Comments - What's in a Name? - SeaKnots2024-03-28T23:15:18Zhttps://seaknots.ning.com/profiles/comment/feed?attachedTo=900123%3ABlogPost%3A20132&xn_auth=noThanks for the post, Christin…tag:seaknots.ning.com,2008-06-13:900123:Comment:208352008-06-13T01:46:58.578ZRichardhttps://seaknots.ning.com/profile/Richard
Thanks for the post, Christine. I'm happy that you're single-handing. I had a wonderful nine months doing it myself down in Mexico, Belize and Guatemala. However, I DO hope you're working on spinning your next Seychelle tale.<br />
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I also agree with Aria. My boat, when I bought her, was named "<i>Little Dipper</i>." Which is an okay name for a beautiful wine-glass transomed 26 footer with her windvane just calling out "let's go somewhere new!: I promptly renamed her, without ceremony to "<i>Nancy…</i>
Thanks for the post, Christine. I'm happy that you're single-handing. I had a wonderful nine months doing it myself down in Mexico, Belize and Guatemala. However, I DO hope you're working on spinning your next Seychelle tale.<br />
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I also agree with Aria. My boat, when I bought her, was named "<i>Little Dipper</i>." Which is an okay name for a beautiful wine-glass transomed 26 footer with her windvane just calling out "let's go somewhere new!: I promptly renamed her, without ceremony to "<i>Nancy Dawson.</i>" Nancy Dawson isn't some unrequited love. It's the tune to which the rum ration was piped in the British Navy for over 200 years! When I first heard that name and what it represented I said if I ever owned a boat worthy of having a name that's what it would be. Nancy certainly seemed to enjoy her new name. I lived on her for over six years and only spent $500.00 and painted 16 signs at a boat yard in Dania. The rest of the time was rent free.<br />
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But I talked to her. I caressed her. We had a love affair and saw some really great stuff together. And cruised up and down the reef in Belize and lolled around the Rio Dulce together.<br />
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I haven't done a fraction of what some of the members here have, but I've also done worlds of things others haven't, either. Spending 12 hours a day in a small aluminum crewboat putting men on and off of high-pressure gas wells in 8 to 10 foot waves in a norther off of Louisiana and pushing barges around on the Mississippi fueling ships around New Orleans.<br />
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But I talked to all those boats. I loved the Wave Runner, a 49 foot aluminum crewboat with a pair of screaming 871s in 12' following seas. I'd yell and howl with her as we went screaming off the top of a wave and creaming the next two or three in great sheets of spray, and when it was all over the only thing stopping me from doing it all over again is I'd have to slug my way through all that for 25 or 30 miles before I could turn around.<br />
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And I ran and restored a wonderful 47 foot Grebe. The Trumpys of the Great Lakes. I spent three years with her and made three trips on the ICW from Fort Lauderdale to Cape Cod, and wooden boats <i>talk</i> to you. And when you fashion pieces of wood to replace that damaged by an idiot in a big square box of fiberglass to make her whole again, and paint her from worm shoe to the top of her mast and lay on 18 coats of varnish, you build a <i>very</i> special attachment for each other.<br />
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Finally, thanks for keeping in touch with us. You really don't know how many of us look forward to hearing about your adventure. I think singlehanders in part…tag:seaknots.ning.com,2008-06-11:900123:Comment:201372008-06-11T00:34:47.411ZAriahttps://seaknots.ning.com/profile/Aria
I think singlehanders in particular, tend to personalize their boats. I frequently talk to Aria on passages, especially if the going is rough. I encourage her, coddle her, and show appreciation when she gets us through. I trust in her abilities, and listen closely when she tells me things. With a boat, you're really interdependent on each other. The boat to be maintained and cared for properly, and the skipper to know what is possible and what isn't.<br />
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And in naming the boat, I think it's a…
I think singlehanders in particular, tend to personalize their boats. I frequently talk to Aria on passages, especially if the going is rough. I encourage her, coddle her, and show appreciation when she gets us through. I trust in her abilities, and listen closely when she tells me things. With a boat, you're really interdependent on each other. The boat to be maintained and cared for properly, and the skipper to know what is possible and what isn't.<br />
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And in naming the boat, I think it's a reflection, not just of ourselves, but in a way, what we expect from the boat. I love music, and the <u>Music on the Wind</u> sings, Aria, Aria, Aria. (you can listen to the song on my page here) . Aria and I work in rhtymn and harmony to achive our destination, sailing before the wind, and there is a magic in the music that creates. A song of dreams, hopes and wishes, and the joy of being out here chasing them.<br />
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So, yes, I think there is a lot in a name, especially when we choose it ourselves.<br />
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And here's to hoping for a safe and comfortable trip back ... fair winds.