ROYAL Caribbean is making the most of the excitement around the naming of the new “Boaty McBoatface” UK research vessel (CW 22 Mar) by inviting the imaginative Briton who came up with the moniker to help name one of RCI’s new ships too. 26-year-old James Hand has been formally invited...
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ROYAL Caribbean is making the
most of the excitement around
the naming of the new “Boaty
McBoatface” UK research vessel
(CW 22 Mar) by inviting the
imaginative Briton who came up
with the moniker to help name
one of RCI’s new ships too.
26-year-old James Hand has
been formally invited to sail
aboard the behemoth Harmony
of the Seas when it debuts in May.
Hand’s suggestion for the $300m
Antarctic survey ship quickly
went viral and shot to the top
of an online voting poll, beating
more serious suggestions like
Endeavour and Shackleton.
“Like the rest of the world, we
fell in love with the name Boaty
McBoatface when we heard
it, and we knew immediately
that Royal Caribbean could use
James Hand’s talent to name our
next ship,” said Royal Caribbean
ceo Michael Bayley.
It’s not clear whether the idea
is tongue-in-cheek, with Bayley’s
statement released last Fri 01 Apr.
However Hand is taking it
seriously, saying he was flattered
to be asked, “especially as I was
starting to think my ship-naming
days were behind me”.
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