Well, since it’s (still!) winter here in the Northern Hemisphere (and Northern Neck) and we’re on the topic of boat names, I thought I’d offer up why my boats are always named “Ronin” should anyone be interested. 'Cause folks are always asking me if I’ve seen the the move “Ronin”. Yes, I have...
As many of you probably know, Ronin literally means “Wave Man.” That is one of several reasons that I chose the name. Seemed apt. The other idiomatic definition is “wandering man.” This is another very important reason I had for choosing the name. I’m a old foreign service brat and have spent a fair amount of time growing up outside of my native United States. More like well-heeled traveling than wandering actually, but hey, it fits the narrative. As part of the wandering bit, I spent my senior year of high school in a boarding school in Japan a long, long way from my family. I loved it. I loved my time immersed in Japanese culture and it’s esthetic. And significantly, my Japanese History classes were taught by a teacher that had a profound impact on me. I learned the nature of “character is destiny” as the significant factor to historical milestones as opposed to dry historical dates. But I digress. The other factor in the choice of the name Ronin is that it is the term used to describe a “salaryman” who is between jobs or a student who has not been accepted to a university. I’ll let it stand at that. Both definitions are appropriate. There are other relative interpretations that involve class rank that are complex with regard to the definition. Anyway, most folks think that when I tell them that our boat is named Ronin they assume that it involves sharp swords and slicing people into little bits. That isn’t even remotly why I name my boats Ronin. Cheers, Dave Godwin 1982 C&C 37 - Ronin Reedville - Chesapeake Bay Ronin’s Overdue Refit On Mar 6, 2014, at 10:27 AM, Edd Schillay <[email protected]> wrote: > As you may have guessed, my boat's name is based on a Lucille Ball / Desi > Arnez-produced 1960’s failed train-wreck NBC television series . . . > > . . . which led to highly-rated syndication, five spin-off television series > and 12 feature films, not to mention decades and decades of merchandising > dollars for Paramount/Viacom. > > For me, though, the Starship Enterprise was an “escape vehicle” — when I got > home from grade school in the 70s, I could leave all the pressures and > troubles behind, turn on WPIX channel 11, and I’ll be exploring the final > frontier’s strange new worlds, seeking out new life and new civilizations . . > . > > In 1980, I bought my first sailboat, an O’Day 7-11 sailing dinghy, pretty > much right after the release of The Motion Picture, a wholly lousy film on > may levels, except for the Enterprise itself. Once again, I felt my > imagination was able to escape the day-to-day life in suburbia. There could > be no other name. The sailboat had to be named Enterprise. > > When I turned 18, after I got the whole “you’re a man now” speech from my > father, I aptly decided to cut school to see the third movie with some > friends for my birthday, and got the worst birthday present ever — the > Enterprise exploded from self-destruct over Planet Genesis. My escape vehicle > was gone. Adulthood slapped me in the face - hard. > > Fortunately, a couple of years later, I went to see the fourth feature film - > a time-travel story to rescue humpback whales from 20th-Century earth. At the > very end, Kirk and crew were delivered to a brand new Enterprise with a hull > number of NCC-1701-A. The escape vehicle was back and my imagination could, > one again, boldly go. > > Since then, we have seen several future versions of the famed starship; > 1701-B, 1701-C, 1701-D, 1701-E and even a brief glimpse of the 1701-J. > > So, like the series, I decided that all of my future vessels will also carry > the name Enterprise, and I’ll have my very own escape vehicle to get away > from the pressure of work and life while exploring LI Sound and the > surrounding areas. > > As I tell my crew, when sailing on the Enterprise, we have one Prime > Directive — Wherever we go, we go boldly. > > All the best, > > Edd > > Edd M. Schillay > Starship Enterprise > C&C 37+ | Sail No: NCC-1701-B > City Island, NY > Starship Enterprise's Captain's Log
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