>I've never named any of my kayaks or canoes, not because I feel it is >inappropriate, but only because I have never felt an inclination to do >so. Maybe it's a carryover from canoeing, since "Canadian" canoes >traditionally are not named. > Are you sure about that? I took a quick look at a 1905 ACA Yearbook, which lists all the members (957 back then). I would estimate that at least 80 percent of them had also listed their boats' names. This also includes the Northern Division, which was all of Canada. Kayaks as we know them were nonexistent at this time, though using a double blade in a canoe (or a sail) was commonplace. I see a lot of Native American names, not a few woman's names, and a few ship names such as Half-Moon or Mayflower. Some are named after rivers, and some are names sulch as Eonac, Wanderer, Foggy Dew, Red Devil, Foam, Fourexes, ...... *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Tue Jul 06 1999 - 11:52:40 PDT
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