Re: [Paddlewise] What did you name your boat?

Mike:

I, for one, would be interested in hearing why you chose the Viviane, and
what you think of it compared to the hard chined Caribou.

Josh

At 19:06 30/06/00 , you wrote:
>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
>
>
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