Having run out of ideas myself, it's time to cast a wider net for Butty's sunday name
You can obviously suggest the names here, to me personally or to Emerald at the National Historic Ships Register as part of the competition.
Copied straight from what went out on the NHSR email:
Dear friends
We have been asked by the owner of narrowboat Ohm, cert 2380, to help them run a competition to name the boat asking other vessel owners to suggest what she might be called. Affectionately known as 'Butty', she is currently undergoing restoration in the Midlands and is destined to be returned to full horse (shetland pony) drawn condition.
Built c 1860, records show that Ohm was owned by the Birmingham Canal Navigation Company until 1948 and a few years later, she was shortened, presumably to make her more suited to being towed by a motor boat or tug. You can read about her in full here: http://www.nationalhistoricships.org.uk/ships_register.php?action=ship&id=2380
There are no restrictions at all in the names people suggest for Ohm (other than decency!) and if your idea is successful, you will have the pleasure in knowing the vessel has taken the name you've suggested!
If you have any ideas, please send them to me on this email address. Entries will be open from 1 May - 30 June and the competition will be judged by the vessel owner.
Look forward to hearing from you!
Kind regards
Emerald
Emerald.Laing@nationalhistoricships.org.uk