Who here has named their kayak? I know it is a tradition for large ships to be named, but I know that some owners of dingies name their craft. I haven't heard about or seen a named kayak, but I know there are people who are especially fond of their own boat. How is the experience of owning a large boat versus a small one different? What leads one to name something perhaps has to do something with price or personal investment. Or uniqueness. But, I know people who name their cars, although they are far from unique. *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
At 10:55 AM 3/19/01 -0800, Elias Ross wrote: >Who here has named their kayak? > >I know it is a tradition for large ships to be named, but I know that >some owners of dingies name their craft. I haven't heard about or seen >a named kayak, but I know there are people who are especially fond of >their own boat. How is the experience of owning a large boat versus a >small one different? What leads one to name something perhaps has to do >something with price or personal investment. Or uniqueness. But, I >know people who name their cars, although they are far from unique. There is also the traditionalist view that a kayak should *not* be named. The reasoning goes like this. When the inuit built their skin-on-frame kayaks they were very personal. They relied on their craft for hunting and thus their survival. In a sense, the kayak was part of them. Giving it a name made it a separate entity. *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
I did pick out a name for my Necky Tornak. It was a neat little name I picked out driving the kayak home. However, after the trip I forgot the name I chose, and now just call it, "The Tornak." Barbara -----Original Message----- From: owner-paddlewise_at_paddlewise.net [mailto:owner-paddlewise_at_paddlewise.net]On Behalf Of Elias Ross Sent: Monday, March 19, 2001 10:55 AM To: PaddleWise_at_paddlewise.net Subject: [Paddlewise] Naming your boat Who here has named their kayak? I know it is a tradition for large ships to be named, but I know that some owners of dingies name their craft. I haven't heard about or seen a named kayak, but I know there are people who are especially fond of their own boat. How is the experience of owning a large boat versus a small one different? What leads one to name something perhaps has to do something with price or personal investment. Or uniqueness. But, I know people who name their cars, although they are far from unique. *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ *************************************************************************** *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
Elias Ross wrote: Who here has named their kayak? My latest boat is a Kajak Sport Viviane. I named it Meri Kutsuu, which means "The Sea Beckons" in Finnish. As Finnish is her native language (Kajak Sport boats are made in Finland) I felt that the name was appropriate. And it even sounds like a name! 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 - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
> Who here has named their kayak? As I feel my kayak as very personal, I like to give it a name. My first one was "CAHUIL", the Mapuche name for seagull (Mapuches are the natives of part of Patagonia). The mane sounds well, but Mapuches didnīt paddle or use canoes, so for my second kayak I looked for an esquimo name. I choosed "ANGAKOK", wich means wizard. My third and last kayak was named SHARK, which is the one I manufacture and Shark is the name I gave to the model. Fernando Lopez Arbarello Kayak Argentina - Sea Kayaking Mailing List www.topica.com/lists/kayak_argentina kayak_argentina_at_uol.com.ar *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
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 ===== Who dares to teach must never cease to learn. John Cotton Dana *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
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