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Re: Do you name your boats?
By:Robert Palmeter
Date: 5/8/2001, 5:34 am
In Response To: Do you name your boats? (Andy Miller)

I read somewhere that the original native kayakers believed that the boat becomes a living part of the paddler and does not need a separate name. Also have heard naming a kayak is unlucky.

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Do you name your boats?
Andy Miller -- 5/7/2001, 11:35 pm
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Dale Frolander -- 5/9/2001, 3:14 am
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Jim Pace -- 5/8/2001, 11:22 pm
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Lisa S -- 5/8/2001, 11:16 pm
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Paul -- 5/8/2001, 10:28 pm
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Rob Macks -- 5/8/2001, 2:05 pm
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Bill Price -- 5/9/2001, 12:36 pm
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Ben Staley -- 5/8/2001, 1:51 pm
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Tony -- 5/8/2001, 1:07 pm
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Nick Schade - Guillemot Kayaks -- 5/8/2001, 8:49 am
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Elliott -- 5/8/2001, 7:30 am
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Robert Palmeter -- 5/8/2001, 5:34 am
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Stan Snapp -- 5/8/2001, 12:57 am
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Dave -- 5/8/2001, 12:40 am