[Saltheart]

I named my sailboat , which I bought in 1983 , NARYA , which was one of the three Elven rings in the Lord of the Rings. You wouldn't know about the three elven rings from the movies but if you read the books (read them in 1973) the three elven rings were made by one of the sons of Feanar (Feanar was the greatest of all the elves who made the Palentir (the seeing stones from the movies) , the Silmarils (the light in the vial that Galadriel gave Frodo which she said would never fail him even in the darkest places of Mordor , was light gathered from one of the Silmarils) ("The Silmarilian" is a whole other tail (seperate book) by Tolkein which you would like if you liked the Lord of the Rings Trilogy) , invented their written language and led the elves to Middle earth).

The three rings were made to wield power for good and were the most powerful of all the rings and until Sauron made the evil One Ring which the movies is about. Although the movies don't mention them , it was the power of the three good elven rings that held Sauron at bay and stopped him from conquering middle earth as long as he didn't have the One Ring.

The three rings were the ring of water (a diamond ring) which Galadrial wore , the ring of air (a blue saphire) which Elrond wore and the ring of earth called the Ring of Fire which Gandolf wore called Narya. Narya was a ruby ring (my birthstone) and its main power was it gave its owner the ability to instill courage in those around him.

So my boat was NARYA , named after the Ring of Fire . I sold here last summer after 23 seasons. I really miss sailing her.