Do You Name Your Kayak?

Advice
#31

So that’s where Wanda Tibbs
is…

#32

names
I refer to my boat as “mine” and my wife’s as “yours”

#33

Boaty McBoatface
If I didn’t already have an aversion to naming my boat, that just gave me one.

#34

pet rock
how’s it go with Little Boy and Fat Man ?

#35

Seek help.

#36

Kayak Name
My kayak is called the Dottie May, after my mom. She was my hero. My wife’s mother’s name was Dottie May also so it worked out well.

#37

Hellz yeah I name my boats.
I name my kayaks after bad scifi movies or just whatever comes to mind. I also paint shark teeth on the bows.



Slaughterpocalyse- Perception eclipse 17

Sharktopus- Perception eclipse

White Knuckle- Wilderness Systems Capetown 145

El Destino- Pygmy kayak kit boat


#38

my nicknames for my boat
include “backache” and others that really aren’t that sensitive of the boat’s gravity-disadvantaged state.

#39

now that’s pretty cool
A name with real significance is very respectable.

#40

I name mine when I drop it
on my foot.

#41

The "YukAttack"
I have recently ordered an Eddyline C-135 YakAttack edition with a yellow top and grey bottom. They do not list that color oombination on their website as the owners do not think it is to their liking. Having heard that, I immediately named my kayak the YukAttack. When I told the Eddyline staff about that they laughed very hard.



I want that color combination to be more easily seen (yellow) and show scratches less than a white bottom would (grey).

#42

Only my outrigger canoe
I never named any of my 16 or so canoes or kayaks, but I did name my outrigger canoe. That’s because the guy who made it, Huki Jude, told me when I picked up the va’a in Sacramento that naming was a sacred Hawaiian tradition.



Since my first destination was to paddle Emerald Bay on Lake Tahoe, and since I had Jude inlay a batik pattern fabric into the hull, I named the va’a “Tahoe Batiki” with an initial christening in the American River.

#43

In honor and memory of my mom
Whose birthday was the day I began building a Pygmy Arctic Tern 14, I named the kayak Shak Ti. Shak Ti represents the spirit of female creative spirit and energy in Hindu beliefs, and the Tern was the first big “creation” I ever tackled on my own.

#44

I do,
My Ascend -DS12 -Lime Green is registered under ( Knot Envious ) It’s a slow boat and don’t need a BIG old power boat to go fishing.
My new SunDolphin -Phoenix 10 -Bright purple - Its a play boat for exploring coves an a few names are in mind ( Mermaid Chaser, Seas the day, Sunshine daydream, Irie Vibe )
My very old Old Town Hunter canoe 11.0 - Given to me at 13 by pops has never been named but often is refered to as Thanks Dad.

#45

How does one find these old threads?

#46

From the archives… :slight_smile:

No, I do not.

#47

I am with kfbrady. The boats that go to Maine are the red one and the orange one. Orange one is ahead in salt water time right now.
Rookie, l take it you were working on rescues. I always end up with inexplicable bruises. Suggest you get,to the rolling thing quickly, much less in the way of bruises,and scrapes.

#48

I’ve never named a canoe or kayak.

#49

Ok, I’ll ride the “way back machine” too…

I named my touring boat so that if I hailed another vessel on my VHF radio I would have something to call myself. It’s grown on me since and I have a slight emotional attachment to the boat and it’s associated name.

#50

@Celia. That was 2016 and my 14-foot boat, Different boats now and no more bruising. As to the rolling thing, maybe someday. I do have a pretty good brace.