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John G-
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Response Posted - 02/23/2002 : 10:54:48

<BLOCKQUOTE id=quote>quote:<hr height=1 noshade id=quote>
Rick - I always thought that poem was by William Blake (who was a blind atheist). Can someone check on that while I go sailing....<img src=icon_smile_big.gif border=0 align=middle>
Derek, heading for "This Side Up"
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 Derek – I’m afraid Rick is right. Henley wrote the poem possibly while he was bed ridden with tuberculosis.
Check you pockets for the keys.<img src=icon_smile_wink.gif border=0 align=middle> 

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 John G- "PEREGRINE" C25-#4762 FK

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Rick Heaverly 86 C25 5382
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Response Posted - 02/23/2002 : 12:48:55

The poem has taken on a new meaning now that John McVeigh read it before they fried his a#@.

Rick Heaverly

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Derek Crawford
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Response Posted - 02/23/2002 : 15:39:33

Darn it John! That's the second time I've been wrong this year!<img src=icon_smile_blush.gif border=0 align=middle>
But I did find my car keys...thanks!
Derek

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RichardG
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Response Posted - 03/01/2002 : 18:49:37

After I bought our C25, I wanted to call her SWEET JANE, after a favorite Lou Reed song. My wife objected after someone told her mother that SWEET JANE is a song about a hooker! While I was not willing to give my wife outright veto power on the issue, it did give me more time to think about it.

Everything seemed extremely hectic at that point in my life (work, family, finances, etc.) and I wondered how I did not go insane dealing with it all. Suddenly, I decided that sailing was the one truly "sane" thing in my life.

RichardG 81 C25 SR/FK "Sanity"

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Response Posted - 03/01/2002 : 19:04:24

I listed possible names for 3-4 months, to submit to the family. After asking their opinion, we reached NO consensus. I was looking for something easily recognizable, and catchy. At the time the "Seinfeld" show was hot.......so my c250 is named "YADA-YACHTA
what else...Of course 10 years from now people will say WHa ????

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nate
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Response Posted - 03/02/2002 : 13:04:23

My wife and I are both nurses in the emergency medicine arena. The name "Heeling Properties" stems from what we do and what the boat does for us. Obviously, the misspelling of "Heeling" is a play on words.
Thanks.......Nate Adams

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Wahoo
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Response Posted - 03/02/2002 : 18:41:43

As a graduate of the University of Virginia (whose teams, fans and supporters are semi-officially nicknamed "Wahoos" or just 'Hoo's for short- supposedly after the fish which is reputed to be able to drink the equivalent of its own body weight), and recalling the name "We're Here" was the name of the ship in one of my favorite books Captains Courageous, when it came time to name my own boat "Hoo's Here" just seemed to fit.

Ron Reinsel C-25 Hoo's Here #3992

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Derek Crawford
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Response Posted - 03/02/2002 : 18:55:10

Aren't you frightened of being confused with a "Hoosier"...who are DEFINITELY not from W.Virginia<img src=icon_smile_big.gif border=0 align=middle>
Derek

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richmoon
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Response Posted - 03/02/2002 : 23:37:46

although i'm currently without a C25(i own a nameless
chrysler buccaneer) i plan on using the name "3/4 TIME"
a reference to the 1974 Buffet album. makes sense to
me because i rush every morning,drive 65 in a 45 zone to
get to work, spend all day hopping to somebody else's
tune,speed home to microwave dinner - only to start
over again on tuesday. i long to slow down. the only
time i really relax and enjoy life is with the slower
pace of sailing <img src=icon_smile.gif border=0 align=middle>

i've also considered "MUSIC" for the ultimate boat when
i finally sell the house,furniture and cars; with apoligies to
david crosby and "southern cross"

"she is all that i have left, and MUSIC is her name"

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Tony Dillon
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Response Posted - 03/03/2002 : 01:10:16

Mental Floss is of course from a Buffett song. We do get asked if we are dentists or psychologists, but we're not.

We did charter a beautiful Nordic 44 named Music 2 years ago for a trip to Chatterbox Falls. Great trip and boat.

Tony Dillon
Mental Floss

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Gary B.
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Response Posted - 03/03/2002 : 11:22:15

I love boat names, and I have had a few I liked:
"Rambunctious" fit the little Windrose 18 in the San Juans
"Pacifier" was my 1st name for my Cat 25 (baby at the time;I wanted a larger boat, so the C-25 pacified me; and how I feel when sailing.
"Fine Whine" she was named when friends bought her in 1992 (they changed canvas and trim color to burgundy) Name reflects the sound of the SK cable "hum".
"Encore!" is what I named her in 1998 when I bought her back. We're going around again....(and I teach college theatre)
"Molika" (a Tartan 30) was named for my girls and wife: MOlly, LIbby, and KAthy. I told friends it was Polynesian for "naked maiden!"
"Gizmo" was a cute name for a little 23' Tempest I had for 2 years.
I recently bought a "project" C-25 with blue decks and trim. I don't much care for it's current name of Goblin Lord, so I think I'll change it to reflect the blue: maybe "Suede Shoes"? Whaddya think?
BTW: I never went through a name changing "ceremony" with any of them, and they're all still floating. I am NOT superstitous....

BTW: I love especially "This Side Up" and Brooke's boat name for hull #5050 called "Even Chance", I think. Clever..Gary SK/SR #685 and 496

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Nancy Cole
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Response Posted - 03/04/2002 : 18:15:05

Greetings

I love the story of "By George."

My husband, George, passed away 7 years ago. For four years, I worked 70 hours a week and spent any free time digging in the dirt in my garden. Eventually, I decided I needed to do something that would bring joy to my life. At the time of the great awakening, I was just settling the estate and after all was said and done, I had exactly $5000 left. I bought a C25 - '78 with about two thirds of it and a friend, hearing of my purchase, said "A boat...by George!". That was it. I had a christening/renaming ceremony last summer with many old friends and some new sailing friends. It makes me feel good.

Cheers

Nancy Cole

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Ben - FL
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Response Posted - 03/04/2002 : 21:34:27

On my wall for many years has hung a copy of a piece of prose called [url="http://acadia.bu.edu/johnk_html/Philosophy/Desiderata.html"]Desiderata[/url]. When I bought my last sailboat, a Catalina 22 I had for five years, that was the first name to come to my mind. When I looked it up in the dictionary it said "something needed and wanted" so that was it! We affectionately refered to her as "Desi" for short.

My C-250 which I bought last June I named "Chick-a-pea" from the movie Nell w/ Jodi Foster. It is one of my nicknames for my wife.

<img src="http://members.aol.com:/benraye/pictures/desi.jpg" border=0>
DESI

Safe voyages,
Ben, FL s/v Chick-a-pea C250wk

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osmepneo
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Response Posted - 03/06/2002 : 21:53:30

My c25 is named "osmepneo"

When we bought the boat the previous owner had named it "Airhead" and had Pepe Le Pu(sp) on the transome. My wife and I figured we'd remove Pepe and change the name of the boat.

At that time I moored at at a mooring in the Hudson river and needed a pick-up stick and wanted a bright orange flag to help me locate my mooring when we came in from sailing. found the flag, got it home and opened the package and discovered it had a skunk on it.

So, Pepe stayed and we searched for a name that might relate to fragrance. I played with some Greek tools (I'm a Pastor) and discovered "osme" has something to do with fragrance and "pneo" is a root associated with spirit, breath or wind.

"osmepneo" means literally, "fragrance of the wind" and theological the fragrance of God is the Holy spirit.

Don Peet
C25, 1665, std, wing
Sailing on the Great Sacandaga Lake

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Response Posted - 03/08/2002 : 08:06:22

Teasel was the name of a boat in the Arthur Ransom classic COOT CLUB. I remebered that she had a cabin top that raised when moored to give more room in the cabin. Since we have a C25 with a pop-top, Teasel just seemed right.

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Response Posted - 03/08/2002 : 18:05:42

I promised my wife, Billie Jean (yes, she's from the south), that if I ever bought a boat I would name it after her. She didn't like "Billie Jean," and ruled out "B.J." for obvious reasons. "Billie" wasn't unique enough. During our 7 years together my nickname for her has evolved into "Weeny Bean" since she's only 5 feet tall.

A former CO of mine used to have a plaque in his stateroom that read "O, God, your sea is so great, and my boat is so small." Since our 250 is much smaller than that boat was, "Weeny Bean" seemed like a good choice. It also provokes lots of giggles.<img src=icon_smile.gif border=0 align=middle>

Tray
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Steve Milby
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Response Posted - 03/09/2002 : 09:52:16

When I first cruised the Florida Gulf coast in my blue and white Catalina 22 (“Bluesette”), I stopped at South Seas Plantation, a really beautiful resort on Captiva Island that was once a lime plantation, and, before that, a hideout for pirates. While walking around the island that night, I heard the wind blowing through the pine trees, creating a low hum that was, at once, romantic and haunting. A year later, after I bought my new Catalina 25 T/FK #2554, I was looking for a name for the new boat. With her North racing sails, she had already demonstrated a remarkable turn of speed, so, I wanted a name that implied speed. I also wanted a name that conjured up images of the history, adventure and romance of sailing. For me, Captiva Wind did all those things. It speaks to what I feel in my soul about sailing.

I agree with those who have no qualms about changing the name of a boat. A boat usually connects with something in the soul of its owner, and its name ought to describe that connection. I met a couple while cruising, whose boat was named “Aunt Mabel.” When I asked them the source of that name, they said they had a kind and loving aunt Mabel, who always looked after them, and, after she died, she left them enough money to buy a boat. By naming the boat Aunt Mabel, they felt they were honoring the source of their gift, and they hoped their Aunt Mabel would share their adventures with them, and go on looking after them in their travels. I thought “Aunt Mabel” was a wonderful name for their boat, but it might not connect with future owners, who might want to change it to something that was more meaningful to them.

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Greg
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Response Posted - 03/10/2002 : 23:35:04

I named my C-25 "Fore Sail" but my wife said that I misspelled it. ;-)
BTW,it currently is For Sale.

Greg Grasshoff
C-25 "Fore Sail"
Lake Conroe, Tx.

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scottsails
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Response Posted - 03/14/2002 : 13:19:38

I bought a C25 in November '01 and It was named "LADY"...So of course that had to change.Being a veteran of bartending,my new wife and I decided on "Shak'n Knot Stir'd".Everyone seemed to think it was very fitting.And fortunatly found one of those martini flags to fly.It's been happy sailing especially after one of my famous 007 matinis.

Happy Sails,
C25 FK TR #4737
Shak'n Knot Stir'd

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capn rick
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Response Posted - 07/12/2002 : 17:50:11

Named my 4 boats "Cavale" a term for 'escape' from the novel "Papillon" by Henri Charriere. Saw one other boat with the same name-a Fastnet racer in the infamous '79 race who lost a crewman.

Haven't managed to lose crew yet-FINDING 'em is a problem, though.

Capn Rick Stieg

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Mike Vaccaro
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Response Posted - 07/15/2002 : 03:14:46

A "swoose" is half swan and half goose: A low-class aquatic fowl with a penchant for deep-sea drinking. We fondly call her "the duck" around the house.

Mike Vaccaro on the "Swoose"
84 TR/SK #4707

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Bruce Baker
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Response Posted - 07/15/2002 : 08:46:08

Some day, I'll buy a blue-water cruiser to sail around the world, and I'll name it "Once Around" after the 1970 vintage Schlitz beer commercial "you only go round once in life, so grab for all the gusto you can. But that name is reserved for my last boat.

"Yee Ha!" is my first boat. I'm aware of all the superstition about changing a boat's name, but with a name like "Wind 2 Go" (try saying that three times fast) it had to be done. I'm not sure where the inspiration for "Yee Ha!" came from. I think it was from sailing in lots of heavy wind in Wellington, NZ. When you tack in 35 knots, the commands are: "ready about" then "yee ha!".

I've been pleasantly surprised with the reaction of my fellow boaters. One out of three lets out a big "yee ha!" when we pass port to port. The other two just grin and hold up their beverages.

I can't wait until I get the CD player hooked up. Then we can go out on the Thursday night "booze cruise" blasting out Hank Jr. and being really obnoxious!

Cheers,
Bruce Baker
"Yee Ha!"

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Spain
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Response Posted - 07/15/2002 : 11:30:01

The name of our boat was my Wife's middle name that she dropped when she married me and took her last name as a middle name. It is "Margareta". Pretty dull until the time we were to rondevous with a new group for a raft-up and the boat with the radio guard was named "Tequila". They thought we were pulling their leg.

I did see a stink pot the other day that had the perfect name for a single man's boat. It was "After You". When you ask a girl to go sailing with you how can she refuse when you say "but I have named it After You."

Lee Spain
"Margareta" '78 C25 FK.

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Response Posted - 07/15/2002 : 11:51:46

TonyD, our boat gets it's name from Buffett's Mental Floss also. I wish I was a "JELLYFISH" cause jellyfish dont pay rent!

Dan n April on the JELLYFISH

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Brooke Willson
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Response Posted - 07/15/2002 : 13:15:53

My first boat, a Mobjack, was named "Conference,", so when I was out of the church office my secretary could tell people I was in Conference. Current Florida United Methodist Bishop Tim Whitaker, when he was a pastor on the Eastern Shore of Virginia, had a Flying Junior he named "Visitation" for the same reasons.

When we bought the C25, we went through lots of name possibilities. The original name had been Head Quarters, because the previous owner was Don Head. One day we were out sailing, talking about names, and my son looked up at the sail with its hull number: 5050. "Fifty-fifty: even chance," he mused. That's how "Even Chance" got her name. If we ever get a dink, it will be named "Little Chance." If we ever get a new boat, it will be either be "Second Chance" or "Last Chance."

By the way, Ron, as a fellow alumnus and former staff member of THE University, Wahoo really comes from the Good Old Song (which for the unenlightened, is the equivalent of an alma mater and ends with a cheer including "wahoo-wah, wahoo-wah, uni-vee, Virginia. . ." ), and not from the fish. If you think about it, fish don't drink. When did you take your degree, and where do you sail?

Brooke Willson

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