vintage Dancer
We just picked up that very Kayak for $70.00
come on…
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Most of the canoeists we know have nicknames for their favorite boats, too (among the names I recall are "Old Blue", "Swamp Rocket" and "Evangeline"). My cousin builds his own wood strippers and each one has a different (female) handle. His wife kids him about the "harem."
In fact, we swing both ways and our OT Guide 147 is "The Battleship" and the battered Grumman loaner boat is "The Tin Can". (only mentioned the yaks because that was what the OP brought up.)
It may be that yakkers are more tempted to name their boats because the connection is more intimate sitting inside a kayak.
Suit yourself if you want to stick with whatever name the manufacturer's marketers plastered on your own boat. Other folks may be more creative and/or sentimental.
your “new” Dancer
Ah, such a classic boat. You’ll soon learn why we call it the “Squirrel”.
We’ve debated trying to build and attach a skeg to it so we can use it as a creeker. The thing has a mind of its own when it comes to tracking.
Naming things
is mostly for woman.
My kids were “the boy” and “the girl” until they were about 15.
Two o’ me 13 canoos
gots names…
Me 1978 vintage OT Tripper - “Mukmukwum”
an’ me MR Guide - “HippieCanoo and Tyler Too!”
De rest ah’ ain’t figger’d out anythang apoopriate yet.
FE
Composition
Yup, glas-kevlar
now that’s just plain pathetic
If you are Biblically inclined, wasn’t naming Adam’s job, not Eve’s?
can’t really be deliberate naming
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The names just sort of suggest themselves over time. And they tend to evolve. "Jimi" started out as "the Blue Barge" and was "that tie-dye lookin' piece of sh*t" for a while. Then a friend borrowed it to paddle wearing a hippie costume for a regatta parade (he dressed like Jimi Hendrix with a big afro wig) and the handle stuck.
I certainly know more men who name their cars (not to mention elements of their own anatomy) than I know women who do.
Mother earth
named the critters.
Men name places and animals that come when you call them. Women name babies and cats. Women name inanimate objects, men threaten them if they don’t work.
AMEN!
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do what you want.It belongs to you and only you!!!!
I named mine…
… just 'cause I built her. Anything built by me that’s going to be supporting my rear end in water that’s over my head is gonna have a name.
Otherwise, it might just get offended and dump my rear end out into the water. If’n I’m real unlucky, she’ll head to the bottom and let my butt follow.
On the other hand, be careful what you name 'em, too. I decided to appease the 1/4 Irish blood in me and picked out a Gaelic name for mine - Iníon Nollag. Means “Daughter of Noel”, roughly. Problem is, I think she inherited a bit of that Irish redhead teenage daughter’s spirit. Oh, she’ll treat me just fine in that deep water, or when I’m feeling nervous. But let me get confident, or put myself in a position where she can let my big head deflate a bit, and she’ll take advantage of it. Seems she loves to watch me fall on my butt in six inches of water as I’m getting out of her and back on land.
my name
My dad picked my name and he always used it. It was my mom who addressed us generically (“One of you kids better clean up this mess” or “You, there! Set the table/pick up the baby/take out this garbage”, etc.).
There’s the red boat
The orange boat and the other red boat. One glance and I can reliably call them by name.
Many Names
My OT Disco has many names! When in WW with it I call it every name in the book and then some. Most rapids start with me slinging the F word followed by an insult to the boat followed by praise as soon as I make it through!
In camp we refer to her as the Hogged Backed Saint. Seems to fit when you’re looking at her hull! Good ol’ boat though, seen a lot!
dougd
One boat…
I have named one boat of probably 50, or more? I’ve owned over the years.
It was a purple Mohawk Probe 12 II with purple flotation bags. I had white, vinyl lettering especially made, prominently displayed on both sides of the bow. It’s name was “Purple Haze”.
“I feel funny, but I don’t know why; scuse me while I kiss the sky”. Jimi Hendrix
BOB
Purple Haze
Only one boat has a name and it is Purple Haze. Its a 18’ Kevlar HopOnTop18 AKA Hertiage Shearwater. Purple/blue fade on top, white on bottom.
The rest of mine just go by model name, like Disco, Scrambler, or Mars.
And then there are Aaron’s boat, Kathy’s boat, Brian’s Boat, Cheri’s Boat, and Chyane’s boat.
Eyes - Turkish Nazar
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The eyes keep away evil spirit, and the effects of the evil eye. It reflects the evil away.
Every vehicle I own has a Turkish Nazar in it for protection. A bead with a eye painted on it.
And, of course, there is one over the doorway to my house.
When ever you get something new that might cause people to be jealous, you need to get a new Nazar to protect it.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nazar_(amulet)
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Only a canoer would consistently feel like they were too cool for subjects on their posts.
Ryan L.
Fitzgerald
Both canoes named after the fitzgerald.not just because i like the song.