If you are thinking about choosing/changing a boat name, apply this test: how well will it work in a VHF radio call? I chose "The Boat " and it gives people a laugh (the wife, the dog etc) but on the radio I have to say "sailing vessel the boat" to avoid confusion. Patrick Wesley, 24, The Boat, Sidney BC
On Thursday, March 6, 2014, Dave Godwin <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronin> 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 <http://roninrebuild.blogspot.com/> > > On Mar 6, 2014, at 10:27 AM, Edd Schillay > <[email protected]<javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','[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 <http://enterpriseb.blogspot.com/> > > > -- Sent from Gmail Mobile
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