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Strip: It is Tough to Name a Boat after a Whale *PIC*
By:john Messinger
Date: 5/3/2013, 11:44 am

I wanted to name my Baidarka build after a whale. There are not a lot of good names for boats that call up the mental image of a whale. There is "Orca" of course, but there are too many of them out there. The Quintessential Orca was the name of the boat in the movie Jaws. Too many whale names conjure up other mental images. Blue, Fin, Humpback, Killer, Pilot, Right, and ahh... Sperm bring to mind things other than a whale.

After viewing a youtube video on belugas in the Sanguenay Fjord, I decided on "Beluga".

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_kV9eRC11tA&noredirect=1

Messages In This Thread

Strip: It is Tough to Name a Boat after a Whale *PIC*
john Messinger -- 5/3/2013, 11:44 am
Re: Strip: It is Tough to Name a Boat after a Whal
scottbaxter -- 5/3/2013, 1:54 pm
Re: Strip: It is Tough to Name a Boat after a Whal
Sean Dawe -- 5/3/2013, 2:35 pm
Re: Strip: It's Not Fair
john Messinger -- 5/3/2013, 5:01 pm
Re: Strip: It's Not Fair
ancient kayaker -- 5/4/2013, 10:29 pm
Re: Strip: It's Not Fair
John Messinger -- 5/4/2013, 11:34 pm
Re: Strip: It's Not Fair
Bill Hamm -- 5/5/2013, 12:55 am
Re: Strip: It's Not Fair
ancient kayaker -- 5/5/2013, 10:05 am
Re: Strip: It is Tough to Name a Boat after a Whal
ddaniels -- 5/7/2013, 5:06 pm
Re: Strip: It is Tough to Name a Boat after a Whal *PIC*
John Messinger -- 5/9/2013, 5:44 pm