.....Airlea

[Don Kurylko]

I hope that got Jamies attention!

For the past few days I have been surfing the net looking for possible names for my new boat and I ran across this one: Airlea, from the ancient Greek, meaning “ethereal”.

Oh, and did I mention, naming a boat is hard!

[S.V. Airlie]

I like it Don.. And no, I have never heard the word before...
The only problem with naming a boat at all especially with a name people don't know is that you are constantly explaining the name. Had that with Uncas all the time...
However, I like it.. especially as I know what it means...

[paladin]

Naming boats izz eze......if it's a puff boat name it for wind or stars....in any language.....
Tana-Mari.....Lonely Wind in Stone mountain Apache
Amihan.......Cool Wind in Tagalog
Sonsearey....Morning Star or Brightest Star of the Morning in Apache
Walelu or Walela.....Hummingbird in Kituwah Cherokee
(Walela was my grandmothers name, Sonsearey is my youngest daughter)

[S.V. Airlie]

Chuck.. a boat name has to have that umm attachment to the owner... It is not something that can be pulled out of a hat.

[Don Kurylko]

Yeah Chuck!

Actually, I do have a short list of names I like, but SWMBO thinks we can do better. Go figure!

Anyway, a boat name is special and deserves serious consideration. For example, in another post, I mentioned that I might name my boat “Morning Star” and the dinghy “Twinkle”. Well, it wasn’t long before Twinkle the dinghy got reduced to Tinkle the leaky dink, or some such thing! No thanks in most part to Chuckles, the above. So, you see, you can’t be too careful. All is not as it first appears!

[paladin]

Darn...I thought it was Tinkle the leakle dinkle..........I have used Rinky Dink, Tinkle Dinkle, Tadpole, Spam Pram and a few others....