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Question Nautical Names
...for a cat. Anyone have some suggestions? We have a new maine coon cat and we were thinking of some nautical-related name for him. Any and all suggestions welcome!

so far, i have been intrigued by hawser, drogue, mizzen....
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You could also name it after some famous mariner, fiction or non. Ahab, Hook, Sparrow, Slocum ..... endless possibilities there really ...
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Everyone should have a pet named "Dory" at least once. Ours was something special and died too young
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We named our two maine coons after constelations.
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my last one was named bandit because they look like they have burglar masks on just like raccoons
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