There was a thread a while back about what names we gave our boats. At the time I didn't post because my boat didn't have a name. I either called it "the Caribou" or "my Caribou." I felt that anything that was that much a part of my life deserved a name, but I didn't have one that fit. I still haven't named my Caribou, but I have come up with a name for my new boat (due to be delivered soon!) that I am buying. The new boat is a Viviane from Kajak Sport of Finland. As the boat is Finnish I figured that the name should be as well. So I borrowed the last line from a beautiful post by Melissa. (Don't worry Melissa, I am keeping the Caribou. The Viviane is for carrying loads and covering miles.) My new bat will be named "Meri Kutsuu" which is Finnish for "The Sea Beckons." Now, if anyone could give me the Gaelic or Inuit phrase for "Little Sister" I would have a name for my Caribou as well! (Gaelic for my heritage, Inuit for the design heritage of the Caribou.) Mike -- Paddling along through fog so thick that only one's thoughts are visible, your reverie is abruptly shattered by the ancient cry of a great blue heron as she lifts uncertainly from the brilliant blue of a mussel-shell beach witnessed only by the brooding, wet spruce....your passage home seems as much back through time as it does through space. Mark H Hunt *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - All postings copyright the author and not to be reproduced outside PaddleWise without author's permission Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Fri Jun 30 2000 - 10:07:28 PDT
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