Help us name this boat and have a chance to win $250!

Click here to find out names that have been submitted for the “Name this Boat” Competition

Every boat deserves a name and this one an even more special one! Put your creativity to work and help us come up with a clever name that will be sure to be remembered.

Rules:

No vulgar or inappropriate names will be allowed or accepted.

Participants must be 18 years of age or older.

All required information must be completed on entry form for submission to be valid.

Only one submission per person will be allowed.

Submissions will be accepted through June 30, 2012. After this date, 10 names will be selected by the Boat Works Staff. A list of these 10 names will be posted on our website to be voted on by the general public between July 1, 2012 and July 31, 2012. The name with the most votes will win the $250 prize.

In the event of multiple entries of the same winning name, the participant who first submitted the name, based on email time stamp, wins the $250 prize.

Only one prize of $250 will be awarded.

No purchase is required for submission.

 

Official Rules

2012 Boat Works of So. Windsor, Inc. DISLAY BOAT NAMING CONTEST

THIS CONTEST IS OPEN ONLY TO LEGAL RESIDENTS OF THE UNTIED STATES WHO ARE 18 YEARS OF AGE OR OLDER AT TIME OF ENTRY.

NO PURCHASE OR PAYMENT NECESSARY TO ENTER OR CLAIM THE PRIZE. A PURCHASE DOES NOT INCREASE YOUR CHANGES OF WINNING.

  1. ELIGIBILITY: The 2012 Boat Works of So. Windsor, Inc. (Boat Works) Display Boat Naming Contest (the “Contest”) is open to legal residents of the United States, 18 years of age or older at time of entry. Officers, directors, employees and agents of Boat Works and its respective affiliated companies, agencies, and immediate families are not eligible. The Contest is void where prohibited.
  2. HOW TO ENTER: The contest begins at 12:00 pm EDT on January 27th, 2012 and ends at 12:00 PM EDT on June 30, 2012. To enter, submit a proposed name on our website at www.ctboatworks.com. You must provide all information requested for your submission to be accepted and eligible. Anonymous users will not be eligible. The Name must be original and the Entry may not contain material that violates or infringes any third party’s rights including but not limited to privacy, publicity or intellectual property rights, or that constitutes copyright infringement. The entry must not contain or be confusingly similar to any third party product names, brand names, or trademarks. The Entry must not contain material that is inappropriate, indecent, obscene, hateful, tortuous, defamatory, slanderous or libelous. The Entry must not contain material that promotes bigotry, racism, hatred, or harm against any group or individual or promotes discrimination based on race, sex, religion, nationality, disability, sexual orientation or age. The Entry must not contain material that is unlawful, in violation of or contrary to the laws or regulations in any state where Entry is created. There is no limit on the number of unique Names you may enter. Sponsor is not responsible for late, lost, misdirected, or invalid entries. Entries will be deemed to have been submitted by the person registered to the account from which entries are received. Once you submit your Entry, you will be officially entered into the Contest. Entries cannot be revised or altered once submitted. Once submitted, all submitted components become the property of the sponsor. Automated means of entry and entries by any means which subvert the entry process are prohibited and all such entries will be void.
  3. SELECTION OF WINNER: One (1) Name will be chosen by Sponsor as the most appropriate name for the Boat Works display boat, in Sponsor’s reasonable discretion. The Name must also be legally cleared through a comprehensive trademark clearance process; if the Name cannot be legally cleared through this clearance process, an alternate Grand Prize Winner will be selected. The Grand Prize Winner will win $250 Visa Gift Card. The Grand Prize Winner will be selected no later than July 31, 2012 and will be contacted by the Sponsor via Grand Prize Winner’s email. The Grand Prize Winner will be required to reply to the email within seven (7) days to accept the prize. If the Grand Prize Winner is unwilling or unable to accept the prize, the prize will be forfeited. In the event that multiple Entries are received with the same Name, the Grand Prize Winner will be the first person who submitted the Name on the timestamp on the email reply through Boat Works. Any modifications or derivations of the selected Name will not be eligible to win a prize.
  4. PRIZE DETAILS AND RESTRICTIONS: Prize is non-transferable and cannot be substituted by the Grand Prize Winner. Federal, state and local taxes associated with the acceptance of the prize are the sole responsibility of the Grand Prize Winner. Unclaimed prize will not be awarded. All costs and expenses not specified herein are the sole responsibility of the Grand Prize Winner. If the Grand Prize Winner is a minor, prize will be awarded to the parent or legal guardian. Neither Boat Works nor its agencies are responsible for lost, late, stolen, misdirected, delayed or damaged prizes.
  5. ASSIGNMENT OF RIGHTS TO NAME: You agree that, by entering the Contest, you irrevocably assign and transfer to Sponsor all right, title and interest in the Name throughout the world, including, without limitation, all trademark rights, and you agree to execute any additional documents Sponsor may deem necessary to evidence or effectuate such assignment. Sponsor’s rights with respect to the Entry include, but are not limited to: (a) the exclusive right to use, publish, display or reproduce the proposed Name on products, packaging, advertising for purposes of trade and any other lawful purpose; (b) the exclusive right to alter, revise or change the Entry in any way; (c) the exclusive right to secure trademark and copyright registrations and other rights in the entry anywhere throughout the world; (d) the exclusive right to license , exploit, sell, assign, or otherwise dispose of the entry or any of the said rights included therein for any purpose which Boat Works may see fit; and (e) any and all subsidiary rights in the Entry.
  6. CONDITIONS OF PARTICIPATION; NOTIFICATION OF WINNER: Sponsor is not responsible in the event that the participant provides any incorrect, expired, or otherwise invalid information. The Sponsor shall have the right to disqualify any Entries that do not comply with the Official Rules, as determined by Sponsor in its sole discretion. Potential Grand Prize Winner must agree to a criminal background check and may be disqualified if the background check reveals anything that could bring Sponsor into disrepute due to Grand Prize Winner’s association with Sponsor, as determined by Sponsor in its sole discretion. By accepting a prize, the Grand Prize Winner irrevocably consent to the use of such winner’s name, likeness, image, voice, performance (in connection with interviews and other recordings), biographical information, and statements relating to the contest or Sponsor or its affiliated parties, without further compensation, in all world-wide marketing, promotion, and publicity carried out in perpetuity by any of Sponsor or its affiliated parties in connection with this Contest. Grand Prize Winner further grant to Sponsor the right to use and publish their proper name and state or country of residence online, in print and any other medial now known or hereafter devised on connection with this Contest in perpetuity Prize winner may be required to sign and return, without limitation and to have the extent permitted under application law, an Affidavit of Eligibility, a Liability Release, a Publicity Release, Confidentiality Agreement and Assignment of Rights to Name and any other documentation or instrument that Sponsor and/or its affiliated parties may require within five (5) days of receiving each such document. If a winner is under 18 years of age, they will need a parent or legal guardian to complete the above paperwork. In the event of noncompliance with these requirements, winners may be disqualified and an alternate winner may be selected, at Sponsor’s sole discretion. If a potential winner cannot be reached after a reasonable effort has been exerted, he/she is found to be ineligible, he/she cannot or does not comply with these Official Rules, or if a prize or prize notification is returned as undeliverable, such potential winner will be disqualified, and an alternate potential winner may be selected at Sponsor’s sole discretion.
  7. DISCLAIMERS AND LIABILITY: Sponsor and its affiliated entities are not responsible or liable for Contest Entries that are illegible, late, destroyed, lost, misplaced, stolen, misdirected, tampered with, incomplete, deleted, damaged, incomplete, or otherwise not in compliance with these Official Rules, and all such Entries will be disqualified. By participating in the Contest, each entrant agrees to waive any rights to claim ambiguity with the Official Rules, and that Sponsor and its affiliated entities shall have no responsibility or liability (including, but not limited to, liability for any property loss, damage, personal injury or death) in connection with: operation of the Contest, participation in the Contest; acceptance/possession (including, but not limited to delays by shipping companies), defects, and/or use/misuse of a prize (including, but not limited to cancellation/postponement of screening date); discontinued prizes; human error; incorrect or inaccurate transcription of registration and/or account information; any technical malfunctions of the telephone network, computer online system, computer dating mechanism, computer equipment, software, or internet service provider utilized by Sponsor; interruption or inability of access Sponsor, its affiliated entities and their respective websites, or any online service via the internet due to hardware or software compatibility problems; any damage to participant’s (or any third person’s) computer and/or its contents related to or resulting from any part of the Contest; any lost/delayed data transmissions, omissions, interruptions, defects; and/or any other errors or malfunctions, even if caused by the negligence of Sponsor or any one of its affiliated entities. Sponsor shall not be liable for direct, indirect, incidental, special or consequential damages. Each participant further agrees to indemnify and hold harmless Sponsor and its affiliated entities from and against any and all liability resulting or arising from the Contest and to release all rights to bring any claim, action or proceedings against Sponsor or its affiliated entities, and hereby acknowledge that Sponsor and its affiliated entities have neither made nor are in any manner responsible or liable for any warranty, representation or guarantee, express or implied, in fact or in law, relative to a prize, including express warranties provided exclusively by a prize supplier that may be sent along with a prize. Sponsor and/or its affiliated entities shall in no event be liable for any injury, damage, loss, expense, accident, delay, inconvenience, or irregularity that may be cause or contributed to (1) by any wrongful, negligent or unauthorized act or omission on the part of any of the prize suppliers or any of their agents, servants, employees or independent contractors, (2) by any wrongful, negligent or unauthorized act or omission on the part of any other person or entity not an employee of Sponsor, or (3) by any other cause, condition or event whatsoever beyond the control of the Sponsor or its parents, subsidiaries and affiliated companies. Title of this Contest may change during the Contest. ANY ATTEMPT BY A PERSON TO DELIBERATELY DAMAGE ANY WEBSITE OR UNDERMINE THE LEGITIMATE OPERATION OF THIS CONTEST IS A VIOALATION OF CRIMINAL AND CIVIL LAWS AND SHOULD SUCH AN ATTEEMPT BE MADE, THE SPONSORS RESERVES THE RIGHT TO SEEK ALL LEGAL AND EQUITABLE REMEDIES FROM AND AGAINST ANY SUCH PERSON TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW. Additionally, any attempt to cheat the Contest, as determined at the sole discretion of the Sponsor, may result in immediate disqualification of the entrant, as well as other possible consequences, including disqualification from any and all existing and future contests. Any attempt to cheat by creating fake profiles will be looked upon very seriously, and can result in immediate and permanent ban, and possible further action. Irrelevant entries, as deemed irrelevant at the sole discretion of Sponsor, and those using copyrighted content may be removed and disqualified from the Contest.
  8. GENERAL INFORMATION: By participating, entrants agree (i) to be bound by these Official Rules, including all eligibility requirements, and (ii) to be bound by the decisions of Sponsor, which are final and binding in all matters relating to the Contest. Sponsor is not responsible for: (i) lost, late, misdirected, damaged, garbled or illegible entries; (ii) error, omission, interruption, deletion, defect, delay in operations or transmission, theft or destruction or unauthorized access to or alterations or entry material, or for technical, network, telephone equipment, electronic, computer hardware or software malfunctions of any kind, or inaccurate transmission of or failure to receive entry information by Sponsor on account of technical problems or traffic congestion on the Internet or at any website or any combination thereof; or (iii) any injury or damage to entrant’s or any other person’s computer related to or resulting from participation in the Contest. Sponsor reserves the right to permanently disqualify from this Contest any person it believes has violated these Official Rules. Sponsor reserves the right to terminate, cancel, suspend and/or modify the Contest if any fraud, virus, or other problem corrupts the administration, security, or proper play of the Contest, as determined by Sponsor its sole discretion. If Contest is terminated before the end date/time, Sponsor will determine the winners from all eligible entries received as of the termination date/time. If any such malfunction, error, disruption or similar damage occurs and impairs the administration, security, fairness, integrity or proper play of the contest, Sponsor may, in its sole discretion, suspend or terminate the Contest by posting a notice at www.ctboatworks.com. This Contest is governed by the laws of the State of Connecticut, and by entering, entrants agree that any and all dispute shall be resolved in the federal and state courts located in Connecticut. Entrants agree to resolve any dispute individually, without resort to a class action.
  9. SPONSOR OF CONTEST:
    Boat Works of South Windsor, Inc.
    620 Sullivan Avenue
    South Windsor, CT 06074
    860-282-0100
    www.ctboatworks.com

“Name this Boat” Entry Form

* Name:
Address:
City/Town:
State: Zip Code:
* Telephone Number:
* Email Address:
* How did you hear about this contest? Boat Show
Airport Display
Facebook
CTBoatworks website
YouTube
Boat Works Store
Friend or family
* Do you currently own a boat?   Yes   No
If yes:
Type:   Power   Sail
Style:   Recreation   Fishing   Commercial
Length:   0-18'   19'-25'   25'-30'   30' & above
Hull Material:   Metal   Fiberglass   Wood
* Name Submission:
* I have read, understand & agree to the rules of this contest.

*Required field

Enter Verification Code: TC2339

You will receive an auto reply email back confirming you submission. Please retain this email for your proof of entry. Thank you.

Please check back between July 1, 2012 and July 31, 2012 to see if your name made the Top 10 list!

Contest winner will be notified by email and results will be posted to our website by August 4, 2012.