I’ve had my current boat for about four years now and have often thought that I needed to give it a name.  I have yet to do that so maybe just talking about it here will turn my words into actions. 

Before I hastily add a name onto the back of my boat like Forest Gump did when he handpainted JENNY on his shrimp hauler, I need to give this some thought. There can’t be two SUSANS at my house because someday I might be faced with the question: Who do you love more? I’ve been married long enough to know that one is just a boat. 

So to start my search I went to a reliable source and asked Google to show me cool boat names.  The responses were both endless and entertaining. 

The first one I liked under the Clever category was Seas the Day, but since I never go fishing on the sea the name only gets a mention here. Same can be said for Sea-battical and Vitamin Sea. They are all likeable but not a fit for me. 

Under the category for Fishing Boat names there were some honorable mentions. I liked Real Love, Fishy Business, Fish Tank, and Fishin Impossible. The key word being “liked” but not “loved.” 

The category of Trendy and Pop Culture-Inspired Boat Names had some good ones including, but not limited to, The Great Gatsea, The Old Man, Nemo, Usain Boat, and Gilligan.  The one that I liked best was Baits Motel, but just not enough to paint it on my boat. 

Before I go any further I need to tell you about one of my favorite places and one of my favorite movies.  Every summer when I spend time on Lake Vermilion in northern Minnesota, I sit in the cabin alongside the lake and I watch the movie On Golden Pond. If you’re familiar with both the lake and the movie you would swear that they were one in the same because every lake scene in the movie looks like a rock point, dock, or a cove on the lake.  It would be easy to convince someone of that, except that the movie was filmed on Squam Lake in New Hampshire. The other difference is that Squam Lake has trout and Lake Vermilion has muskies.   

The movie’s main character is the old 1950 Chris-Craft Sportsman boat. Oh yeah, there’s a guy and his daughter with the last name of Fonda. The name of the family boat is Thayer IV.  I think that Thayer V would look great on the back of my boat, don’t you? 

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