Re: [Paddlewise] The naming of boats

From: Su Penn <supenn_at_voyager.net>
Date: Fri, 2 Jul 1999 22:02:38 -0400
>	How many kayaks are named?

My kayak is named the Henry David, after Henry David Thoreau, because the
day I first paddled in it I was supposed to be at home finishing a major
term paper on Walden. And because it's a Loon, and the bird figures
prominently in Walden. And because HDT loved to paddle a canoe.

However, we mostly call it the Loon, except that my friends mostly call it
the Banana Boat because it's bright yellow, and because they think it's fun
to be disrespectful.

Su Penn



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