Starry Night
1975 Tayana 37
| Vessel Name: | Starry Night |
| Vessel Make/Model: | 1975 Tayana 37 (CT37) |
| Hailing Port: | South Freeport, Maine |
| Crew: | Bob, Jamey, Amanda and Alyssa |
| About: | Bob and Jamey Myron, Amanda Myron (age 9) and Alyssa Myron (age 7) |
| Extra: | Sailing from Durham, Maine to the BVI fall/winter of 2010 |
16 July 2011 | Branford, CT
The gift of time
As we get closer to home, people are starting to ask what the best and worst part of the trip has been.
02 July 2011
Updates
The last 3 blogs were posted after the fact as the sailblogs website was down. I posted them on facebook and was just able to repost here. I also downloaded some photos on facebook which I will copy here when I am able. If you'd like to see the photos on facebook, just search for jamey myron. They're on my site in photos/albums. Thanks to everyone for taking the time to read about our adventures and keep in touch with us. It's good to have a touchstone when drifting around!
02 July 2011 | Solomon's Island, Chesapeake Bay
An Uneventful Day
No big stories today. No water in the boat, lost ground tackle or storms. The boat stayed clean, the kids got along and the weather was beautiful. Not much to write about, but it was amazing to experience. It was perfection. I'm not sure if it's because of or in spite of our recent adventures, but we [...]
02 July 2011 | Norfolk, VA
It takes about 20 seconds
We left Norfolk early this morning in beautiful weather. The seas were flat, winds were calm and almost no traffic in the harbor (which is rare in itself). Things were so calm that Bob had let me sleep. He got up around 6 to get us going. Just outside the harbor, he passed across the channel to head [...]
02 July 2011
Georgetown, SC
We arrived in Georgetown SC today around lunchtime. The scenery here along Winyah Bay is stunning, though we haven’t adjusted to the water color in the states yet. It seems so murky compared to the Bahamas and Caribbean.
30 May 2011 | Charleston, South Carolina
Getting older
Now that we are back in the US, one of the girls' favorite thing to do is call and talk to friends. Being away from friends has been one of the hardest part of this trip for them.
What's in a name?
Sometimes, it's a window-shopping thing..."If I could have any boat, which one would it be?"
Sometimes, it's to look for ideas: creature comforts in the cockpit, innovative storage or how different boats are rigged. Always, though, I look at boat names. I think boat names can tell you more about the owner than almost anything else, even if they didn't do the naming.
Our first boat (our Pearson) was named Gypsy Songman when we bought her. Not a bad name, but definately not us. So, risking the anger of the ocean gods or causing permanant bad luch, we renamed her Michaela Marie. That's the middle names of each of our daughters. It was a perfect name for us and the girl's loved it.
Our current boat, Starry Night, was launched with that name in 1975. She's gone through 5 or 6 owners, and all of them have identified enough with the name to keep it. For Bob, it brings up images of sailing on the ocean at night beneath a sky full of stars. For me, it's a masterpiece (or brings to mind a crazy man who cut off one of his ears). But, it works.
Some names tell you how the owners feel about their boat: Indulgence, Family Matter, Wind Dancer, Equity and Compromise come to mind.
Some names tell you more about the owner. There' a boat in Freeport Harbor named N'Shama (the owner say's it's Hebrew for "breath of life". That one name tells me the owner is a bit philosophical and found a beautiful and poetic way to connect wind and breath, also he knows some Hebrew.
Other interesting names:
Double vision (an optometrist, perhaps?)
Farfrum Wurkin
Free Spirit
Weekender
Sea Legs
Pride and Joy
More Cowbell (SNL fans)
Apres Ski
The list is endless, which is why looking at boat names is so entertaining.
The girls always ask what I would name our bext boat, if we should have one. Well, the other great thing about boat names is that this is how you identify yourself and are hailed on the radio.
Coming into a harbor, we would call on the radio, "Brewer's South Freeport Marine, this is the sailing vesses Starry Night, over." To which they'd respond "Starry Night, this is......"
So, if I ever have a chance to name a boat, I'd love to make it something silly. Maybe something just slightly difficult or uncomfortable to have to say on the radio. (my boat, of course would not be offended, but would share my sense of humor). Some names I've thought of:
Pink Eyed Purple People Eater
Peter Piper's Peck of Pickled Peppers
Women are smarter than men
My Feet Smell
Yes, Dear, You're Right
I wonder what those names say about me?
