“I love you a yacht” (“I love you a whole yacht”)

“I love you a lot,” to a boat owner, might be “I love you a yacht.” “I love you a yacht” (or “I love you a whole yacht”) is a saying that has been printed on many images.
 
“Ahoy there, mate, I love you a yacht” was printed in the Sunday Advocate (Baton Rouge, LA) on February 14, 1988. “I love you a yacht too! Haha totally naming our second boat that!” was posted on Twitter by Tynology on January 11, 2012. “I Love You A Yacht by Barbara http://etsy.me/zJKkXb  via @Etsy” was posted on Twitter by Savenna on January 17, 2012.
 
“I’m gonna buy a boat and name it after you, just so I can always say I love you a whole yacht” was posted on Twitter by Frank Dean on August 7, 2014. “I Love You A Whole Yacht Nautical Baby Clothes Yacht Anchor http://etsy.me/2ysDTvI  via @Etsy” was posted on Twitter by Pennington on October 5, 2017.
 
   
14 February 1988, Sunday Advocate (Baton Rouge, LA), pg. 5J, col. 5:
Ahoy there, mate,
I love you a yacht
BY ED CULLEN
       
Twitter 
Tynology 🕹
@tynology
@sarabethgraml I love you a yacht too! Haha totally naming our second boat that!
7:56 PM - 11 Jan 2012
   
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Savenna
@Solandia_Twits
I Love You A Yacht by Barbara http://etsy.me/zJKkXb  via @Etsy
5:13 AM - 17 Jan 2012
   
Twitter
C❁ω❡їяʟ
@redneck_beotch
I love you a yacht! #countrysayings
4:57 PM - 28 Feb 2012
   
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hales
@heartofhallie
What did one boat say to the other? I love you a yacht.
9:20 PM - 3 Sep 2012
   
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Denice Erbs
@AddictedToCook
Replying to @JessC2013
@JessC2013 True. My husband once gave me a valentine shaped like a boat. It said “I Love You a Yacht” dumbest card I ever got.
1:16 AM - 12 Feb 2014
 
Twitter
Frank Dean
@tanklyn
I’m gonna buy a boat and name it after you, just so I can always say I love you a whole yacht.
2:34 PM - 7 Aug 2014
   
Twitter
FantaSea
@ShopFantaSea
Hurry and get your “I love you a yacht” anchor bracelet as seen in Coastal Living Magazine!
http://www.shopfantasea.com/
9:35 AM - 18 Mar 2015
 
Twitter
Pennington
@MiniLifeRings
I Love You A Whole Yacht Nautical Baby Clothes Yacht Anchor http://etsy.me/2ysDTvI  via @Etsy
9:26 PM - 5 Oct 2017
 
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38 Clever Boat Picture Captions For Instagram, Because You’re Hanging Onto Summer
BY MARISA CASCIANO
September 1, 2018
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23. “I love you a yacht.” — Unknown