Re: [Paddlewise] The naming of boats

>>
>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, ......
>>

I used "Canadian" in the British sense, meaning an open canoe. Maybe
it is a tradition that has died, or maybe it is a Canadian tradition;
in Minnesota it seems every other person has a canoe, yet I almost
never hear anyone refer to theirs by name, and I hardly ever see one
with a name on it, unlike power cruisers and sailboats.

I don't name my skis, snowshoes, cars, or computers, either. I do name
my cats.

Chuck Holst

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