Boat Names

I recently read an article about picking boat names - they were expecting their second child at the same time and of course, he would be thinking about th eboat's name, when she was thinking about the child's name - good thing they discovered their confusion before getting a birth certificate.

Anyway, it took them over 2 years to come up with a suitable name for the boat (Ganymede) and it came from careful deliberation and talking to the boat - ultimately his eldest daughter, who was studying Jupiter at the time, became fascinated with its moon, Ganymede, and would say nothing else but that.

In any event, it is extremely important to me that I name the boat right. Another writer also gave this advice, siting that whatever name you choose in haste, the boat will exhibit the worst aspect of that name, so for instance if you chose Wandering Star, just to pick a name and set sail, you're liable to get yourself lost at sea because your navigation equipment crapped out on you and you didnt' take the time to learn any other method of navigation.

I intend to spend a lot of time thinking about this, but only after I get the boat and have a chance to talk with her.

Here I found a website that's good for a chuckle - it tells you about yourself based on the boat name.

Some ideas:
Lung Ta - Tibetan Prayer Flags - Means Wind Horse - usually depicted at the center of four other mythical beasts (Snowlion, Tiger, Dragon, and Garuda) as the center of the compass - lung ta are thought to bring the buddhist prayers to god or disperse them around the world.