Archive for July, 2007

July, July, July! It never seemed so strange …

Jim July 23rd, 2007

Well, since deciding to take my time and finish up the boat (officially Temerity) properly, things have slowed down quite a bit. Finish work takes time. But the paint and varnish are arriving tomorrow, there are only a few small pieces to install before sanding and sealing like mad, and I purchased a car-top rack today. Just for kicks, I decided to throw the boat up on top of the Civic and take a look:

Temerity on Civic

The boat actually looks quite small on top of my (small) Honda Civic … or at least smaller than I thought it would. But then again, the Civic has seating for 5 adults and an engine. Temerity has neither.

Here’s what the interior currently looks like:

Temerity, interior

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What’s in a name?

Jim July 10th, 2007

Here we have the final, run-off poll to determine the name of my boat. You’ll notice two new names:

Temerity (tuh-MER-uh-tee) is an English word which means something like “unreasonable or foolhardy contempt of danger”. I think it has both a feminine and nautical ring to it, plus the meaning is pretty great. It gets my vote.

The Vigilante was a suggestion by Steve. I always thought the etymology of the word had something to do with love, but I’m not finding that anywhere. Maybe I’m just thinking of that crappy band …


(Again, poll results update every hour.)