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PCP777
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Response Posted - 02/15/2012 : 12:44:54

If you're on a lake the length of name is not such an issue.

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Sam001
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Response Posted - 02/15/2012 : 17:28:31

Karen
you could name it Breakfast

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OJ
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Response Posted - 02/15/2012 : 20:11:52

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by waterbaby
 . . . I wanted the name to be original but I don' think that's really possible . . .
<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></blockquote id="quote">Very true Karen. Coming up with new product names is even more challenging.

Then there's the potential for unintended acronyms . . . a previous boat Ode to Joy became OJ during the famous trial.

Which font you ask Ape-X? We printed the name in 27 different font styles before deciding. Thank goodness for personal computers.

PCP777 brings up a good point. If you're on a smaller inland lake then an uncommon name is not such an issue.

I floated Distorted Reality which got shot down in record time, as did Gemütlichkeit. Meaningful to me, odd to everyone else.

So the current boat remains nameless.

Pastmember, Frank, came up with a doozy - Fellowship

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gem%C3%BCtlichkeit

Edited by - OJ on 02/16/2012 07:45:21

Ape-X
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Response Posted - 02/16/2012 : 06:00:51

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by OJ

Which font you ask Ape-X? We printed the name in 27 different font styles before deciding. Thank goodness for personal computers.

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I only printe 26 fonts. :O) Big thumbs up to PC's. I just went to the local vinyl guy after choosing and it took him one day to have everything ready. Even helped with a really cool shadow effect. Once we finally buff and polish the topsides, I can apply the name, and break some champagne bottles.

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Stinkpotter
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Response Posted - 02/16/2012 : 06:29:47

Polish? How 'bout after...

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Sam001
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Response Posted - 02/17/2012 : 20:09:49

Karen name?????

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waterbaby
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Response Posted - 02/21/2012 : 14:48:16

I'm still struggling with the name - I've been letting 'Sunshine' sink in but it just doesn't feel right. My latest thought is 'Escape' but hubby doesn't like it. Sigh....

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islander
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Response Posted - 02/21/2012 : 15:15:21

Eutopia... means "good place

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dlucier
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Response Posted - 02/22/2012 : 08:38:24

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by islander
 Eutopia... means "good place
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A friend's boat was named A Better Place. Can you imagine the reaction if his wife were to bump into someone and they asked, "How's Larry?" and she responds, "Oh, he's in A Better Place"

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Chakana
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Response Posted - 02/22/2012 : 16:28:26

We recently named our new (to us) boat Chakana. Reminds me of your original name Cacique.
It is the Inca cross, and symbolizes the Southern Cross (which we hope to see someday). We think it's a really cool name, but other people we've told it to, think it's weird. We haven't actually applied the name to the boat. Luckily, when we bought the boat, it had no name-- (1984 model). I also really like the name Imagine (after the John Lennon song) but hubby doesn't like it.

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Stinkpotter
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Response Posted - 02/22/2012 : 20:54:43

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by Chakana
 We recently named our new (to us) boat Chakana... We think it's a really cool name, but other people we've told it to, think it's weird.
<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></blockquote id="quote">They sound like powerboaters who would prefer a name like Vitamin Sea... I like names that have some slightly mysterious meaning that leads to a friendly question... I like a little mirth--one of my favorites was Ragamuffin (which would take a little long to spell with the military alphabet). My latest name, Sarge, often raises a question... It's a special tribute to two people in my life--my late wife's endearing nickname for her beloved mother-in-law. (...and I haven't seen another Sarge anywhere, but maybe that says something else.)

I like Chakana--easy to say, no mystery to pronounce, and asks for an explanation.

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GaryB
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Response Posted - 02/23/2012 : 02:07:34

There's a Ragamuffin a couple of docks over from my slip. I always liked that name.

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waterbaby
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Response Posted - 02/24/2012 : 01:21:20

I like Chakana, very nice. Imagine is nice also, hey there's a song! :)

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OLarryR
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Response Posted - 02/24/2012 : 04:38:21

Waterbaby,

Usually by the time the baby comes, most have names already. This thread started back in January, don't you think it's about time the baby is named ? When is the official baby naming ? You going to post a photo of the baby's certificate - On the side of the hull ? Waiting for warmer weather to put the name officialy on and have the baby naming ceremony ? Supposedly, you must conduct the ceremony a specific way for good luck.

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NautiC25
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Response Posted - 02/24/2012 : 06:28:32

http://www.boatsafe.com/nauticalknowhow/rename.htm

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Stinkpotter
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Response Posted - 02/24/2012 : 08:13:25

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by OLarryR
 Waterbaby, ...Supposedly, you must conduct the ceremony a specific way for good luck.<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></blockquote id="quote">That's for re-naming, when Poseidon must be mollified... Karen's boat had no name--a simple toast, with a libatory splash overboard for Poseidon, is sufficient to record a vessel's original name in his annals.

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Mark Maxwell
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Response Posted - 02/25/2012 : 08:34:00

How about Kokopelli. Doesn't have a song but he is often depicted playing a horn or flute

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waterbaby
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Response Posted - 02/27/2012 : 17:03:59

We're hauling her out on March 9th. The plan was to have a name decided, printed and ready to be applied by then. Hubby likes 'Imagine'. I'm letting that one sink in for a few days. We'll see if it sticks.

Mark is there water in Bakersfield? I've been through there a few times and I sure don't remember any water...

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Prospector
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Response Posted - 02/27/2012 : 17:31:46

OK - One last suggestion... Its actuallythe name of a river, but its song would work for a boat (since you are hung up on themesongs.)

The Name is "Mira" and the song is like this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZAElo63nZ5A or as sung by Anne Murray... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gt5k1BvX8Dw

Edited by - Prospector on 02/27/2012 17:36:10

Mark Maxwell
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Response Posted - 02/27/2012 : 22:37:43

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by waterbaby
 
Mark is there water in Bakersfield? I've been through there a few times and I sure don't remember any water...
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Haha, no water in Bakersfield for our boat.... Thats why we spend our time between Oxnard/Ventura and Huntington Lake outside of Fresno. (good thing she's got a trailer

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redviking
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Response Posted - 02/28/2012 : 06:47:20

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by waterbaby
 I'm still struggling with the name - I've been letting 'Sunshine' sink in but it just doesn't feel right. My latest thought is 'Escape' but hubby doesn't like it. Sigh....
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I named my Zodiac EscapePod... Always gets a laugh...

sten

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Stinkpotter
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Response Posted - 02/28/2012 : 08:31:17

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by redviking
 I named my Zodiac EscapePod... Always gets a laugh...<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></blockquote id="quote">Mine is named Pop. That's the grandchildren's nickname I've "inherited" from my dad... (The other meaning also gets some chuckles.) Sarge was his wife. Pop tends to go where Sarge goes, and attends to her needs...

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Voyager
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Response Posted - 02/28/2012 : 22:01:07

My 16 footer is named Voyager. I've always traveled when I was in college, and continued to do so in my job, so it suits me well.

It also reminds me of the Star Trek episode where the crew encountered an automaton ship that called itself "Veejer".

Apparently, as the story goes, the early NASA spacecraft [the one with the 33 1/3 rpm gold record] that was sent out to explore the solar system in 1977 eventually overshot the edge of the solar system and merged with another spacecraft with artificial intelligence and enormous power. It corrupted the original name Voyager, as Veejer, and the rest, as they say, is future history. At least according to Gene Roddenberry.

I still like the name and had Passage not come with an equally interesting and suitable name, I would sorely been tempted to rename her Voyager II.

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waterbaby
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Response Posted - 03/04/2012 : 09:15:39

Well it's official. How did we finally decide you ask? We wrote all of our best names on little bits of paper, scrunched them up into little wads, threw them up in the air and let them land where they would. Then called the dog over to pick. He picked Sunshine. I had the font, color, shadowing all picked out and ordered the lettering before I could have second thoughts.

Thank you everyone for your support and humor through this process. Who would have thought we'd have so much trouble with it. My next boat (if there is a next boat) better come with a name. Next week this time we'll be celebrating with Neptune!

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Stinkpotter
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Response Posted - 03/04/2012 : 09:45:21

Now admit it--you put a little bacon grease on "Sunshine", right??

Edited by - Stinkpotter on 03/04/2012 09:47:20

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