Fish Frye

As far as recorded history shows, the Egyptians were the first to name their boats. Today, while people rarely name their cars or motorcycles, most... more

by Kay Novy

Title

Fish Frye

Artist

Kay Novy

Medium

Photograph - Photography

Description

As far as recorded history shows, the Egyptians were the first to name their boats. Today, while people rarely name their cars or motorcycles, most everyone names their boat. A name is not required for boat registration, but people carry on the tradition, and a boat without a name is considered an "orphan."
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People sometimes name their boats after family members, but in the US, there is a tendency towards wordplay. For example, the names "Seas the Day" and "Aquaholic" are quite common. People often choose a name that expresses a certain sentiment as well. According to BoatUS�s annual survey, the name 'Obsession' was extremely popular in the 90's, and 'Serenity' has found it's way into the top five names during the whole decade.
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Naming a boat is an important tradition that has been kept up for hundreds of years! When you name your boat it is most common to name it with a womens name or with a boat related pun; some of which can be really funny. It is not known why boats have been traditionally named after women, but one idea is that ships and boats were named after goddesses which would oversee the boat on it's journey, it is also thought that it might just be how language evolved, where hundreds of years ago nouns such as 'ship' or 'boat' were feminine and as languages and cultures evolved, this tradition of naming a boat with a feminine name was kept.

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June 6th, 2013