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Twins87
06/19/2012 11:17PM
 
No but I haven't seen her yet. 4-1/2 weeks and she'll be a part of the family. I am pretty sure she has a name and I just don't know it yet.


Have I mentioned I can't wait to pick up my new (used) canoe?!
 
Sierra1
06/20/2012 12:18PM
 
quote canoe212: "I properly named my canoe "The Canoe"."


My canoe has the same name....
 
Frenchy19
06/20/2012 02:53PM
 
No, I do not.
 
mr.barley
06/20/2012 03:57PM
 
I call them "the tandem" or "the solo".
 
Basspro69
06/19/2012 03:54PM
 
And if you do, what is it if you dont mind sharing.
 
TuscaroraBorealis
06/19/2012 04:03PM
 
It;s ALL in the name! ;-)
 
awbrown
06/19/2012 04:41PM
 
Two canoes, "Bob", and "Fang".
 
PINETREE
06/19/2012 04:51PM
 
Haven't yet.
If I did name it, I might get hauled in by law enforcement for assault and battery for all the abuse my canoe gets. Really I try to baby it,Yes Officer Yeh really.
 
nofish
06/19/2012 04:06PM
 
Well since I am not blessed to own a light weight canoe my canoe has developed several names while I'm portaging it. Usually along the lines of "Gosh darn, back breaking piece of poo". Thats the family friendly version and believe me there are plenty more.


When paddling or while in storage the canoe doesn't have a name.
 
Divainthewild
06/19/2012 05:36PM
 
Backwoods Betty and I miss her.
 
bwcasolo
06/19/2012 05:51PM
 
no. i curse the wind sometimes though.
 
oldgentleman
06/19/2012 05:54PM
 
I used to call my MN II Minnie, but lately I've been calling her 'Old Yeller'.
 
mocha
06/19/2012 05:56PM
 
Lily.
 
AndySG
06/19/2012 06:10PM
 
Amok
 
Basspro69
05/28/2018 12:29PM
 
Wow funny to see this old thread revived !
 
walleye_hunter
06/21/2012 08:22PM
 
quote Stinkmann: "USS Stinkman (for my dog, The Stinkman) "


Did you build that boat?
 
Driftless
06/14/2018 09:47AM
 
I have picked up a couple new ones in the last two seasons, that I haven't gotten to "know" well enough to name yet.


I have had a green Old Town Discovery 17'4", for over 20 years and I got it used. Just had replace the cane seats this year. It sits by the lake all summer and is also used as a river runner on the Brule. In my younger (foolish) days it did make it into the BWCA a couple times (2 too many).


Last summer, it was actually taco'ed on the Brule, due to some poor steering on my part. Somehow ripped it off the rock, stomped on it to remove the pucker, continued the trip, set it out in the sun - you would never know.


Still looks the same as the day I bought it. It doesn't age and you sure can't kill it.


It is the "BEAST."
 
joshawes
06/13/2018 09:04PM
 
I call my Wenonah 17' the "Walleye Warship."


There is a Minnesota based clothing company called Northmade and they made this shirt called the nordic walleye... I really wish they made stickers like this so i could put them on my canoe.


Josh





 
joshawes
06/13/2018 09:09PM
 
And yes, I am a Vikings fan.... SKOL
 
nofish
06/14/2018 10:43AM
 
Driftless: "I have picked up a couple new ones in the last two seasons, that I haven't gotten to "know" well enough to name yet.



I have had a green Old Town Discovery 17'4", for over 20 years and I got it used. Just had replace the cane seats this year. It sits by the lake all summer and is also used as a river runner on the Brule. In my younger (foolish) days it did make it into the BWCA a couple times (2 too many).



Last summer, it was actually taco'ed on the Brule, due to some poor steering on my part. Somehow ripped it off the rock, stomped on it to remove the pucker, continued the trip, set it out in the sun - you would never know.



Still looks the same as the day I bought it. It doesn't age and you sure can't kill it.



It is the "BEAST.""



I had an Old Town Discovery as well and I'm convinced that in the event that nuclear war breaks out the world will consist of nothing but cockroaches and every Old Town Discovery ever made, and possibly anything that was hiding underneath an Old Town Discovery. They are simply indestructible.
 
Arcola
05/28/2018 09:53PM
 

 
ozarkpaddler
05/29/2018 09:02AM
 
maxxbhp: "I turned mine upside down on the Current River right in front of Medlock Spring branch. I named it a couple of things in my mind but the water was so cold no words would come out of my mouth. "


Heheheh, I was thinking of you last fall, Bill, when Dan and I were stopped there. Had a guy come into the little spring branch for a minute and we exchanged pleasantries. As it was running very strong that day, I warned him about exiting the spring branch to ferry upstream and across or be careful to lean downstream. He did not take the advice well and made a terse declaration about knowing what he was doing.....then paddled away and promptly took a swim (LOL)! Just one of those spots that looks like a piece of cake, but can bite you!


I haven't named the Morningstar I've been paddling the last year, I'm out of ideas?



 
nofish
05/29/2018 10:25AM
 
Looking back at this thread and my response reinforces my decision to sell my canoe last summer.
 
TickMagnet
06/15/2018 10:11PM
 
Not when renting or borrowing Kevlars the part few years, no.

But MY canoe, most definitely.

It's a '69 Grumman that came to me 20 years ago.
It's been from Snowbank to Saganaga, Kawishiwi to Knife, and on countless lakes in between, as well as navigating lakes all around the Twin Cities area.
Despite being the heaviest canoe I've personally ever lifted, it's seen portages from 5 to 500 rods.
It's dents have dents.
For the past 10 years I've been able to skip every other J stroke when paddling on the right due to a slight curve in the keel, the result of an ill advised attempt at running some class II-III on the Vermillion river, bending it into an inverted V over a rock, pounding it back flat and continuing our trip.
It's conquered 3 foot whitecaps on Crane Lake, yet been capsized on a dead calm day.
It's been puked in, peed on, covered in glow stick liquid, blown across Adams lake overnight, slept in, and provided shelter in a thunderstorm.
My dad sold it to my neighbor while I was at school in Montana, and that S.O.B. made a profit off me when I bought it back.
It's as stable as a swimming dock, and has handled 3 people and their gear on a trip to Kekakabic.
It's faithfully carried my high school friends, many family members, 2 girlfriends, one fiancee and 4 dogs through the years and provided countless memories.



On It's maiden (for me) voyage, during a shore lunch on Knife lake, it was given it's name.


The General Lee.


Usually just "The General", anyone who's ever paddled with me or just knows me and my group of friends calls it that. If someone wants to use it, they ask to borrow "The General". My wife, who usually rolls her eyes at the inside jokes and silly nicknames my friends and I have, yesterday asked if I wanted to take the General out this weekend.
It's actually weird to hear someone new ask about my canoe instead of using its name.






 
analyzer
06/16/2018 01:21AM
 
TickMagnet: "Not when renting or borrowing Kevlar's the part few years, no.



But MY canoe, most definitely.



It's a '69 Grumman that came to me 20 years ago.
It's been from Snowbank to Saganaga, Kawishiwi to Knife, and on countless lakes in between, as well as navigating lakes all around the Twin Cities area.
Despite being the heaviest canoe I've personally ever lifted, it's seen portages from 5 to 500 rods.
It's dents have dents.
For the past 10 years I've been able to skip every other J stroke when paddling on the right due to a slight curve in the keel, the result of an ill advised attempt at running some class II-III on the Vermillion river, bending it into an inverted V over a rock, pounding it back flat and continuing our trip.
It's conquered 3 foot whitecaps on Crane Lake, yet been capsized on a dead calm day.
It's been puked in, peed on, covered in glow stick liquid, blown across Adams lake overnight, slept in, and provided shelter in a thunderstorm.
My dad sold it to my neighbor while I was at school in Montana, and that S.O.B. made a profit off me when I bought it back.
It's as stable as a swimming dock, and has handled 3 people and their gear on a trip to Kekakabic.
It's faithfully carried my high school friends, many family members, 2 girlfriends, one fiancee and 4 dogs through the years and provided countless memories.



On It's maiden (for me) voyage, during a shore lunch on Knife lake, it was given it's name.



The General Lee.




"



Love the background story. The name "The General Lee" reminds me of a time when 4 of us were playing some sort of electronic version of the board game Risk. We had each had to name ourselves so we were:


General Lee Speaking
General Ization
General Mills
and of course
General Motors
 
sunnybear09
06/22/2012 12:25AM
 
The 17' Grumman is called, formally, "The Edmund Fitzgerald", or simply, the "ore boat". It's intended to be doubly descriptive. Sometimes I call the 17' "Bauxite I" and the Grumman 15, "Bauxite II". Mostly I call them the big one or the little one. The Wenonah Wilderness as yet has no name--I search for inspiration!
 
KarlBAndersen1
05/15/2018 06:12AM
 
"Ida" named after my childhood lake near Alexandria - Lake Ida.






 
gqualls
05/16/2018 04:03PM
 
As a former pastor I named mine ....... Visitation
 
Stinkmann
06/21/2012 05:56PM
 
USS Stinkman (for my dog, The Stinkman)
 
Mickeal
09/03/2012 07:58AM
 
YODA,catch or catch not there is no try.
 
fitgers1
09/02/2012 10:08PM
 
After the last trip, I've renamed boat number 1 to "Heavy a** piece of shizer"
 
removedmember1
09/02/2012 10:04AM
 
'Row vs. Wade' for our tandem canoe.
 
Beaverjack
09/02/2012 10:29AM
 
Why would you name something you may have to eat? Oh crap, that's a horse. Boats is boats. They don't give a crap about running you up on a rock in the middle of a lake, or taking off in the wind during the night. I say keep it impersonal and shoot 'em when they get old.
 
walleye_hunter
06/21/2012 08:29PM
 
Far Better


The meaning is two-fold. 1) Fishing in the BW is far better than many things. 2) Philippians 1:23
 
bassnut
06/22/2012 05:57AM
 
2 years ago I picked up a Vagabond. I named it Buddy...lettering on the side. I named it after a Boykin Spaniel, that was...well, my buddy. He was knida small, and when he retrieved Maximus Canadas on the water all you would see was the bird sorta just coming towards you, kinda sideways, no dog in sight. On land he couldn't pick them up, so he dragged it by the neck. Don't laugh, he had a heart of gold. He was my buddy.
 
Claudio
06/26/2012 10:27PM
 
The kids started naming our MN 4 rental last year. They called it Bessie. This year we rented Bessie again along with her companion, which was a newer MN 4 dubbed Queen of the Lake.
 
Stinkmann
06/26/2012 09:55PM
 
quote walleye_hunter: "quote Stinkmann: "USS Stinkman (for my dog, The Stinkman) "



Did you build that boat?"



yep. 17 1/2', 6oz cloth;double on the bottom, 64#
 
ripple
06/27/2012 09:26AM
 
We have not named our very sexy, super speedy, red MNII- but all along the inside side walls I have written all the dates of trips we have taken with it- with all names of the lakes and river listed for the trip.


When we are paddling along I love looking at all of the places we have been. When we come home it is fun to clean it out and add the last trip to the side wall of fame.
 
mooseplums
06/27/2012 10:09AM
 
My Northwind is named Chinook, in memory of my old friend
 
Chicagored
06/27/2012 09:55PM
 
One year I needed an extra canoe so I took my 85 pound metal one. The name I gave it can't be repeated here.
 
KTorell
06/28/2012 08:34AM
 
The Indiana and the Indi2
my wifes car is Mitzy, lol
 
TuscaroraBorealis
06/28/2012 08:38AM
 



On a recent trip we christened my buddies Northwind as "The Red BELL Pepper."
 
Ragged
06/28/2012 08:20AM
 
I have yet to name mine, but I'm considering Dolemite



 
Jeriatric
06/19/2012 09:03PM
 
1) The Little Canoe
2) The Big Canoe

 
bwcadan
06/19/2012 09:10PM
 
No Just reference by their length.
 
overthehill
06/20/2012 05:13AM
 
I have an old Grumman freighter (19 square stern) that we dubbed "Edmond' oner 30 yrs ago. It has its share of dings and scrapes. The name stuck.
 
Basspro69
06/28/2012 08:46AM
 
quote Ragged: "I have yet to name mine, but I'm considering Dolemite



"
Thats an old school name there dolemite.
 
shoreviewswede
06/28/2012 12:59PM
 
Imperial... as in Chrysler.

 
OBX2Kayak
06/19/2012 07:45PM
 
Yep. "Boat 1", "Boat 2", "Boat 3", etc. Original, huh?


I also have two cats, "Boy Cat" and "Girl Cat" (Or, BC and GC, for short).
 
fitgers1
06/19/2012 08:20PM
 
Boat 1 is The Tin Can
Boat 2 is The Tan Boat
Boat 3 at the lake is P.O.S Boat
 
kanoes
06/19/2012 10:09PM
 
quote Divainthewild: "Backwoods Betty and I miss her."
:(

btw? i miss you too.
 
canoe212
06/20/2012 10:12AM
 
I properly named my canoe "The Canoe".
 
TuscaroraBorealis
06/20/2012 12:21PM
 
quote Sierra1: "quote canoe212: "I properly named my canoe "The Canoe"."



My canoe has the same name...."



I see a copyright infringement lawsuit on the horizon! ;-)
 
john 800
06/20/2012 03:19PM
 
After Forrest Gump's boat, "Jenny"
 
AdamXChicago
06/19/2012 11:49PM
 
quote kanoes: "The Flying W.A.S.P. :-) "


ATF !
 
Savage Voyageur
06/19/2012 06:41PM
 
I think it is "Team Pikehunter"
 
Jonesy
06/19/2012 07:34PM
 
Since I rent canoes the name Scurvy Slut seems somewhat appropriate.
 
BWPaddler
06/20/2012 12:09AM
 
We have sets of names:


1 - Ketchup
2 - Mustard
3 - Relish
4 - Pickle


or


1 - Blood
2 - Pus
3 - Snot
4 - Gangrene


or


1 - Red Rider
2 - The Ugly One
3 - Water Moccasin
4 - tbd


The old Coleman is not part of the "in crowd" and simply goes by "That piece of xxxx" or "the old Coleman"...
 
Chilly
06/20/2012 12:59AM
 
All other crafts have names but still waiting for a fitting one for the Voyager. It's got to earn the name first.
 
KevinL
06/20/2012 07:01AM
 
I have a Souris River Quetico 18.5 in the color of Burgundy that I bought from Suko here in the for sale section.


Pete called her Brandy and the name has stuck.
 
LuvMyBell
06/19/2012 04:00PM
 
I don't but my wife named my non-BWCA Old Town canoe that I use on my local rivers and lake - "Old Fart ". She even went to the trouble of buying the peel-n-stick letters and labeling my canoe for all the world to see. I wonder if she's trying to tell me something.
 
Outdoorsfan69
06/19/2012 04:13PM
 
My son, then 8 years old, named my first canoe "Streamer". It kind of stuck and now my second canoe is called "Streamer II".
 
mirth
06/19/2012 04:17PM
 
Haven't yet. Perhaps its a subject I'll broach with the kiddo when we're on a trip in a couple weeks....
 
bojibob
06/19/2012 04:21PM
 
Yes, I call it "Rental"
 
kanoes
06/19/2012 07:40PM
 
The Flying W.A.S.P. :-)
 
PINETREE
06/19/2012 09:03PM
 
quote oldgentleman: "I used to call my MN II Minnie, but lately I've been calling her 'Old Yeller'. "


Yeh and you know what happens to Old Yeller. I still like that show.
 
analyzer
06/19/2012 11:02PM
 
we just bought an alumacraft canoe, with the little triangle back, to match my brothers two. They are 38 inches wide, and 17 ft long, weighing in at 95lbs.


We have named them:


The Yorktown
The Hornet
and
The Enterprise



 
myceliaman
08/16/2018 10:04AM
 
I have 2 canoes both named. One is "Fat Poppy" which was my grandpas nick name which was always strange since he wasn't fat. But the reasoning is Fat Poppy can and will take you everywhere you need to go as my grandfather did.
The second canoe was named when we purchased it from an old timer. He named it Rats Ass because he didn't give a rats ---- about anything when he was fishing.
 
Blackhawk
08/16/2018 10:24AM
 
I own a Mad River Tahoe.


For all the times I've thrown that canoe on my car to go canoeing/fishing I've given it the name:


"The Big Green Sombrero"
 
Blackhawk
08/16/2018 10:24AM
 
I own a Mad River Tahoe.


For all the times I've thrown that canoe on my car to go canoeing/fishing I've given it the name:


"The Big Green Sombrero"
 
TuscaroraBorealis
06/30/2012 08:39PM
 
quote ripple: " We have not named our very sexy, super speedy, red MNII- but all along the inside side walls I have written all the dates of trips we have taken with it- with all names of the lakes and river listed for the trip.



When we are paddling along I love looking at all of the places we have been. When we come home it is fun to clean it out and add the last trip to the side wall of fame. "



I do sorta the same thing in the Black Pearl. Just above the fish. ;-)
 
mr.barley
05/24/2018 06:10AM
 
The SS Sassy
 
walllee
06/14/2018 07:07AM
 
I’ve given it several names on my bushwhacking adventures , none of which I can say here ...
 
Canoearoo
06/14/2018 07:51AM
 
Basspro69: "Wow funny to see this old thread revived !" I always scroll though to see who brings up these old ones and why. This time is was a guest visiter and they said nothing. It's nostalgic seeing old members that are no longer here.


OK my canoe names, they aren't original: kid canoe, Green canoe, river canoe, aluminum canoe and 20 footer
 
missmolly
06/14/2018 09:42AM
 
Canoearoo: "Basspro69: "Wow funny to see this old thread revived !" I always scroll though to see who brings up these old ones and why. This time is was a guest visiter and they said nothing. It's nostalgic seeing old members that are no longer here.



OK my canoe names, they aren't original: kid canoe, Green canoe, river canoe, aluminum canoe and 20 footer"



I see the old names and I get sad. I have named my Bell canoes Rockstar and Northwoods. Original, huh?
 
ducks
06/14/2018 10:28AM
 
Our old SR Q 18.5 was called the Family Truckster



Our SR Q 16 is called the Green Machine

 
missmolly
06/14/2018 11:05AM
 
nofish: "Driftless: "I have picked up a couple new ones in the last two seasons, that I haven't gotten to "know" well enough to name yet.




I have had a green Old Town Discovery 17'4", for over 20 years and I got it used. Just had replace the cane seats this year. It sits by the lake all summer and is also used as a river runner on the Brule. In my younger (foolish) days it did make it into the BWCA a couple times (2 too many).




Last summer, it was actually taco'ed on the Brule, due to some poor steering on my part. Somehow ripped it off the rock, stomped on it to remove the pucker, continued the trip, set it out in the sun - you would never know.




Still looks the same as the day I bought it. It doesn't age and you sure can't kill it.




It is the "BEAST.""




I had an Old Town Discovery as well and I'm convinced that in the event that nuclear war breaks out the world will consist of nothing but cockroaches and every Old Town Discovery ever made, and possibly anything that was hiding underneath an Old Town Discovery. They are simply indestructible. "



I've owned a couple Discovery canoes and when I hit a rock, I'd stop and make sure the rock was okay.
 
Basspro69
08/05/2018 09:36AM
 
anthonyp007: "My aluminum is aptly named “Frank the Tank”, and when I got my Northwind 17, it felt so fast compared to Frank that we coined it “Usain Boat”. I also have a solo gel coat that I affectionately call “Glass Jaw” because I’m constantly repairing cracks or chips in the gel coat.



1. Frank the Tank
2. Usain Boat
3. Glass Jaw



Tony"
Love Usain Boat. That is hilarious. !!!
 
mastertangler
05/15/2018 07:18AM
 
KarlBAndersen1: ""Ida" named after my childhood lake near Alexandria - Lake Ida.







"



Beautiful!
 
missmolly
05/15/2018 08:09AM
 
I was about to name mine Cutty Sark, but then I heard some Brits plagiarized me. So, I'm going with Yamato.
 
maxxbhp
05/15/2018 12:37PM
 
I turned mine upside down on the Current River right in front of Medlock Spring branch. I named it a couple of things in my mind but the water was so cold no words would come out of my mouth.
 
anthonyp007
05/15/2018 06:13PM
 
My aluminum is aptly named “Frank the Tank”, and when I got my Northwind 17, it felt so fast compared to Frank that we coined it “Usain Boat”. I also have a solo gel coat that I affectionately call “Glass Jaw” because I’m constantly repairing cracks or chips in the gel coat.


1. Frank the Tank
2. Usain Boat
3. Glass Jaw


Tony
 
stevedug
05/15/2018 07:55PM
 
The 3 lake canoes have a theme:
The Old Laughing Lady
Cinnamon Girl
Pochahontus
and
is very 158 is the name of the river canoe

 
deepdish71
05/15/2018 08:08PM
 
Green bastard
From parts unknown
OT camper 16'

 
BWPaddler
05/18/2018 07:07AM
 
anthonyp007: "My aluminum is aptly named “Frank the Tank”, and when I got my Northwind 17, it felt so fast compared to Frank that we coined it “Usain Boat”. I also have a solo gel coat that I affectionately call “Glass Jaw” because I’m constantly repairing cracks or chips in the gel coat.



1. Frank the Tank
2. Usain Boat
3. Glass Jaw



Tony"




Usain boat... still laughing!!
 
carmike
05/18/2018 01:19PM
 
My kevlar boats are unnamed, but the aluminum goes by many names, the number of expletives in them increasing the farther I have to carry it.
 
Captn Tony
05/19/2018 06:16AM
 
My royalx which is hogged it's so old and beat up with lots of patches, is "The Bathtub".
"Wood Canoe" is my wooden canoe, Who'd of thunk?
3 person is "The Barge"
2 person tandem wooden kayak is "The Kak"

 
wikemeis
05/20/2018 09:58AM
 
My first aluminum canoe I named 'Fishin Impossible.' I even cut out my own stencil and spray painted it onto the sides. I've since parted ways with what was left of it. I have yet to name my wenonah royalex solo plus (although I have owned it for ~10 years) and my new to me wenonah Itasca.


A trip member of ours cleverly turned his we•no•nah into a we•no•nah•duh, by altering another wenonah sticker, so it looks factory, sorry, I don't have a picture of that.
 
nctry
05/20/2018 04:09PM
 
Named the last two now, Sold!
 
Dilligaf0220
05/20/2018 10:08PM
 



Nova Craft Bob's Special was named Bernard, after my favourite French solo sailor and author Bernard Moitessier. I think he would've enjoyed canoeing Canadian northwoods.





Sawyer Autumn Mist that became nicknamed The Green Turd Of Death. I've never not gelled with a boat as much as that one.






Wenonah Canak that spends so much time on the Great Lakes infront of busy harbours it has adopted the same nickname as my VHF handle. Speedbump.
 
ParkerMag
05/21/2018 08:38AM
 
"Vessel of Freedom" - inspired by the Kenny Chesney song, "Boats"
Difficult to tell in a photo, but the lettering is in a birch bark pattern.
 
bct
05/21/2018 03:10PM
 
The tandem is called Summertime. The solo is simply The Boat. On occasion, Summertime is also called The Boat.
 
hobbydog
05/21/2018 09:57PM
 

The floating turd.

 
nctry
05/21/2018 10:23PM
 
On my six week trip out west I had the ugliest canoe I've ever hauled. Andym I think would agree... I called it the yellow submarine...
Kinda thought it was a joke or something. But low and behold the woman accepting it was thrilled as it was a wedding present to her and late husband. ( Late as in not with us any more... Not late for his wedding). Anyways, I felt kinda bad thinking that way. But it wasn't very pretty... Or light.
 
GoSpursGo
05/22/2018 01:38PM
 
deepdish71: "Green bastard
From parts unknown
OT camper 16'
"



Decent
 
PuffinGin
09/03/2012 09:17AM
 
Neither my husband nor I ever named any of our canoes. I did, however, name our garden tractor: "Little Red Riding Honda."
 
Stumpy
09/03/2012 10:57AM
 



No permanent names...but here's me & one of my best friends.

 
Cedarboy
09/03/2012 05:26PM
 
My most recent stripper is named "Picnic". I used redwood from a picnic table my mom was going to put on the curb.
Stretched John Winters Quetico(not the same as a SR Q)is 19' 8" three seater,stable,fast and massive wt capacity.
CB
 
keth0601
06/20/2012 06:59AM
 
I've dubbed the new to me MNII I just finished restoring "Patchy the Pirate" or just "Patchy" for short (if you can guess why) and we call my old SpiritII "Driftwood" or "Drifty" for short.
 
boonie
06/20/2012 09:47AM
 
I don't talk to my canoe, BassPro and...my poo doesn't talk to me ;). I talk to myself a lot on solos though.
 
sniffles333
06/20/2012 02:25PM
 
We have a 19 foot square stern Grumman and named her Deliverance. She's got plenty of character and can handle just about anything the big water throws at her.
 
Jackfish
06/20/2012 10:46AM
 
quote canoe212: "I properly named my canoe "The Canoe"."
That about covers it.
 
LuvMyBell
06/19/2012 04:00PM
 
quote Basspro69: "And if you do, what is it if you dont mind sharing."


I don't but my wife named my non-BWCA Old Town canoe that I use on my local rivers and lake - "Old Fart ". She even went to the trouble of buying the peel-n-stick letters and labeling my canoe for all the world to see. I wonder if she's trying to tell me something.
 
MeatHunter
06/19/2012 05:21PM
 
My canoe goes by U.S.S MeatHunter.


She's a green, recently repaired Wenonah Sundowner and will be takin her maiden voyage this weekend out of East Bearskin. If ye be in the area and happen to catch sight of her, stop over and say Ahoy.




ARrrrr.......
 
YaMarVa
06/19/2012 06:45PM
 
The SS Llatikcuf, I should have named it Wall Drug.
 
mooseplums
06/19/2012 09:38PM
 
named my Magic "The Minstrel" because when I'm paddling her it's like sweet music.
 
jtowncrew16
09/03/2012 09:31PM
 
Named mine the rock since I leave a little bit of it on everyone I hit. Was going to name it WTF but that is what I named the fishing pole for every fish I miss
 
nojobro
09/03/2012 09:34PM
 
No.
 
Grandma L
09/03/2012 01:03PM
 
Yup, the Grumman that got banged up in some rapids - is "Crunch".


The Bell black gold is "Serious" - you H. Potter fans will understand.

As a side note, when I go on "solo" road or camping trips, I always take my friends Martha (my GPS) and Bessy (our Ford Expedition). Nice to have a little company on the journey.
 
gorytt
09/03/2012 05:17PM
 
Our old red canoe is named Rodney. After Rodney Dangerfield.
 
ozarkpaddler
08/15/2018 06:48PM
 
Swampturtle: "My Mad River Explorer Kevlar Canoe is the...



Smokin' Rabbit



Legend of the bunny



Confident in her ability amongst the ferns..."



LOVE IT!
 
4keys
08/17/2018 06:46AM
 
The alumnacraft is the Rock Magnet (30 years ago we ran rapids in it).
The Bell is the green canoe.
The prism is Bryces canoe.
The kayak is Sylvia's kayak.
The Wenonah is the yellow canoe.
I guess we're not very creative.

 
Kendra
06/30/2012 08:17PM
 
Nort... (Northwind)
Evie... (EveningStar)
The Blue One... (Old Town)
The Aluminum One... (Grumman)
 
BRic
06/29/2012 09:44PM
 
Lois
 
old_salt
06/29/2012 10:14AM
 
'old salt', lettering under stern seat (where I sit) on both sides. The canoe is an SRQ 17' Le Tigre. If you see me, paddle over, or wave.
 
walllee
06/28/2012 03:41PM
 
Annabel Lee, Wife is Anne, my name is Lee
 
Hawbakers
06/28/2012 04:02PM
 
Fishslayer!
 
ABisbee
05/23/2018 09:13PM
 
My 17 foot Alumacraft: ”Aluma Nauti”
 
05/13/2018 08:36PM
 

 
mastertangler
05/13/2018 08:59PM
 
Esox Lucius (latin for Water Wolf ) is always my canoes name.




 
MrBadExample
05/13/2018 09:13PM
 
My son named mine.


“Porkchop Express”
 
analyzer
05/13/2018 10:44PM
 
shoreviewswede: "Imperial... as in Chrysler.
"
'


My grandpa had a 1961 Chrysler Imperial. Cool car. Push button transmission. Power everything, back when that was rare.
 
hexnymph
05/14/2018 10:19AM
 
tandem - Bertha
solo/tandem - Winnie
solo - Danielle


All for personal reasons.


Hex
 
canoe212
05/14/2018 10:25AM
 
I have 2 aluminum canoes name Bonnie and Clyde.
 
Bumstead
05/14/2018 09:21AM
 
My first BW trip was with my wife and three boys. Our Wenonah Adirondacks became known as Kevin (or Kev) and Ole' Roy on that trip, based upon the materials used..Kevlar and Royalex. After I picked up a second Kevlar last year (Wenonah 17), I will need to dub this canoe with a name. I guess I could call the first one Kev and the second one Lars. :-)

 
mirth
05/14/2018 10:53AM
 
mirth: "Haven't yet. Perhaps its a subject I'll broach with the kiddo when we're on a trip in a couple weeks...."


6 years later and it's still officially nameless. "The Spirit" is fitting if you knew me & my circle of friends back when we were kids so I'm ok with that. Now that I have another I might need to come up with a name for the new one. We'll see....


Maybe I'll just call it "The Northstar"
 
Mocha
05/14/2018 11:58AM
 
Lily. 17' souris river le tigre.
 
Abbey
05/14/2018 10:41PM
 
My Old Town Discovery 174 is “The Tank” mostly for its river running and rock bouncing, but also for the weight. Haven’t named the others yet.
 
jdevries
06/18/2018 02:32PM
 
My first was named Murphy - homage to the Murphys portage along the North Kawishiwi River. My second (and current) is named Charmaine after the strongest and bravest woman I have ever known.


JD
 
firemedic5586
06/21/2018 12:14AM
 
2 weeks ago while on Brule lake in the new to us canoe, my kids said we should name the Canoe.. This thread popped to mind..


So I said, how about Brule, after the 1st lake we took it on...


So Brule it is..
 
ozarkpaddler
06/21/2018 07:53AM
 
firemedic5586: "2 weeks ago while on Brule lake in the new to us canoe, my kids said we should name the Canoe.. This thread popped to mind..
So I said, how about Brule, after the 1st lake we took it on...
So Brule it is.. "



In a similar vein, my first non-aluminum canoe was named after our favorite Ozark County, "Shannon." Shannon County, MO is still where I do most of my paddling; Shannon County has the upper Current and Jack's Fork Rivers.


Later on, I bought a stripper from a guy, and we named her "Shannon II." Shannon II was a BEAUTIFUL canoe, but she fell apart....LITERALLY. Never purchase a home-made canoe by someone who you suspect may be spending his profits on his drug habit; LESSON LEARNED!
Shannon








Shannon II

 
dicecupmaker
06/30/2018 01:10PM
 
After my last trip to Oyster Lake I will call it "Patches"
 
Minnesotian
07/01/2018 10:30AM
 

Nice long tread. Fun to read


After a couple years of owning them, the names of my canoes have emerged.


My two person Wenonah Prospector, which is a 16’ bananna of a boat that still manages to get on the lakes up in the BWCA, is called Redbone...after the band. It got that name when we were picking up our permits at the Duluth Pack store and “come and get your love” came on the speakers. Well, that song was still in our head once we got back to the truck, we saw that big red canoe sitting there all ready to go and, voila! Redbone was its name.


My solo Wenonah Vagabond has a poetic name. I was reading The Kalevala a couple years ago on a trip and there was a character description that really captured a feeling when I am out solo camping:


“Annikki, she of good name,
girl of night,
maiden of dusk,
keeper of a long twilight
and mornings early riser...”



 
ILcdr
07/29/2018 10:56PM
 
My brother in law referred to my cedar strip as The Ark one time, that name has stuck.
 
BAWaters
08/05/2018 11:11AM
 
My son and daughter were with me on a river trip in our green 17 ft Old Town Penobscot years ago, when they were much smaller. In a moment of synergy, we decided to name our boat "The Pod" since there were three of us.
 
BAWaters
08/05/2018 11:20AM
 
Abbey: "My Old Town Discovery 174 is “The Tank” mostly for its river running and rock bouncing, but also for the weight. Haven’t named the others yet. "


We have an old aluminium Ouachita canoe named "The Tank" as well. It was acquired warped and dented, and I beat it back into shape with a rubber mallet. We have been down extremely rocky, paddle destroying rivers with it--seems to be indestructible. Only 15 feet, but ridiculously heavy.
 
RLancer
08/10/2018 04:15PM
 
I have 17ft, Wenonah Spirit II in bright red. I named it Big Red since it is longer than a lot of the motor boats that I meet on my local haunts.
 
jcavenagh
08/10/2018 04:23PM
 
We had an aluminum canoe at my folks summer lace back in the 70s.
It got run over by a car, dropped off a boat rack, and smashed into a dam.
We called it Timmy.



That's short for Timex ...









because it took a licken' and kept on ticken'!
 
KarlBAndersen1
08/11/2018 09:30PM
 
I finally named my new Wilderness - Marie.
Marie Cantine was the sweetest, nicest "old lady" who lived with her husband - Pete - on the lake where I grew up fishing in Minnesota through the 50s and 60s.
I would like her memory to carry on.
 
Swampturtle
08/12/2018 10:38AM
 
My Mad River Explorer Kevlar Canoe is the...


Smokin' Rabbit


Legend of the bunny


Confident in her ability amongst the ferns...
 
snakeybird
08/14/2018 11:00AM
 
After many nameless summers, the fishing canoe got dubbed the Yellow Goose this year. The incubator hatched goslings imprinted on it and won't go swimming in farm pond without someone taking the canoe out with them.
 
woodsandwater
08/15/2018 06:05PM
 
My wife named my Wenonah Champlain "Go Find Your Smile" taken from the movie"City Slickers" with Billy Crystal. The name is on the bow.