at 9:00 pm
How bout ImeltsFolly, in honor of the professionalism of the leadership of GE?
March 30th, 2009 at 11:46 pm
It might sound odd, but I say go with Purple Loafer… its a play on the shoe Penny Loafer. It looks like a womans small shoe to me!
March 31st, 2009 at 1:22 am
“Flower Rowers” as a pun on flowing, the ease with which you will all reach your destination, and flowers, the reference to the feminine divinity of the all female rowers.
March 31st, 2009 at 2:10 am
“Talise” is a native American name that means beautiful waters.
March 31st, 2009 at 9:55 am
How about Continental Crusader
March 31st, 2009 at 10:06 am
“Broad Board”
March 31st, 2009 at 1:14 pm
Lady’s Choice
March 31st, 2009 at 1:50 pm
How about “Roe Boat”
March 31st, 2009 at 5:59 pm
Atlantic Lady or Lady ‘Lantic
March 31st, 2009 at 8:07 pm
I have 2 suggestions, the first is “Gals of Fury” and the second is “Dames at Sea”.
April 1st, 2009 at 12:47 am
Womens Jib
The fantastic oar (fantastic four)
No mans land
The River Dames
April 1st, 2009 at 11:50 pm
How about “Sea Stroke”
April 3rd, 2009 at 5:00 pm
I name her Purple Paddler! Best of luck ladies!
April 13th, 2009 at 4:32 pm
Name it PURPLE ROWING (sorry Prince)…
June 8th, 2009 at 2:01 am
So who is the winner?
June 8th, 2009 at 2:06 am
Julie, there was a delay with the girls selection, and we hope to announce all the winners this week. Thanks for the patience.
June 15th, 2009 at 10:21 pm
call it Karmas a Beach
June 15th, 2009 at 11:48 pm
The name of the boat selected by the team is Festina Lente. Larry submitted the winning response, and is the grand prize winner.
July 1st, 2009 at 12:12 pm
Nice looking boat, didn’t have the foggiest about its name tho…
July 28th, 2009 at 4:12 am
“DOCK HOLIDAY” would be my suggestion!
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Susan Jones
May 26th, 2010 at 6:02 am
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