whats in a name

There many things we like about the boat, but the name has never been one of them. So the name might have to go, Slithy Tove is likely to find itself "gyre and gimbling off into the wabe". I am sure it must have had huge resonance for the owner. But for us NOT having to spell the boats name out or explain several times over that we are not going back to the "Slimy stove," or "Slippy toad" is the way forward. I may have considered living with Jaberwocky if they had to go all Lewis Carol but, Slivey Tove is for the "Vorpal blade". Its according to boating tradition unlucky to rename a boat. But then I've never been much on tradition, convention or superstition!

But where the bloody hell do you start with a new boat name. There are no limits, anything is possible. Although I have found out that a good place to start is what not to call your boat. We have the power to choose what we focus on and what we attract into our life. When you focus on the wrong things you attract what you don't want. So stands to figure that we would probably want to avoid sailing around on the "Money trap", "Titanic", "Drunk Again", "May day"or "Miss Mymoney" !

I had a look on line for ideas, OMG, it looks like boat names are the playground for the worst of all sorts school boy humour and boating sexual innuendo. Some of the the worst offenders include, Wet Dreams, Fish and Chicks, Titan Uranus, The cod father, Marlin Monroe, Passing Wind, Dirty Oar & as you could imagine any number of combos utilising the word Seamen!.

The name you pick for a boat will reflect to others a little about the owner - about their intellect (or lack thereof) and sense of humor! So if the marina community tend to remember people by their boats then" Hey, there's Garry from the "Happy Hooker" may not make-it on to the short-list. I thought Josh, my son, would come up with some good ideas but "Fish-Fingers" and "SS Keith Chegwin" were as good as it got.We thought about a building on our welsh roots too, but Pyscod WibbilyWobbily (Jelly-fish in welsh) might be too much of a mouthful too.

I'm more than happy to go with something simple, Seren, Stella (Welsh and Latin for Star )or Stellar (wonderful, outstanding). I like the idea of us living a Stellar Life, so the name feels like it fits. But the males in the family just thought it reminded them of lager!

We have until the boat gets painted so we have until the sprin to find the ultimate name. Any ideas in the interim will be welcomed(as long as Seaman isn't involved in the name!)

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