Each morning on the cruisers net we hear voices from the many nearby boats, each of which identifies themselves by their boat name. So today we wanted to share some of the more interesting boat names we’ve heard. Many involve puns and nautical terms while others are more dreamy or aspirational.
Here’s a sampling from the nautical themed boats: Ketch 22, Nauti-Nauti, Plane Nauti (Captain was formerly a pilot), Fantasea, Seaventure, Mer Sea, Azur, Drifting Coconuts, and two favorites - Sandy Bottoms and Passing Wind. In the fantasy category there was Puff, Magic Dragon, Mermaid Lounge, Believe, Dream On, Imagine and a second boat also named Imagine (they had to add “from Maine” or “yellow stack pack” to be distinguished from the other).
Travel related names were also popular including boats named Happy Trails, Miss Adventure, Going to the Sun, Treasures Await, Galaxy, Planet Mars, North Star, and Orion. Animals are quite popular too including names such as Sparkle Fish, Fido, Salty Paws, Puffin Quest, Dragon Fly, Raven, Endangered Species, Moose Tracks and since catamarans are very popular, we heard Cat’s Meow, Great Catsby, and My Cat. While one young boy went by the name of Tiger Shark.
As to the day, it was overcast with winds out of the north at 12 knots and it rained last night as a front came through. Harry spent the morning working wonders with his line making a new snubber to bear the force on the boat while at anchor so that this force isn’t born by the windlass. We also pulled out items from the aft cabin to get some fresh air as some were getting moldy and Sarah hand washed our laundry. Around 3:30 pm, we went ashore and hiked to the southern part of Stocking Island where we found surf breaking on the eastern shore and a tranquil sandy beach on the western shore. We apologized to Pete and Liz on ‘Manitou’ (from Traverse City Michigan) for anchoring too close to them for their comfort ( they moved forward this morning) and found they had a son who went to U of M. The clouds only started to lift around sunset giving us one of the better sunsets of our trip which we enjoyed as we ate dinner in the cockpit at 7:45 pm. A low key day.
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