Episode 11: Names, Testing Times and We Thought it was all Over ..
Names In an earlier episode we talked about the need for our Tornado to have a name. We asked for suggestions and, unsurprisingly, we got plenty. Sadly none of them are reproduceable here – again, unsurprisingly. Long story short then, we have gone for …… drum roll …. Double Sovereign It nearly didn’t make it as it is one of the more expensive names to buy vinyl stickers for, but we thought it did the trick for all the obvious club and catamaran-related reasons, as well as being a little homage to our local lighthouse which, I’ve heard, is being ‘fully decommissioned’ (read-‘demolished’) and will be disappearing soon after 50-odd years of service. https://www.trinityhouse.co.uk/news/royal-sovereign-lighthouse-to-be-decommissioned We also felt that this name was coastguard-friendly. We aren’t sure yet if we will be taking radios with us, but if we did we felt that we ought to be able to call up the coastguard without risking arrest. Testing Times ...