Dreamboats

The reality is, I am as unlikely to get a boat as I am to get a 1967 light blue Mustang convertible. But that has never stopped me from naming and identifying the boats I would want. Some boats I don’t even want but I do like the name I’ve come up with so I find the appropriate boat to match.

So here goes. In no particular order.

Herreshoff 12 ½ - I talk about this constantly. I don’t know the right answer. But here are some contenders. I could just call her Yes. Or Mountain Flower. Or Penelope.

I would name a Hobie 16 Poldy. I would also never actually buy a Hobie. But if I did, I would name it Poldy.

Now I might buy a Whaler. But I wouldn't name it. But if I did have a mind to name it, I would name my random Whaler Skibble.

I went to camp on Arey's Pond and I loved the idea of a catboat named Maggie. And I know. I KNOW IT IS TRITE! And yet, it went unused as a child name, I would STILL name an APBY 20 Catboat Maggie. Maybe Maggie Jo. And I don't care if it is trite times a googleplex.

This one hardly makes sense since there is absolutely no way I would buy an Evelyn because that is insane. But it would be really funny if I *did* buy an Evelyn ’26 which I would name Ryan’s Daughter and then I would just follow my dad around like everyone else does.

Sometimes I think my dad should buy a J-105 just so he can name it Von Ryan Express and show those guys how this boat should be sailed...

ChowderGirl has a talent too. She wants her own Opti and wants to call it Wonderland.

After all of this, I have to be honest. I don't think it is too much to ask for one wee Sunfish to call my own. And you know what? I don't even have a name in mind for it.

Maybe just "A Boat of One's Own" in a weeeeeeee tiny font. In marker.