Naming our new canoe, need help picking

[brucered]

So i've decided i want to "name" our new canoe and figure the kids will get a kick out of it as well, we'd probably even get some generic or fancy script letters to stick on the bow of it.

it's 16' Lil Missourian by Osagian (http://www.osagian.com/index.php), aluminum (natural finish) and brand spanking new.

i was thinking "Rushmore" or "The Wanderer" after a couple of my favorite movies "Rushmore" by wes anderson and the cult classic "The Wanderers".

any preference between the 2 or positive or negative feedback with these names. i was all ready to pick "Rushmore" , when i started thinking of my other favorite movies that could be turned into canoe names and thought "The Wanderer" would be a fitting name for a canoe as well for when we are wandering around the lake.

Help me pick :w00t:

**update** OOPS, maybe not The Wanderer (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wanderer_(slave_ship)) as The Wanderer is the last documented ship to bring a cargo of slaves from Africa to the United States

so if you have any other suggestions, let me know....otherwise it looks like an easy choice "Rushmore", "The Rushmore", "USS Rushmore (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Rushmore_(LSD-14))" (which would make it easy to get decals (http://www.cafepress.com/+uss-rushmore+bumper-stickers)) or even "HMCS Rushmore" as i was in the Canadian Naval Reserves

please state significance or reasoning behind name (if there is one)

[spindlecone]

how about Earlene

[ouch]

Call it the Mrs. Ouch.

I guarantee it won't tip. :001_tt2:

[Greyfox]

Darnifino

[brucered]

wow, 3 more choices already....thanks guys.

if you can, are you able to tell me the reasonings or meanings behind your suggestions?

[ouch]

Well, mine's pretty obvious. :001_rolle

[brucered]

Well, mine's pretty obvious. :001_rolle

yeah, not sure how my Mrs would react to that name, but i'll keep it in consideration :001_wub:

[Greyfox]

Darnifino--Darn If I Know

[dpm802]

Put a bust of Marie Antoinette on the bow, and name it "Let Them Eat Kayak."

[franz]

Something cheery and hopeful, like "Deliverance."

[brucered]

Darnifino--Darn If I Know

aaaaaaa, i completely missed that one. :w00t:

[brucered]

Put a bust of Marie Antoinette on the bow, and name it "Let Them Eat Kayak."

good one, very good.

[goby]

SS Tabac

[maxman]

Tippe. As in Tippecanoe and Tyler too.
We have one called "The Battleship" because it's unsinkable and just about as big.

[blackfoot]

Oh God! I am dying laughing! I love the Marie Antoinette and and Deliverance suggestions.

On a serious note, I have a cedar strip canoe I named "Maya". If you look at the Solo Trip to the Boundary Waters thread you can see a picture of her.

[Doc4]

Well, it boils down to either ...


Call it the Mrs. Ouch.

I guarantee it won't tip. :001_tt2:
... Springs1 ... or ...

Tippe. As in Tippecanoe and Tyler too.
We have one called "The Battleship" because it's unsinkable and just about as big.

Tyler2

[maxzoran]

Charlene

It's what I named my camping axe. I just fits for some reason

[_JP_]

Name it "Wherever." Got the inspiration from your sig.

[Brian-M]

The S.S. Sinky

[NorthALABeeKeep]

Feather....as in I wish this was light as a feather or this thing is sharp as a feather

[Mako72]

I have found that canoes are like cars and cats, if you trip that sucker a time or two it will name it self. Load the kids and SWMBO up and get it wet, some seemingly insignificant random event will happen that will cause all to look at each other and say it should be called "Xxxxx".

Jay

[brucered]

I have found that canoes are like cars and cats, if you trip that sucker a time or two it will name it self. Load the kids and SWMBO up and get it wet, some seemingly insignificant random event will happen that will cause all to look at each other and say it should be called "Xxxxx".

Jay

great advise....i've been leaning towards "The Rushmore" which it might end up being, but we'll get a few trips out in it 1st then decide.

thanks everyone.

[dpm802]

great advise....i've been leaning towards "The Rushmore" which it might end up being, but we'll get a few trips out in it 1st then decide.I know you're referencing Rushmore the movie, not the mountain, but you might consider "Borglum's Dream."

[blackfoot]

I kind of like Dream Weaver for a canoe.

[ouch]

The S.S. Sinky

That is so silly and puerile it gets my vote.:thumbup1:

Now I have to go and buy a canoe.

[Commander Quan]

"Paddle Me"

[brucered]

I know you're referencing Rushmore the movie, not the mountain, but you might consider "Borglum's Dream."

yes, the movie.

[Stubblefield]

Something cheery and hopeful, like "Deliverance."That gets my vote.

[blackfoot]

That gets my vote.

+1. :lol:

[DFrancis]

Call it the Mrs. Ouch.

I guarantee it won't tip. :001_tt2:

Oh no, are we back to tipping threads?.... if so I quit!!!

yah I know, "shut up giggles" ... back to the clownhouse I go.

[otto76]

If I was going to name one of my kayaks I'd call it "Crash" or "Flip".
I did slap a "Team Zissou" sticker on the back of one so if you named your canoe "Rushmore" that would make them cousins or something, wouldn't it?

[KM-instructor]

Water fox.

[Jim]

The Minnow