What's in a name

Pat Anderson · Posted: Sat Apr 02, 2005 10:29 pm Post subject:

Ensenada it is! Probably 2007, since 2006 we HAVE to do the Inside Passage to Southeast Alaska...Patty likes the warm climes much better anyway...

dogon dory · Posted: Sat Apr 02, 2005 10:42 pm Post subject:

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KenMcC · Posted: Sun Apr 03, 2005 12:56 am Post subject:

Glad that's over.

Now that it's time to get to the real matter of "What's In A Name", there are so many owners with so many neat names, that it's nice to know the background of those names.

Some that I particularly like are "Seashanti", "Halcyon", "Fun Patrol", "C-Pup" and "SEA3PO".

Each has a history, and a reason for naming the boat as such. Perhaps folks would want to give the background or reason for using the names that they use.

I'll start, with "Vivien C". My boat used to be "Osprey", which in itself had an interesting history as stated on the Original C-DOG site. But with the birth of my first granddaughter, Vivien Chakerian McCullough, that namesake couldn't go unused, hence my boat's name. We went through the official de-naming and re-naming ceremonies, to be sure that we weren't stowing any gremlins, or bringing on the wrath of Neptune.

It's fascinating to see how these names are chosen, so hopefully we can see how others have chosen their boat names.

If this is a repeat of another thread, I apologize.

Ken

dogon dory · Posted: Sun Apr 03, 2005 3:34 am Post subject:

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Sneaks · Posted: Sun Apr 03, 2005 9:19 am Post subject:

Ours is straightforward too: "Jenny B" the elderly parent who got us back into boating again. My personal favorite "C-nile" was vetoed by Admiral Mary who believes in the power of affirmations....

Don

"Jenny B"

SENSEI · Posted: Sun Apr 03, 2005 12:52 pm Post subject:

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

Aiviq · Posted: Sun Apr 03, 2005 2:28 pm Post subject:

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

Alyssa Jean · Posted: Sun Apr 03, 2005 2:45 pm Post subject:

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.

Seeker · Joined: 08 Mar 2005 Posts: 79

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 Confused

Law

wannabe owner · Posted: Sun Apr 03, 2005 5:52 pm Post subject:

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. Smile

Robbi · Posted: Sun Apr 03, 2005 6:31 pm Post subject:

This is the little namesake, the beautiful searun cutthroat trout.

Robbi

Rock-C · Posted: Mon Apr 04, 2005 12:30 pm Post subject:

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.

wannabe owner · Posted: Mon Apr 04, 2005 11:02 pm Post subject:

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!

Knotty C · Posted: Tue Apr 05, 2005 2:42 am Post subject:

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

starcrafttom · Posted: Tue Apr 05, 2005 12:22 pm Post subject:

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.