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Corinthians Annual Cruise 2025: Maine
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Corinthians Annual Cruise 2025: Maine

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Limerick Challenge

The Corinthian Limerick Challenge


Location: Camden Yacht Club
Time: Finale - Dinner

Rules:
Write a limerick following the basic 8, 8, 5, 5, 8 syllable format.

  • Minimum one limerick per boat.
  • Maximum one limerick for total crew aboard.
  • Entrants will be given the chance to expound their gem to the Fleet.
  • The winners will be selected by applause vote at a venue to be selected
  • A Yacht that fails to post a limerick will buy a round of drinks at the CYC!

Background
A limerick is a funny, nonsensical and often bawdy poem consisting of 5 lines. Limericks were popularized by Edward Lear in his first Book of Nonsense (1846) and a later work, More Nonsense, Pictures, Rhymes, Botany, etc. (1872). The humor is not in the "punch line" ending but rather in the tension between meanings. Bennett Cerf was also well known for his Limericks in the 20th century.

See Ideas for Creative Rhyming

How to Write a Limerick
  • The 1st, 2nd & 5th lines rhyme with each other and have the same number of syllables (8 or 9).
  • The 3rd & 4th lines rhyme with each other and have the same number of syllables (5 or 6).
  • This type of silly poetry usually begins with “There once was a ...” or “There was a ...”

Example from Bennett Cerf:
There once was a girl from St. Paul,
Who wore a newspaper dress to the ball.
But her dress caught on fire
And burnt her entire
Front page, sports section and all!


2025 Corinthians Limerick Challenge Finish the Limerick Contest


Finish the Limerick


There once was a man from Nantucket.
Who piled high clams in a bucket.
Line 3?
Line 4?
Line 5?


Enter your submission for Lines 3, 4, 5 as a Comment from your yacht — in Comment tool below.

OR

Write your own creative ditty!



Vote will be taken at Finale Dinner


Enter Your Limerick on This Website

— Use the Comment tool below
Talise
There once was a ship named Talise
She was very eager to please
She travelled to Maine in vain
With only new friends to gain
Instead she would up - with anchor amuck  and many new friends in tug

Updated: 7 August 2025