What's in a name

I wanted to rename our boat to ATTITUDE ADJUSTMENT but got voted down. they said it was to many consanents when it came to hailing on marine radio
but that name is exactly what it is.....lol.....
I am always in a better mood after a good soak
 
I was landing my PA-20 (Piper Pacer) on a beach north of Kivalina 20 some years ago, when I hit a dead walrus on the beach flipping the plane up on its nose. I walked into Kivalina and called a friend in Kotzebue to bring me a new propeller (if you thought dinged boat props were expensive, I got news). While I was waiting for him to fly it out, an Eskimo guy walks up and asks if I was the nulaqumuit (white dude) that hit the Aiviq. When he said "aiviq". I thought he was talking about my plane, but I learned that that was the Inupiaq word for walrus. It kind of stuck with me, and I decided if I ever got a boat, that's what I'd name it, so there it is.

Jim
 
At the time of buying the 22 C-Dory I had three daughters and one granddaughter, one wife and one mother. Grand-daughters name is Anna Leigh. Youngest daughters name is Leigh. So I covered a third of the women in my family. De-named the 22 and will christen the 25 Anna Leigh also. Big problem is now I also have a second grand-daughter. So when she gets old enough to ask, I will have to at least name the dingy after her. Alyssa Jean.
 
We're still trying to decide on a name for our new boat. I wanted "Law of the C", but the Admiral thinks that name will make it hard to make new friends. So we continue to contemplate :?

Law
 
We don't even have our C-Dory yet (contrary to my info at left- could the powers that be please "white out" the 16' Angler that I don't have and don't want?) but the name is firm in our mind.

"La Orilla" which literally means the border or edge of something. It is used frequently as the word for "shore" as in "la orilla del mar." Since Sioux and I are most happy messing about in boats in the transition zone near the shore of any body of water the name made sense to us. More wildlife, more birds, more interesting and usually near fine dining and grog.

Now that I've shared please don't steal my name. BTW, Sioux and I hope to meet some of you at the East Coast gathering on Satruday, June 4 and maybe bum a ride in a C-Dory. We've never seen one in the flesh yet but the 22' cruiser sounds perfect to us.

Steve Toburen
Santiago, Dominican Republic

PS When I was a white water "hair boater" raft guide the name of my 16' cataraft was "Pinball Wizard". I think it is self-explanatory. :)
 
This is the little namesake, the beautiful searun cutthroat trout.

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Robbi
 
As for the name of our boat, my better half's first name is Rocksie. (Rock-C). However she is know to everyone but our family, as Ann.
Steve of Wannabe Owner. We were down in your part of the world two weeks ago. Ann and I along with three other couples from our church, spent a week in Santa Domingo. Building a home for a needy family. It was hot, humid & hard work, but we had a great time. The people of the Dominican Rep are beautiful people.
 
Hi Terry,

"Hot, humid and hard". Yep, sounds like the Dominican Republic! I would add to it corrupt, impoverished, disease ridden and utterly inefficient and incompetent.

Steve

PS And yes, the people are wonderful, which is what keeps us here. We moved here to do full time, unpaid volunteer work for a year ... and that was eleven years ago! Go figger!
 
We're having a hard time deciding on a name for our new 25 coming soon. We've got two we're considering and wondered what you all thought. One is Freedom's Dream (We've been contemplating this one for a long time now) the other we just thought of-- Knotty C. Inspiration for this name is two-fold, one because we are volunteers in Search & Rescue and tie many knots in our ropes activities. The other reason is in honor of Don's Dad who was Chief Bosuns Mate and Commander of a 50 ft Coast Guard Vessel at the age of 19 in Alaska during WWII. Any thoughts?

Don & Dee Gonser
 
the Susan E is named after my lovely wife and is a family tradition. My family spent 3 summers in maryland on a 27ft chris craft named 'Nore Kay" after my mother. We were docked at the very last marina on the middle river near essex. I can still taste the blue crab at shulzes crab house. I just loved that time in my life and it was large reason why i wanted a boat while my son is still at home.
 
My wife and I share a Celtic ancestry...I'm Scottish and she's Irish...and we love the music and the people of Ireland. We spent a week there a few years ago and had a blast. We're heavily into the traditional music, and one of our favorite Irish songs is "The Foggy Dew" and when we were trying to come up with a name, it just struck us as perfect. Our CD will be green, of course!

Rick
 
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