Boat names and why

[ktugboat42]

I came up with MaColAh. The first 2 letters of my wifes name, the middle 3 letters and last 2 letters of my 2 daughters name. Strange yes but original and i scored alot points with the wife and kids too.

[capesams]

Petrel.............a small bird that floats on the water like a butterfly.

[Christian]

Gertrude, after my grandmother.

[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.

[Duke41]

I nmaed my boat Surfrunner in honor of my Uncle Paul who was a commercail rod and reel guy. His boat was called Surfrunner. He passed away about 5 years ago. God Rest His Soul.

[Jim H]

Naming the boat last year was very interesting. Many of the names were not "appropriate" for a family fishing boat. Things like Wet Dream.....etc

My kids actually came up with got fish? after the got milk ads. My oldest actually came up with a little logo and also found the official font for the milk ads - CgPhenixAmerican.

My best friend made up some decals for me.

Jim

[Billybob]

Beach Blonde, a play off bleach blonde cause it's an old washed out yellow color but it's not her original color, and it's black below the waterline

[sokinwet]

SOKINWET - The name of my Dad's boats starting with a 14 ft. mirrocraft then on to a 16 ft starcraft and finally to his/my 20 ft. Seacraft. The 2 open aluminum boats earned their names; the Seacraft is just carrying on the tradition!

[Striperhound]

When I ran my charterboat on Lake Ontario I named the boat the:

Fishin-Pole

why

because Im polish

with a last name like KOLODZIEJSKI the only choice was

Fishin-Pole

[angler management]

I had seen a good cartoon for naming a boat,

The guy is painting "Lard Ass" on the back, as the wife is walking around the boat, asking, Did you name the boat after me like you said you would?

Very good!

I did Angler Management, as a play on words. Fishing is definatly a good stress relief. Many a days at 5pm, I'm still thinking it's just hitting noon.
Not a care in the world when out on the boat, well maybe the thought that the motor will start when it's time to go home.

As they say time flies when your having fun.

[NEXT2NUN]

"DASH" named after the poem.

[B-assman]

I've named all our sailboats SPARTINA (there have been 3 Spartina's so far - but I have never numbered them I, II, III) - after a boat in a book by the same name by John Casey. The book is set in southern RI - and long story short - the main character builds this boat that is very strong and withstands a horrific storm. Much like the actual Spartina ( a sea grass) that's also pretty hardy stuff and able to grow in pretty unlikely spots.

I haven't come up with a name for the power boat yet...I just call it "the Scout"

[BEETLE]

Why Knot - in honor of my father, an old time devoted Striped Bass fisherman. He used the name Why Not, I put my own twist on it.