Your boats name..tell me about it

[jobi]

RomRelyea interesting I was going to say similar story here!
20 years ago I bought a tanzer 26, my dream was to sail the world. cauld not imagine doing anything els. but one day it was hot working on the boat so I went for a cold beer, as she served me I knew this was it. out went the boat and inn with the wife. 20 years later I realise the life Iv built was for her, we are officialy seperated sins yesterday. now I want to live my dream she thinks the boat trip is only a silly exude. reading these forums I realise that we (liveabords) are running away, maybe its from all the nonsens?
The one thing I am sure is thers no sorrow in havin love someone, regrets comme when we forget ourselfs in the process.
good name by the way!
cheers

[sailstein]

The name of my boat is Dawn Treader. It is from a book by c.s. lewis. The boat in the book is always sailing east toward the sunrise an alagory for god. in other words seeking paradice lost.

[CapnSantiago]

Vanishing Point

Being an architect I've spent a lifetime hand drawing perspectives (before computers) which are mechanically constructed with one, two, or three points known as vanishing points. Likewise, when you look off to the horizon as far as you can see that is a vanishing point, which is where I'm headed when sailing. Also, when on my boat I become one with it and so "vanish" from everyday issues (work, home, situations, whatever). So "Vanishing Point" is where I come from, where I'm seeking, and where I am.

Since naming her I've been told there is a somehwat famous/classic older movie by that name and some people assume I've named it after the movie. I've never seen the movie nor heard of it until after the naming.

BTW: Great Thread!

[CapnSantiago]

[Naughtylus]

My boat was called Adventure when I saw the first photograph of her from almost the other side of the globe. It was an adventure buying her, bringing her over here and continues to be so every time I set foot on her deck.
I wouldn't dream of changing her name now.

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Bristol Channel Cutter

[killarney_sailor]

In Canada you have to have a unique name to register federally. This is very hard if you are trying to avoid a number at the end. My wife is Chinese and one of the few things I know in Chinese is 'Ai ni' which means love you. We added an 'A' at the end to make it a palindrome. We also say, that since Americans expect Canadians to say 'eh' all the time, our boat's name is actually "love you, eh!"

After the fact we found out that Ainia was also one of the Amazon warriors, renowned for swiftness. We are very pleased with the name even if we end up spelling it quite often

[escapaide]

My current boat, a Catalina 22 is named Therapy, my future boat that we plan on crusing in during retirement will be Escapaide, my Escape Aid

[tweitz]

Our boat is named "Gossamer Wings," as in the line from the song "It Was Just One of Those Things:" "...a trip to the moon on Gossamer Wings." We had thought about the name for a long time and really liked it. About two months after we came up with the name I realized it had my father's initials - GW - just a few months after he passed away.

[dvpamenter]

The name is Ossifrage, Latin for bone breaker. Original owner was an orthopedic surgeon!!

[GaryHLucas]

I'm having a tough time naming my boat. I was thinking of Sisomso, reversed osmosis, which is the business I'm in.

But then my wife is really pissed at me for buying the boat, so maybe I need a name reflecting that like Last Straw, Alimony, Other Woman, The Couch, Last Word....

Gary H. Lucas