How to Pick the Right Name for Your Boat

[crazycarl]

When we acquired our '85 Compac 19/II, we decided to name her Miss Adventures because it seemed with our previous boats every outing was just that.

This past Monday we headed south to meet up with kickingbug, Macgyver, and their lovely wives.  We filled our almost empty tank with a mid-grade fuel and immediately our Jeep began running rough.  The engine light came on and we kept a close watch on the gauges all the way down to Carlyle Lake.  Upon refueling, the light went out and the MPGs went up. 

We set up the boat watching the glass like surface of Carlyle Lake and hoped for some weather.  Just as we finished rigging her, the wind piped up and we had a most enjoyable sail 6 miles north/east up the lake.  Sailing in near still waters, the sails were still moving us along as close to shore as we dared.  With the rudder dragging on the bottom, I felt it was time to move out into the wind and return to the marina.  The 1st mate fell asleep and we sailed along wing on wing.

That evening we ate at a restaurant we were told had "bad" food. I thought they meant it didn't taste good.  A half hour later I was cramping up with pain and searching for a bathroom. 

Tuesday brought lighter winds, but kickingbug and his much better half were welcome sailing mates. 
Evening brought Macgyver and wife to the Galley where the six of us grilled up sausages and told tales of heroic voyages around the lake.

Wednesday morning we set sail again with kickingbug and co. with light to no winds being the norm.  Now comes the good part...
When the time came to pull Miss Adventures from the water, the feds came and closed down the ramps.  This gave me the option of paying the marina $75 to use the lift, which was already in use, or paddle the boat 2.5 miles to the state park.  I say paddle because the O/B had the same bad fuel in it as the Jeep and it wouldn't keep running.  It didn't make sense to close a ramp that used no man power to operate, but brought in $ with a self pay box.  Anyway, kickingbug assured me we could pull the boat and no ranger would arrive, and if they did, he would handle it with great finesse and ease.  So, just as we have the boat on the trailer, 2 rangers arrive and they were anything but pleased we drove around the barricades.   After much debating, they allowed us to pull the boat and then proceeded to add another barricade to their defense.

With a 5 hour drive ahead of us, we said our goodbyes and had an almost uneventful drive home.  About half way, in a construction zone, the right trailer tire came apart, but 15 minutes later we were back on the road and with fingers crossed we'd make it without another incident.

So it would seem, with this outing as with all of them, we have indeed found an appropriate name for our little boat.


Carl

[wroundey]

Good to get the news that the ramp at Carlyle is closes. I was thinking about heading over there this weekend (probably Sunday) with my CP16. Any suggestions from users as to another good launch ramp for me?

[Mattlikesbikes]

this is why I am not changing the name of my boat.  It sounds like you angered Poseidon 

[Spartan]

There might be some chicken and the egg going on here, are you sure the name didn't instigate the behavior and not the other way around? 

Cheers
Spartan

[brackish]

I wish Carl lived closer to me.  I'm missing out on a whole bunch of relatively free entertainment.

[wes]

I wish you lived closer to me. I'm missing out on a whole bunch of custom cabinet projects you could be making for my boat.

[crazycarl]

Spartan,

Chicken or the Egg?  Huummm...interesting.  These things don't just happen while sailing, my whole life is a series of misadventures.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1a8pI65emDE

I've owned several boats through the years, and everyone of them have stories to tell.

Brackish, I try to video most of my excursions, but even that becomes a mishap!

carl

[Spartan]

Carl,

Cute Video on the theory of Chicken and the Egg.

Here's a link in return for an episode of the Furled Sails podcast where boat designer/builder Michael Storer discusses that if you name a boat in haste you get all the bad characteristics of the name and if you wait for the right name you get all the good characteristics of the name, the naming discussions starts around 36:10 into the podcast

http://furledsails.com/article.php3?article=761


Cheers