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    Dec 18, 2018 6 minutes
    The Editors

    BOAT NAME CONTEST WINNERS

    The time to announce the winner of our 2018 Boat Name Contest has arrived. While it was a close race between our first and second place winners, a clear winner has emerged. With a final tally of 2,822 votes, Heartbeat, an American Tug 34, clearly won over voters’ hearts to earn first place. It was a close competition, though, as second-place finisher 5 to 1 earned a solid 2,311 votes. A bit further back in the vote count, a Grand Banks 46, Dessert First, took third place with 650 votes.

    We had a lot of fun seeing all the entries and appreciate all our readers who submitted boat names and voted in this contest. And many thanks to mazu, Fusion, and Icom for supporting the contest by providing these great prizes.

    1ST PLACE: Heartbeat, American Tug 34

    THE NAME

    The owners describe the inspiration behind their boat name: “The Bucket List of all those things in life can easily be set aside for too in the fall. Life is unpredictable; having a heartbeat means you are alive—get out and live the life you dream of.”

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