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Old 08-04-2020, 11:25 PM   #121
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Old 08-05-2020, 01:04 PM   #122
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Thanks. I wonder if the two Frams anchors will fit on my boat? Wouldn't they just bang the hell out of the hull during stormy weather?
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Old 08-07-2020, 12:50 PM   #123
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LeGeMar is a combination of my wife's name, my name, and our dog's (each dog we've owned has to be named "Mar..." The syllables also kinda translate to Law of the Sea in Italian "Legge del Mare." I mention this, because you could play with your names or initials to come up with something fun and clever.
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Old 08-07-2020, 01:27 PM   #124
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Old 08-07-2020, 01:33 PM   #125
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I like Twilight Tide. Easy to remember, easy to spell for the listener, not embarrassing or unclear at the seaman's bar or Yacht club and it evokes pleasant thoughts.

Our second choice was from the movie, Princess Bride: "True Wuv", as we were single at the time, engaged later on a Power Squadron Shakedown Cruise (at ages 68/66). But, I just didn't feel right about radioing a veteran tug Captain with a six barge tow, "Island Point tug, this is motor vessel True Wuv 400 yards aft calling for permission to overtake to Starboard".....

My choice for our trawler was "Boatwright", my maternal grandmother's maiden name, and a name of artisans essential to the vessels we love. It is represented nicely in the Tapestry of Bayeaux, documenting William the Conqueror's crossing English Channel to invade England in 1066. William rewarded his officials with land grants in southern England and that is where the name "Boatwright" first appears, likely his "Bat Wyrtha" and "Batvrais" in old English and Norman French. Normans- Norse Men, were Vikings who settled on the coast of what is now France. So, as one Poster noted, a family name can be a good choice, and in this case, a nautical name, and Boatwright also can be interpreted as "the Right Boat", which it is for us.
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Old 08-07-2020, 01:47 PM   #126
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Kon teaky? Kon - "with" in spanish - Kon Teaky - with teak.....sort of makes sense, but I still like Twilight Tide - easing into a quiet cove at sunset - peaceful and romantic. What's not to like?
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Old 08-07-2020, 02:16 PM   #127
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The Kon is Polynesian. But I now like the Spanish version better! Thanks
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Old 08-07-2020, 02:45 PM   #128
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I Named my Boat "Odyssee"

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Old 08-07-2020, 02:51 PM   #129
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The Kon is Polynesian. But I now like the Spanish version better! Thanks
Spanish would be Con Teaky (not Kon). Or Con Teaki. Or Kon Teaki?

Somewhere in there.
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Old 08-07-2020, 02:52 PM   #130
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Old 08-07-2020, 03:11 PM   #131
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A name should be relatively simple, easy to pronounce, easy to spell, and something someone else can read and pronounce easily. Not more than about three syllables. Think about using it on the VHF, or someone calling you. I needs to be clear. Say it three times, quickly. You may be in a hurry or under stress when you need it to be clear.

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Old 08-07-2020, 03:26 PM   #132
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I think you have more than enough naming suggestions. I would suggest however you decide on a “hailing port” and a “home port”.

Home port should be easy since it is where you most frequently keep or dock your boat. Of course you can change it as often as necessary.

Hailing port can be something rather exotic as long as it is a location within the United States, its Territories or Possessions. For example, Pago Pago, American Samoa.
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Old 08-07-2020, 04:56 PM   #133
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I have been at sea now for 80 years, and never had problem with naming my boat. The first one was a 27 ft. Yawl Sea Bird, my father commissioned her built and named her ALFIN which means At-Last. I will be 90 in January and just bought my last boat ALFIN IV
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Old 08-07-2020, 05:37 PM   #134
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Fwiw

Guess it’s too late now, but would have suggested MUNIFICENT (“bountiful” in anglicised Latin) ...
and this is coming from someone christened Kai.
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Old 08-07-2020, 05:54 PM   #135
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will always remember my neighbors 30 ft sailboat!

boat name was...HALLEUJAH, SKIFF WAS, AMEN!
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Old 08-07-2020, 06:14 PM   #136
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I suggested the name, "Kon Teaky." I endorse "Teaki," instead.
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Old 08-07-2020, 06:21 PM   #137
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Considering your age

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Old 08-07-2020, 06:28 PM   #138
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Just tuned into this one and haven’t read the others. My vote:
Dragonfly
Mosquito Hawk
If those have already been mentioned, I second both.
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Old 08-07-2020, 08:01 PM   #139
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I suggest no change.

I changed the name of my first boat, never again.
There is the physical things to be done, try putting everything with the boat name on it on deck, most of it will have to be thrown away.

Then there is the renaming ceremony in accordance with king Neptune’s mythology., very important to get right.
We haven’t even got to the documentation yet.
Don’t underestimate this task, if you can’t live with the name, consider buying a different boat?
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Old 08-07-2020, 08:06 PM   #140
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The great British explorer/mariner Matthew Flinders who mapped a lot of Australia on his ship "HMS Investigator" was accompanied by his cat on the voyage and it was named "Trim" and I very nearly used that name because of its nautical alignment and ease of use over the radio etc.
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