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Papinator

10/09/2012 11:34PM

Anybody out there name their canoes? What are they??? :)

"20 years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the things that you did." --Mark Twain

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dentondoc

10/09/2012 11:52PM

My prism has a name and a nickname (one is written on the port side, the other starbord). My prism's name is "Lady J". Its nickname is "Rod" (lest I forget).

dd

"If you can keep your head when all about you are losing theirs" chances are you missed something. (Inspired by Rudyard Kipling.)

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KentuckyScouter

10/09/2012 11:53PM

Ours belonged to the outfitter, but we still named them. Huey, Duey, and Luey.

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Papinator

10/10/2012 12:08AM

quote dentondoc: "My prism has a name and a nickname (one is written on the port side, the other starbord). My prism's name is "Lady J". Its nickname is "Rod" (lest I forget).

dd"

A lady on one side and a boy on the other... you're gonna confuse her!! :)

"20 years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the things that you did." --Mark Twain

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dentondoc

10/10/2012 01:25AM

quote Papinator: "
quote dentondoc: "My prism has a name and a nickname (one is written on the port side, the other starbord). My prism's name is "Lady J". Its nickname is "Rod" (lest I forget).

dd"

A lady on one side and a boy on the other... you're gonna confuse her!! :)"

Yes, a lady on one side, but the other side does not refer to a boy or anything masculine.

dd

"If you can keep your head when all about you are losing theirs" chances are you missed something. (Inspired by Rudyard Kipling.)

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bapabear

10/10/2012 05:18AM

Bear. Go figure.

My superhero name is TYPOMAN. Writer of wrongs.

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Basspro69

10/10/2012 07:00AM

Rental

" I want to know Gods thoughts , The rest are details " Albert Einstein. WWJD

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mooseplums

10/10/2012 07:02AM

quote Basspro69: "Rental"

that's a good one

"I am haunted by waters"~Norman Maclean "A River Runs Through It"

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TuscaroraBorealis

10/10/2012 07:45AM

It is all in the name

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MagicStik

10/10/2012 07:55AM

"Instant Gratification" is the one I have been waiting to put on a boat. After purchasing the SR Q18.5 I think it's time I have the stickers made up. :)

Magic

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OneMatch

10/10/2012 08:30AM

"Blem"

We all have to believe in something. I believe I'll go paddle.

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walllee

10/10/2012 08:36AM

Souris River Quetico 18.5- name Anabel Lee . Wife is named Anne, and my name is Lee.

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TuscaroraBorealis

10/10/2012 08:41AM

quote walllee: "Souris River Quetico 18.5- name Anabel Lee . Wife is named Anne, and my name is Lee."

Shouldn't you have a BELL canoe then??? ;-)

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mocha

10/10/2012 08:41AM

Lily

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Canoodler

10/10/2012 09:04AM

Yes, I had a decal made which says "Paddl'n Partner" plastered on both sides of the bow of my Prism.

I trip to swing in a hammock, drag a line, smell the sweet air and view the beauty that surrounds me.

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TuscaroraBorealis

10/10/2012 09:46AM

The name of my vessel is on the canoe at the bottom of this picture.

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ozarkpaddler

10/10/2012 10:06AM

I named the ones I was fond of. My Bell Starfire is named "Black Beauty." My just sold Dagger Reflection was named "Blue Belle." I've had a canoe named "Sandy" and "'Ol Blue." "Shannon" and "Shannon II" were named after my favorite county in MO; Shannon county, where the upper Current and the Jack's Fork flows through. My old aluminum Lowe canoe I bought back in the early '80's was alternately called "The Beast," or "The Pig" because she was so darn heavy.

"Let us live so that when we come to die even the undertaker will be sorry." Mark Twain

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ZaraSp00k

10/10/2012 10:08AM

the manufacturer already named it

let science, not politics decide, ... but whose science?

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tkaser3210

10/10/2012 10:16AM

I'm the old dude that paddles a SeaEagle 12' inflatable kayak - years ago one of my tripping partners named her "Porky", and the name has stuck. He thought she was ugly, but beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

Aircanoe

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schweady

10/10/2012 11:18AM

My SRQ17 always says "Voyageur North Outfitters" on the side...

"You can observe a lot just by watching." -- Yogi Berra

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Stumpy

10/10/2012 11:28AM

No official name...but a picture's worth a thousand words.

As a dog returneth to his vomit, so a fool returneth to his folly

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Sunlow

Guest Paddler

10/10/2012 12:16PM

Black/Gold Wildfire - Black Bart
Royalex Wildfire with some mods - Frank(enboat)
Prism - Prismatic
M.R. Independence - Jefferson
Sundowner 18 (red) - (Cho)Lula
Bell MorningStar - Venus (the morning star)
M.R. Eclipse - Luna (moon)
Cedar strip Prospector - Rosie (for Gypsy Rose Lee)
Blackhawk Ariel - (Little) Mermaid
Wenonah Sandpiper - Piglet

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Longpaddler

10/10/2012 12:21PM

"TRIPPER"

..there is nothing- absolute nothing- half so much worth doing as simply messing about in boats - Wind in the Willows

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nojobro

10/10/2012 12:34PM

Ours is "the Discovery."

:-)

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fitgers1

10/10/2012 12:38PM

Heavy P.O.S.
Oh but I love it so.

“What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.” Ralph Waldo Emerson...and...“Peace is that brief glorious moment in history when everybody stands around reloading".

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mirth

10/10/2012 12:55PM

I call mine, 'The Spirit.' Apparently it got named at the factory, but oddly enough its relevant in my life with my friends from high school.

The folks I bought it from used to call it 'The Darkness.'

When a man is part of his canoe, he is part of all that canoes have ever known. - Sigurd F. Olson, "The Singing Wilderness"

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MrBreeze

10/10/2012 03:10PM

No good blankety blank son of a tug boat rental canoe, Need to buy a new blankety blank GD canoe.

I wish I were, I wish I might, I wish I was in the BWCA tonite!

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Papinator

10/10/2012 03:18PM

We decided we are going to name ours "She's only 17"

"20 years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the things that you did." --Mark Twain

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jb in the wild

10/10/2012 04:00PM

Papinator you have already been introduced to Backwoods Betty.
She ain't good lookin but she sure can float.

JB

You can't explain the obvious to the ignorant.

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mooseplums

10/10/2012 04:30PM

My Northwind is named after my old buddy "Chinook"

"I am haunted by waters"~Norman Maclean "A River Runs Through It"

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Papinator

10/10/2012 05:48PM

quote jb in the wild: "Papinator you have already been introduced to Backwoods Betty.
She ain't good lookin but she sure can float.

JB"

Oh she's a pretty boat, nothing a little epoxy won't fix :)

"20 years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the things that you did." --Mark Twain

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BRic

10/10/2012 05:52PM

Lois

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Scout64

10/10/2012 05:57PM

"Rental"

"Wilderness is not a luxury but a necessity of the human spirit."

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mjmkjun

10/10/2012 05:59PM

Prism = Corbeau

“If I have seen further it is by standing on the shoulders of giants.” Sir Isaac Newton

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OBX2Kayak

10/10/2012 06:21PM

"Branch Office"

The message on my work phone says, "Your call is very important to me. But, I am out in the Branch Office today. Please leave ..."

"I go because it irons out the wrinkles in my soul" -- Sigurd Olson

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Papinator

10/10/2012 07:30PM

quote OBX2Kayak: ""Branch Office"

The message on my work phone says, "Your call is very important to me. But, I am out in the Branch Office today. Please leave ...""

Hehe that's a good one :)

"20 years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the things that you did." --Mark Twain

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SunCatcher

10/10/2012 07:45PM

My Bell Rockstar's name is "JON BOAT"
After Nojobro's husband who went and got the damn thing for me.

Least I could do was name it after him!!!!

I have five of em and only named two of em.

The other one I named is the Wildfire Royalex, and I named it "Molly"
After my lab Molly the "Worlds Best Dog" who is now in doggy heaven.

SunCatcher

Jon Boat

"WWJD"

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mocha

10/10/2012 07:49PM

quote OBX2Kayak: ""Branch Office"

The message on my work phone says, "Your call is very important to me. But, I am out in the Branch Office today. Please leave ...""

love it!!! i'm gonna borrow that, okay?

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Ho Ho

10/10/2012 07:52PM

I haven't named any of the canoes, but I sometimes call whichever one I'm in The Minnow, as in - The weather started getting rough, the tiny ship was tossed, if not for the courage of the fearless crew, The Minnow would be lost, The Minnow would be lost . . .

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Canoodler

10/11/2012 12:05AM

quote Ho Ho: "I haven't named any of the canoes, but I sometimes call whichever one I'm in The Minnow, as in - The weather started getting rough, the tiny ship was tossed, if not for the courage of the fearless crew, The Minnow would be lost, The Minnow would be lost . . .

"

Mr. Gilligan that is a corker!

I trip to swing in a hammock, drag a line, smell the sweet air and view the beauty that surrounds me.

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luft

10/11/2012 12:51AM

We call ours "Tippy". I did it to keep the kids aware of their positioning while entering and exiting.

Our motto:

One wrong move and "Tippy" canoe will get you...

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FOG51

10/11/2012 05:31AM

My Prijon yak; Sea Wench, Old Town yak; Loon, My Minn 2; Kevlar, MY Mad River solo; Mad Bunny, my 2 Aluma craft; To #### heavy to carry anymore, My 14 foot Lund; Princess Stephanie, My 16 foot Lund; Miss Emily, But no matter what I call them not one of them will come when I call them nor follow me down a portage. FRED

Grant me the senility to forget the people I never liked, the good fourtune to remember the ones do, and the eyesight to tell the differance.

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KevinL

10/11/2012 07:27AM

Brandy....It's what Suko had named her and it has stuck.

KevinL

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removedmember1

Guest Paddler

10/11/2012 11:33AM

Row vs. Wade

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OBX2Kayak

10/11/2012 07:20PM

quote mocha: "
quote OBX2Kayak: ""Branch Office"

The message on my work phone says, "Your call is very important to me. But, I am out in the Branch Office today. Please leave ...""

love it!!! i'm gonna borrow that, okay?"

Go to it. Imitation is the best compliment.

"I go because it irons out the wrinkles in my soul" -- Sigurd Olson

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Longpaddler

10/12/2012 08:25AM

quote forestmaven: "Row vs. Wade"

ROFL!!!

..there is nothing- absolute nothing- half so much worth doing as simply messing about in boats - Wind in the Willows

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LoneWolf

10/12/2012 03:39PM

"Scarface"
If you saw it it would be self-explanatory.

"You guys might not know this, but I consider myself a bit of a loner. I tend to think of myself as a one-man wolf pack." - Alan Garner, The Hangover.

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Chilly

10/12/2012 03:42PM

Been looking for a fitting name for my canoe for a while but haven't thought of one yet. My boat's name is 'The Sieve' and it's VERY fitting.

"Now days these kids take out everything: radar, sonar, electric toothbrushs" Quint

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luft

10/12/2012 10:01PM

quote Longpaddler: "
quote forestmaven: "Row vs. Wade"

ROFL!!!"

Absolutely brilliant!!!!

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254Bow

10/29/2012 12:27AM

My MN III---"Ship for brains"

Warrior mind, Warrior heart.

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mjmkjun

10/30/2012 12:05PM

quote Stumpy: "
No official name...but a picture's worth a thousand words."

...and the kid wearing geeky sunglasses with hands clasped is a classic, very kool moment-in-time capture.

“If I have seen further it is by standing on the shoulders of giants.” Sir Isaac Newton

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fitgers1

10/30/2012 12:27PM

I'm a new owner of a slightly used Bell Northwoods. It needs a name. Any suggestions?

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AndySG

10/30/2012 01:17PM

quote fitgers1: "I'm a new owner of a slightly used Bell Northwoods. It needs a name. Any suggestions?"

Slightly Used Bell = SUB + DUDE = SubDude.

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fitgers1

10/30/2012 02:51PM

ha ha, I like it Andy!

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LuvMyBell

10/30/2012 03:45PM

I don't name my canoes or kayaks but the first MO Ozarks float trip I went on shortly after my 50th birthday I found that my wife had christened my Old Town Guide "Old Fart". She bought peel-n-stick mailbox letters and placed this monicer on both sides of my canoe near the bow.

Free people are not equal. Equal people are not free.

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AndySG

10/30/2012 04:42PM

quote LuvMyBell: "I don't name my canoes or kayaks but the first MO Ozarks float trip I went on shortly after my 50th birthday I found that my wife had christened my Old Town Guide "Old Fart". She bought peel-n-stick mailbox letters and placed this monicer on both sides of my canoe near the bow."

LOL! Your wife is a funny lady. Have her join up here and share her humor.

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mjmkjun

10/30/2012 05:43PM

quote fitgers1: "I'm a new owner of a slightly used Bell Northwoods. It needs a name. Any suggestions?"

Such a request calls for a pic of the you and canoe. Folks who don't know you need to 'capture the moment'.

“If I have seen further it is by standing on the shoulders of giants.” Sir Isaac Newton

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h20

10/30/2012 06:08PM

quote Chilly: "Been looking for a fitting name for my canoe for a while but haven't thought of one yet. My boat's name is 'The Sieve' and it's VERY fitting.

"!$/i

Buy the ticket, take the ride .Dr. Hunter S. Thompson

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h20

10/30/2012 06:10PM

Its a perfect name, Chilly.

Buy the ticket, take the ride .Dr. Hunter S. Thompson

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LuvMyBell

10/30/2012 10:22PM

quote AndySG: "
quote LuvMyBell: "I don't name my canoes or kayaks but the first MO Ozarks float trip I went on shortly after my 50th birthday I found that my wife had christened my Old Town Guide "Old Fart". She bought peel-n-stick mailbox letters and placed this monicer on both sides of my canoe near the bow."

LOL! Your wife is a funny lady. Have her join up here and share her humor."

My wife loves canoeing and camping but only when it's hot enough to get out and swim. She's never been to the BWCA and unfortunately I don't think she ever will. She has a severe reaction to mosquitoe bites. Hot weather and mosquitoes go hand-in-hand in the BWCA.

Free people are not equal. Equal people are not free.

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fitgers1

10/30/2012 10:49PM

quote mjmkjun: "
quote fitgers1: "I'm a new owner of a slightly used Bell Northwoods. It needs a name. Any suggestions?"

Such a request calls for a pic of the you and canoe. Folks who don't know you need to 'capture the moment'."

All I can offer right now are the photos I received from Sawtooth Outfitters. I should be picking the boat up in less then 2 weeks and will post some then.

canoe

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mjmkjun

10/31/2012 05:59AM

My wife loves canoeing and camping but only when it's hot enough to get out and swim. She's never been to the BWCA and unfortunately I don't think she ever will. She has a severe reaction to mosquitoe bites. Hot weather and mosquitoes go hand-in-hand in the BWCA.
"

What a shame she can't enjoy the magic of that area. A perplexing thing that skitters eat up some folks and dont' mess much with others. There's such an arsenal of stuff on the market now to keep them at bay.

“If I have seen further it is by standing on the shoulders of giants.” Sir Isaac Newton

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LuvMyBell

10/31/2012 06:36AM

quote mjmkjun: "

"
What a shame she can't enjoy the magic of that area. A perplexing thing that skitters eat up some folks and dont' mess much with others. There's such an arsenal of stuff on the market now to keep them at bay. "

She gets plenty of seat time in her kayak on our MO Ozark float trips. She loves the pictures and video I bring back from the BWCA. I'm trying to talk her into an early Spring or Fall trip to avoid the bugs.

Free people are not equal. Equal people are not free.

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