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  • 03 Dec 2017 00:46
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    Reply # 5610612 on 4315719
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    OK, for those of you who have had enough of this debate about a name, there are a few more pics of the actual boat on my blog.

    http://www.junkrigassociation.org/resources/MemberAlbums/2781717/15%20SibLim%20-%20the%20fitout%20(4)/30%20Nov%202.JPG
  • 02 Dec 2017 23:53
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    Reply # 5610590 on 5610550
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    David Webb wrote:

    Annie,

     you talk of your wandering ways, how about Wanderbird?? There was one but I do not recollect who or where? Or possibly Onfa (Of No Fixed Abode)??


    All the best with the search, David.


    Another lovely name.  I believe that the German for Wandering Albatross is Wandervogel (sp?) or wander bird.  However, Onfa comes under the heading of 'clever' and is therefore not for consideration ;-)

    And you've taken every variation on the theme of Gypsy!
  • 02 Dec 2017 23:51
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    Asmat Downey wrote:

    We already have a Loon in the fleet, Asmat.  I'm hoping you didn't have any hidden undertones to your suggestion!


    Perish the thought, Annie. The haunting cry of the loon,  just heard across Pamlico Sound, put the idea into my head. The other name for the common loon, GREAT NORTHERN, may be appropriate for a Liverpudlian down under.

    Or, for a 5ft 2in woman on a 26ft boat, LITTLE NORTHERN?  (BTW Loons are simply magical - their call is so evocative and horripilating.)
  • 02 Dec 2017 23:03
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    Reply # 5610579 on 5610532
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    We already have a Loon in the fleet, Asmat.  I'm hoping you didn't have any hidden undertones to your suggestion!


    Perish the thought, Annie. The haunting cry of the loon,  just heard across Pamlico Sound, put the idea into my head. The other name for the common loon, GREAT NORTHERN, may be appropriate for a Liverpudlian down under.
  • 02 Dec 2017 22:20
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    Reply # 5610550 on 4315719
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    Annie,

     you talk of your wandering ways, how about Wanderbird?? There was one but I do not recollect who or where? Or possibly Onfa (Of No Fixed Abode)??


    All the best with the search, David.
  • 02 Dec 2017 22:10
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    Reply # 5610532 on 4315719
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    Plover is an interesting one.  For years, I thought it rhymed with rover, only to discover that apparently it is supposed to rhyme with cover.  We have a few in NZ, mostly migrants, but with one of our own: Tuturuatu -the Shore Plover.  Endangered, of course.

    Ueli is on the same page as I am.  Once everyone sees how wonderfully well the SibLim sails, there will, of course, be scores of them about. It was really only ever meant to be a 'working' name.

    Maybe, Bruno, in deference to your wonderfully witty suggestion, I should call my boat Oiseau?  I love your boat's name and wish I could come up with something as clever, which relates to my home area.  Although, in truth, I'm not entirely sure where that would be.

    We already have a Loon in the fleet, Asmat.  I'm hoping you didn't have any hidden undertones to your suggestion!

    I think one of my real problems is that she is a boat of such mixed heritage: Chinese, English and New Zealand.  Maybe I should call her Longbird Moana - Dragon Bird of the Sea and incorporate the lot.
  • 02 Dec 2017 21:57
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    Reply # 5610528 on 5609726
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    Paul Thompson wrote:

    Guy's, hopefully you are enjoying your selves coming up with names for the Grasshopper's boat... But you are wasting your time! Grasshopper has to make that journey on her own and will get there in her own time... It's the nature of the beast. I can assure you that no matter what you come up with, the chances of it being accepted are about zero.


    No, no, Oracle, you are quite wrong there.  I am really enjoying the input.  Even if someone doesn't come up with The name, someone will say just the right thing to help me discover it.  It's great that people are sufficiently interested to come up with suggestions and I think they are having as much fun as I am.
  • 02 Dec 2017 21:03
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    Reply # 5610514 on 4315719
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    Loon!
  • 02 Dec 2017 10:21
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    Reply # 5610075 on 4315719
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    Can fly, can float,can travel, has a short name easy to spell and was a great musician:
    Bravo,India,Romeo,Delta.
  • 02 Dec 2017 07:30
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    Reply # 5609991 on 4315719
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    Hi, 

    the Northern Pintail is not quite the colors I said in my previous post. The tail and some markings are black on the male in breeding plumage but much of the plumage is in soft greys and other colors. See the referenced website for more information and pictures 

    nzbirdsonline.org.nz/species/northern-pintail

    David.
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