Just out of curiousity, I was wondering if you guys named your cats and if so what names did you choose?

I've been thinking about what to name my new boat (whatever I end up choosing) and I cant seem to decide between "Shaheen" and "Debran" each has thier special meaning.

So what did you name your cat?

You have to tell! What are the special meanings?

I don't name my boats, but there is a totem for them. The sea turtle. I always take a small, blue ceramic turtle on the boat with me. My wife keeps one at home. This is so I can find my way back if I get lost. I have become seriously superstitious about this!

Sea turtles are great voyagers, but return to the beaches where they were born, at least according to folk lore. The females, of course, come ashore to lay eggs, but the males just cruise the beach searching for females!

Once the males go to sea, they never return to land. According to folk lore. Can't vouch for the scientific accuracy.

Shaheen is the arabic name for the fastest and most respected falcon in the Middle east. Its also VERY expensive because they are all pure bred for hundreds of years. I believe a fully trained shaheen could cost up to $200,000. They kill thier prey by thier sheer speed alone. And they are very beautiful falcons.

Debran is the 13th brightest star in the sky named and used by the Arabs in the 12th century. It is 350 times brighter than the sun and was used to help the lost sailors find thier way back.




I have a little torquiose turtle that I carry around with me for superstisious reasons too!! It was a gift from my surfing instructor in Hawaii. All the surfers used to call me "Honu" which means turtle in Hawaiian because I was using the HUGE begginers surfboard and no matter how hard I paddled I was still so slow.

I think my next boat (NACRA ??) will be called "Illusion of Stability"... works for me on so many levels.



LOL... tough crowd those Hawaiians, when it comes to surfing anyway...

Pete, so is your ceramic turtle a male or a female?

Hehe not really. They were SOO friendly and all the surfers were helping me out and cheering me on.

You can see my boat's name in my sig. It was named by my crew/fiancee. She always seemed to be able to glue herself to the deck when we were flying a hull (this is before she tried trapping). When I asked how, she explained...

So now, when I paint the boat this coming winter we will put a lemon on it

Mary; My turtle is male, my wifes is female, you can tell because hers has long eyelashes and uses makeup!

Zee; I've spent hours looking for the Hawaiian word for turtle. Honu. Since it is a noun, I assume this is the feminine form. Any idea what the masculine form is?

Sea turtles are only slow on land, I think you should name your boat HONU. You are already a great traveler and you returned home. The name is auspicous in that it was given based on a misperception!

ReefedOne; that wouldn't work for me, I've embraced my madness!!

I name it after my daughter.

The advice in Brasil is never to name it after a wife, girlfriend, etc. They may change eventualyy and then you start hating that name... Siblings are forever, thus safer.

Search this forum for an old, large and interesting thread on cat names.

A word of advice on naming your cat: never name ANYTHING that is 8 feet wide after your wife or girlfriend! See attachment for clarification...

In Norse mythology, Skíðblaðnir (the name can be anglicized as Skídbladnir) is the ship of Freyr. Whenever the sails were hoisted, a fair wind followed. It could travel over both land and sea. According to the saga, Skíðblaðnir was made by so many parts and with such ingenuity that it could be folded like a cloth and carried in your pocket.

I wouldn't mind having a cat that could also fly, but "Skíðblaðnir" is kind of an awkward name for a boat.

I used to have an old, tired, but still fun Hobie 16 named "Garrett" after my friend's mom.

also a Gaelic term for 'girl?'

Oooh, if that's right, that would be an extremely kewl double entendre in TWO languages! Aw man, I'm gonna go look that one up...
sea ya
tami
NACRA 18 Square "Vileine" (Cajun French for 'ugly')
F27GS "Boudicca" (after the warrior Queen of the Iceni tribe who kept the Romans out of Britain for two years.)

Or at least I can't find it. I must be confusing that with 'colleen' or some such.

ah well, nevertheless, I like it, 'shaheen' it does sound fast...

sea ya
tami

Sunny: The modern name would be "Skibladner", and there is a old steamer named so: http://www.skibladner.no/

If you are looking for cool boatnames within norse mythology, look no further than "Nagelfari" (translates to "ship made by nagels"). Nagelfari was a ship made by Loki with nails cut from the dead. When the ship was completed, Ragnarok would start and the world end. To slow down the coming of Ragnarok, all nails vere cut short on dead people so Loki could not use them to finish his ship.
In some variations, Hel, godess of death would use the ship to transport the souls of the dead to her domain.

I think Boudicca was pissed because her daughter was raped. . . She eventually got it in the neck from the Romans. Dunno tho, my history is a little rusty.

Here's a pretty comprehensive reference:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boudicca

Went farther than the rape, and she wasn't taken. It is thought she committed suicide.

Sorry Pete, I only know the feminine form.



I wanted to name my cat Honu but my friends said I shouldnt name a boat "turtle" unless its a slow one. But I might just take your advice and name my new cat Honu



LOL thats funny!

Zee:

I named my Hobie 17 "Stress Free". I will let Ashleigh name the Mystere 4.3

Doug Snell
Hobie 17
Soon to be Mystere 4.3
www.tcdyc.com

Things are looking up for the cat world and for this forum. Counting me, four different women have posted on this thread. I hope the trend continues.

Not that I ever get bored listening to you guys talk about ratios and righting moment and GPS models, but.....

Mary; Stir the pot! There were a bunch of ladies at GYC! Rattle their chains a little!

Double Trouble.
Then Absence of Reason
Then Reasonable Absence
Current one is called Tyresmoke.net / www.web.co.uk
and the next one will be "One Hungry Monster" / www.web.co.uk

I always name my boats. I think that if you think a boat might have a personality, all of mine have, you would name it.

The boat that we are sailing now is called [color:"purple"]Diamond Girl[/color]. As in high maintainence woman. She is a Formula 18 and likes to be paid attention to, as all women do. When I am not sailing on weekends I usually do some maintainence or make improvements to the boat. I put the name on the boat.

Dan

Awesome! I didn't even know what wikipedia was, now it's on my favorites list.

Thanks.

I hadn't really considered naming my boat until this thread. I am just so happy to be getting one that I didn't think about it. I like Celtic names.

My last name is Annon. It is pronounced so that it rhymes with the name Shannon. Being in the United States it is hard to tell where it came from. I know my family once lived in Ireland but had immigrated there from someplace in the Netherlands (probably) but we are not sure where. It seems Annon in an unusual name in any country. If I knew where my family's homeland was I would look for a name from there.

Thanks for the info Rolf. If I remember correctly I think Loki also built the Skibladner for Freyr as repayment for a debt.

Skiblander was buildt by the sons if Ivalde (dwarfs) on Lokis request, before he gave it to Frøya. Skibladner was just one of the gifts Loki gave the Æsir, others was Thors hammer Mjollnir, Odins ring Draupnir etc. It was not exactly as repayment for a debt, but an attempt to get on the good side of the Æsir after the history where he cut the hair of Siv (Thors wife). Half of the artifacts was made during a bet between Loki and some dwarfs, with his head as the price if he lost (he won).

Would you trust this man
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/82/Loki_Iceland.jpg


The old norse mythology is quite fun reading for children if you just omit the gory details.

My first two boats had yellow hulls so One Banana Two Banana and One Banana Two Banana II seemed appropriate.

My daughter wants to name our H16 Papita Esperanza thinking that it ment loosly translated "Little potato of sorrow" what a screw ball. It would actualy be more like "Little potato of hope"

Now that is just strange.

The following are the boats that I've sailed and named over the past few years.

Orange Prindle 18 - Soggy Cheetoh
Nacra 6.0Na - Liquid Courage
Acat - Liquid Courage Lite

Alec

My Nacra 5.2 went unnamed for years until I sunk the starboard hull for the second time. While drying out and repairing the hole I decided on "Catastrophe".
The second sinking happened while I was sailing home from the Provincials with a first place trophy on board. So I combined Cat and trophy and the name stuck.

The next boat is going to be a Blade. I am buying it with inheritance money from my great Uncle Bob. What with the Blade being shorter but scrappier I ended up with Bobcat (Which I also used as my screen name.) I went so far as to design myself a T-Shirt.

Bobcat:


Do you still have the artwrok ? It would be a great T-shirt minus your name and F16 since I sail another boat.

Doug

A bunch of us were out single handing H16s on a lake. One boat went over but, because he was behind everyone else, wasn't noticed at first. When we realized he wasn't there we went back to find him.

By the time we got back he and the boat had drifted into a large, low bushy tree. That night around the campfire his boat was officially named Bushwacker.

My little boat was called:

My current boat is "Lethal Weapon" after my previous boat (Comfortably Numb) had 2 - 3 confirmed kills in the last few months of ownership. My other boat was called "Catapult" and the next will probably be "Ninja Turtle" but I'll make up my mind when I get it.

A friend just put a new Tiger on the water and has called it "Whacking Day" with a picutre of Homer Simpson looking like a ninja on the side - looks awesome!

Tiger Mike

John:

Nice pic. What kind of boat is that? Your website link doesn't work. What is up with the 4.3 forum. Did it die?

Doug Snell
Hobie17
Soon to be Mystere 4.3
www.tcdyc.com

"Tempus fugit" time flies
I named my first monohull "Tempus" (Latin for time- meaning I am doing time in the USAF and needed a toy). The only thing to name my cat was "fugit"

Although
"more controlled than it looks" sounds good, but is a little long

That's my old 4.3. Link fixed.

4.3 forum just isn't very active right now - not dead.

LOL "little potato of hope" that is the sweetest thing I have ever heard. I LOVE that name.

I laughed out loud on that one hehe. Great name

So it looks like Im going to go with the name "Honu".

I even designed the logo (see attachment)

The 3 is there because I graduated in 03 so the "O" is the letter O for the word "honu" and the number "0" for "03"

Current boat and previous Tornado were named ALIVE....

See here for why - http://www.badongo.com/vid/80571

Other boats were

The Predator (which sported Kittyhawk style sharks mouth on the bow followed by gills, and fin graphics)

Appetite for Destruction
Sir Psycho
Rampaging Muppet
Rhino Juice
The Big Don't Argue.

That looks great. Good job.

thanx

Our Nacra 5.5SL is "Wicked Wet" which is also the name of our LLC. We are in the Indoor Waterpark Business. Only problem is I'm not crazy about having my wife drive around with the name on the car door. Too many nuts out there.....

"HONU", it's perfect, the logo is great! Happy sailing.

What does "HONU" look like in Arabic script? I'm considering breaking with my tradition and naming my boat the masculine form of "Honu", and using Arabic script.

THAT SHOULD TURN SOME HEADS!! Maybe I'll get may own personal file at "Homeland Security"!!!

This one is my all-time favorite cat name but I'm sorry I can't remember the owners name to give him credit but I did save the picture............ (I can't upload the picture now because it is a .bmp extension and I'm not able to figure out how to change that.) The boats name is Wind Bitch. Has a little silhouette of the truck mudflap girl resting backwards on her hands with her hair flying.... Looks so cool!

Although I'm certain Bonnie would never go for it...and also because it's clearly been done before...but I still like it; "Blow Me".

First boat was "Flippen Fearless", 2nd "Flippen Fearless 2"...then big crash and the name was retired. We're now on "Plays With Matches".

Thanx Im glad you liked it.



I checked with my friend and she says there is no masculine form of Honu because the males and females are both called Honu.



Lol trust me writing ANYTHING in arabic when ur in the states is SOOO not worth the hassle hehe.

Blow me!? Ha! ROTFL

Now that is funny.

My Stiletto is named "Toute de Suite", which is pronounced "toot sweet". Thats French for "Right now". It fits when I want to go sailing Toute de Suite.

Peace,
Clayton

"Current boat and previous Tornado were named ALIVE...."

I love the P.O.D. song behind the video...an awesome combination...
Regards,
Seeker

That is a really nice logo and the best part is that there is some real meaning to the name. Now if you can pick a boat that is worthy.

Dan

I've secured the name "wind weapon" for my next N20. Working on the logo.

However, I've always wanted to put this across my spinnaker:


I'm going to take a wild guess that some local authorities may take issue with it, though!

While sailing in Marblehead, MA I say a trimaran called "Pollo del Mar" - Chicken of the sea. I have always liked that one. My first boat was called "Redline" because I was in the how hard can I push it stage when I owned it (it was an H16). Lots of learning expereinces on that one BTW.

Nice art work! We see green sea turtles off our beach everytime we go.

I saw a semi being driven by a rather attractive blonde lady one time. The interesting part was that all the mud flaps had a chrome silhouette of a fat guy drinking a beer.

If you simply call it "Mr. Honu", you'll get some form of masculinity, or perhaps only gender confusion would result...

My old '79 Hobie-18 was the "Geriatric Blue Hobie", or "GBH". That's because it was a geriatric blue Hobie. People usually added something else to the name when they saw us sneaking up on them. Lots of miles and success with that boat, we liked to mention that our boat was old enough to drink.

My Hobie-20 was "WikiWiki", which is Hawaiian for "Fast". Whimsical and descriptive.

My 6.0 is "Katzenjammer", orginal inspiration from the "Katzenjammer Kids" comic from a "few" years ago about two mischievous kids ("adventures of Hans and Fritz, twins and fellow warriors in the battle against any form of authority"). Each hull can be a mischievous kid... It's German, meaning essentially the wailing of cats. I like that, but also that for me the name evokes cats and windjammers if pronounced in the usual butchering of foreign languages. I waited for the right boat for this name, subsequent boats of merit will be Katzenjammer II and so on.

The F-27 is "Tri-Pawed" because to me it is like a three hulled (legs) catamaran. Three-legged cat became Tri-Pawed in the obvious pun on tripod for a trimaran. This was my wife's contribution. Eventually a logo of a Pirate Terrier with a peg leg will be designed.

I saw an ad listing a cruising cat for sale. The boat was named Willie Flipit.

That was the sister ship to the "Betty Don't"

Owing to my knot tying ability, my father-in-law suggests our boat should be called the "Running Half Tangle".

Jake, you could go with the intellectual version of your favored name without Bonny knowing by choosing "OILV773" and put an up-side down "F" after the 3 so that everyone will know the name when the boat is tipped over.

MAN- I cannot choose between Willie Flippit, Bette Dont and Running Half Tangle thru the tears...
Thanks for finishing off the week right!

That was great!

A friend had a TheMightyHobie18 way back in the late 70's (one of the first ever made) that was called "Blow Job". I'm sure it has been done a million times since but it still attracts comment.

Tiger Mike

I haven't been around sailing so it is new to me. However, as much as the blowing references amuse me, being a chick named 'Wendy' on a boat with such a name would probably attract comments that I just don't want. I will just have to come up with something different.

When I got my first used H-16 in 1985 I raced against "Better than Sex" another Hobie 16. I never thought that was good because seldom did I see a woman on the boat and I was single at that time.

BTW, Sailing is still a male dominated sport.

Guys:

I don't know. Ellen McArthur ( think that is her name) who sails on the big tri is DEADLY !!! Think she was sailor of the year?

Doug

You mean Dame Ellen McArthur. I followed her 'round the world run last year on her web site. She's one tough cookie!

Guys:

So THIS is not a male dominate sport. She didn't get to be a Dame for nothing AND sailor of the year. Girls are tuff. Maybe not as strong, but they can still kick our butt !!! I remember watching Sheila Holmes for yeara. She was hot even when I got started in 79.

Doug

Wife never went for it but always liked "Wet Scream".
Hobie 16 was "Cheap Date" and currently sailing M4.3 "Silly"

Jamie:

Do you know if any 4.3's are going to Slip to Ship?

Doug

Jamie,
Judy's right: don't name a boat "Wet Scream." A Hobie 16 capsized up in Vancouver years ago with two college guys on it. When the boat capsized and immediately turtled, one of the guys was trapped underneath and drowned. The next day when I saw the boat with its mess of tangled rigging sitting on shore, I noticed that the name of the boat was "Wet Screams." The name seemed ironically and horribly prophetic.

Whenever you tell that story it gives me an ill feeling inside. So then Mary I guess I should pass on using "The Delaminator"

Don't know of any. Maybe another year for me.

Well there's some bad karma I wouldn't want to mess with. I always thought of it from the wet dream perspective. But if I had had your knowledge of the Vancouver incident then I would have been put off by it too. That wouldn't be a memory you'd want reminded of regularly.

I asked my dad for a name and he told me my boat should be 'ornery catch it'

Now, just what is he trying to say?

I couldn't resist, I named my cat "FEAR [color:"yellow"] [/color] FACTOR".

Well Guys/Gals I should get some good ribbing when I sail alone. Ashleigh wants to name her Mystere 4.3 "Baby Girl" !!! Oh well, life goes on (LOL LOL)

Doug Snell
Hobie 17
Soon to be Myster 4.3
www.tcdyc.com

I thought about naming mine "My Boyfriend" I all ready love it. I am excited to ride it. It would always be there for me. And if it fell down I would pick it back up. And when I went sailing I could say I am taking 'my boyfriend' out. See...perfect.
Except boats are supposed to be feminine and “My Girlfriend” just doesn’t work for me. Not that there would be anything wrong with that… So, I will just have to keep thinking about it.

I don't think they HAVE to be feminine. I think when they were owned by men they were thought to be feminine but I don't see why the opposite isn't true... Go with it!

"Breakin' Wind IV" has been my choice for all of my cats although I have toyed with future names like
Knotty Cat
Clewless
Knot a Clew

Oh, that is the one.
Knot a Clew, That is so ME!
Permission to use it?

Sunny, of course! What type o' cat will carry the name?



I should have given props to Robi in my last post, he made the graphic on the ARC 21. Great job.

I actually toyed with the idea of naming my cat "Wet Pussy", but I always got a little squeamish when they annouced the scores in the bar after the race.

Alec

Exeter,Coral Sea,Wasp,Victory,Monitor,Beagle,Swordfish and Enterprise are'nt to feminine . "Kitty Gal Pal" might work!

[quote]I actually toyed with the idea of naming my cat "Wet Pussy", but I always got a little squeamish when they annouced the scores in the bar after the race.
Race Resuts:First place, Soggy Cheetoh on Wet Pussy! I'd back away from that one too!

Well, my class allows you to pick your own sail number (provided noone else is using it), so I chose "42" and was going to call my boat "Don't Panic". Then I saw some others with that name already and switched to "Mostly Harmless". But then Douglass Adams used that as the title of his last Hitchhiker's Guide book (which was totally lame), so I pretty much left my boat unchristened.

If I get another Isotope, I'll probably go for sail number 235 (after uranuim 235). Then I'd call the boat an "Unstable Isotope". Maybe I could even get a "Smilin' Joe Fission" graphic for it.

I had a Laser named that, but it was spelled backward: Yssup Tew. (The name came with the boat when I bought it.)

lol that is just wrong on so many levels

I dont think boats have to be feminine ... personally I view all my boats as males.

My neighbor has a Santa Cruz 27 named Morning Missile. He's French Canadian so we cut him some slack.

My 1974 Hobie 14 had a red, white and blue sail, similar stripes on the hull, and was named Bi-Cat for the Bicentennial. Our 1977 Hobie 16 and 1979 Hobie 18 were both named Tom-Cat for my son, Tom and my initials. (Tom was the skipper on both).

No name on Tom's H-17 as it is the "Stars and Stripes" model. My H-17 is just Hobie 17, as they insisted on having a name on the Annual Multihull Trophy, for the Friday night Anthony's Series.

Caleb

The name I keep toying with is "Harsh Mistress".

Harsh Mistress is really good Pete. I love it.

Eric,
I am getting a Mystere 4.3. I am very new to sailing and this is my boat to learn with. 'Knot a Clew' is perfect!
Thanks

My A cat gets to hibernate in a barn for almost 6 months of the year. this winter has been particulary cold and people have only just stopped walking on the lake where I usually sail. I ordered a new boat last December and went to fetch it about two weeks ago. After too long a winter and some serious withdrawal symptoms the boat got called "Who let the CATS out?"

Regards from an almost warm Zurich

Daniel
SUI 198

I always liked the name Nautilus, mainly because it is a perfect representation of the Divine Proportion (Fibonacci Sequence) and since im an architecture student Im kinda into those things hehehe. It is a proportion of "beauty" found in nature. For example, the proportion found in the nautilus is also found in the human body. As an example the hand and forearm has this proportion, its basically found everywhere in nature and became a guiding factor in classical architecture.







The problem I have with its name is its way too cliche.

And everyone will call you Captain Nemo.

My boats have all been named damn boat because my wife said we never go anywhere without that damn boat. I am now on damn boat #10.

Damn boat! Now, that is funny...

I still like Knot a Clew so far. (I am trying to learn after all.)

Because my name is Wendy I thought about 'Pan' or 'Lost Boy' I couldn't make myself call it the 'Flying Dutchman'(talk about cliche)

Wendy was a difficult name to grow up with. I may as well have fun with it.

I named my H17 "Blessing" on account of all tthe religious experiences I had sailing her.

"Blessing" sounds a whole lot nicer than "Harsh Mistress." I don't believe in giving boats negative-sounding names.

"Harsh Mistress" conjures images of leather and whips.

The name is taken from the Heinlein novel and the Jimmy Webb song, but now that you mention it. . . the boat has come out on top a few times!!

I named my first cat spinny GDT - God Damn Thing

There was a guy back in the '30s that built a number of airplanes with the model numbers begining with DGA. When asked waht DGA meant, he replied, "Damn Good Airplane."

http://members.aol.com/HowardClub/

Sfr'n Sucka Cash. Is that a good one for the F18 arms race are what..Sylvester .I hardly use my boat lately so I thought "lightly Salted" would have been appropriate............

So, if you are a real hot shot;

"SMOKE WAGON"

Gang:

I still get comment on mine. "Stress Free" and when I have a real tuff week. I always am on it. (GRIN). Just don't know if I can get use to what Ashleigh want to name her 4.3. I KNOW I will get some ribbing when I sail "Baby Girl" alone !!!!
(LOL LOL LOL)

Doug and Ashleigh Snell
Hobie 17 "Stress Free"
Sunfish (unnamed)
Soon to be Mystere 4.3 "Baby Girl"
www.tcdyc.com

What about (actually seen!) :
- Dancing with Waves
- Kitty Litter
- Pussy Galore (was a Roberts 27 ft)

For me the ideal name is

ZEN

No matter what the conditions, the boat you sail should feel like an extension of your arms and legs, just like an essential part of you. You and the craft should feel as one.
The craft you are on should talk in subtle but meaningful ways that tells you what the breese is saying. It is an ongoing conversation between you, your boat, the wind and the water.
It does not matter if it is a "light whispy drifter" or "blowing dogs off chains" it is all the same.

This is how it is for me.

So for me the name is appropriate.

If you don't see sailing in this light then this is probably not an appropriate name or your boat.

Just the way I see it.

Regards,
Phill

Thanks Phill, that is awesome (and wouldn't it have been nice to leave the thread on that note?)


But no...my wife had to come up with a name for the 20, inspired by Bernie Taupin via Elton John.

"You better get back honky cat Living in the city ain't where it's at"

HONKY CAT...I love it.

We were watching the first Harry Potter movie last night on DVD and the part came on where Harry is introduced to the game Quiditch (sp?). Harry asked what the little ball is called and he is told, "The Golden Snitch" because it is
"an elusive little bugger and wickedly fast". My son turns and says, "That would be an awesome name for the boat...."

My other choice is because I have always been a John D. McDonald fan of his Travis McGee series and one of his boats was called Munequita which means "Little Doll" in Spanish. I like that a lot.

Greg

For those Macintosh fans, icat.

For Terry Pratchett fans - "Rincewind". Although not much of a wizard, he excels as a long distance sprinter, and generally comes out on top in the complex unpleasant situations he inevitably finds himself in - an underdog hero type.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rincewind

Team Scratch-N-Sniff

The fleet came up with it, not sure exactly how since we had all been drinking quite a bit.<img src="http://www.catsailor.com/forums/images/graemlins/crazy.gif" alt="" /> <img src="http://www.catsailor.com/forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" />

My new a-cat is "Single Sail Organism"...working on the graphics now.