Newport Beach : Dunes Resort Seeking Name for Play Ship
A new, 30-foot play ship at Newport Dunes Aquatic Resort remains unchristened, and the private camp is holding a competition to name it.
The ship includes a mast, compass, ship’s wheel, boarding net, observation deck with banisters, portholes, galleys, two slides and mysterious niches.
It was designed to resemble The Swift, a boat that Newport Dunes founder Bill Evans bought from actor James Cagney in the 1950s. The Swift was used as a nautical museum when the camp opened in 1958.
Entries must reach the Dunes media office, 249 E. Ocean Blvd., Suite 1010, Long Beach, by 5 p.m. today. The winner will receive a beach party for 15 guests. The five runners-up will win lunch at the camp’s Back Bay Cafe.
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