Re: [Paddlewise] Naming your boat

I have named 2 of my boats - my Blackhawk Zephyr,
the most wonderful boat I have ever paddled - a freestyle
touring canoe- Swamp Sprite because it goes so well
there and I love to paddle in swamps.

My sea kayak, an Eddyline Raven is called the Blue
Adept because I loved the name from the book by the
same name by Piers Anthony and I think that the boat,
which is a blue turquoise fade, matches the idea of
being both adept and blue.

I had a naming party for it on Caddo Lake, another
wonderful, mysterious, swampy place and still have
the cork to the champagne bottle in my front hatch for
luck, according to a fellow paddler who is also a
sailor. (However we broke from tradition and just
drank the champagne rather than breaking it over the
boat.)

The other boats and I don't have this personal a relationship.

Marilyn Kircus

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