> > What is the name of Brunnen_G's boat? Or has that been established here before...

It is called "Spirit of Breaker Bay". I didn't name it that, the first owner did. It was built at Breaker Bay in Wellington. There's some sort of superstition about it being bad luck to change a boat's name - although I've met one old guy who insists that this is quite true but it only applies to wooden boats, as if fibreglass had some bad-luck-repelling property. Not being superstitious myself, I didn't change the name for two excellent reasons. #1, I like the name, even though it's WAY too long when making radio transmissions (if I ever get to name a boat, it'll be one word. A short word.) #2, it's too much hassle to scrape off the old name and get a new one painted on. I'm lazy.

> ....which brings to mind a purely strange conversation I overheard between coworkers regarding what a good name for a dog might be. One woman earnestly insisted that boat names would work well for dogs too (we come across a lot of vessel names in our business). I've been mulling this over for a while now and all I could come up with are perhaps Nina or Pinta (but not the Santa Maria). And possibly Bismark for a German Shepard. At the fringe of thought lies naming a dog that would eat anything "Old Ironsides"... Unfortunately the mental link has now been established and when I come across a new vessel name I tend to try it out as a dog name too.
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> koala""Fetch, P & O Nedlloyd Jakarta! Heel, Cho Yang Maru!"mom

I've seen a lot of boat names and I can't think of many that would cross over to dogs very well. The funniest boat name I've ever seen, though (this still has me in stitches even years afterwards) was: Sailbad the Sinner.

Brunnen-"doesn't normally like humorous names for boats, it's sort of tacky"G