What's in a Name?

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Whether attached to children or boats, names carry a heavy load of intent and the choices are endless.

Where boats are concerned, in particular, the name can be called on to express something of the owner's sense of adventure or desired use for the boat (Wanderer, Walkabout); his affinity for cruising history or nautical literature (Joshua, Surprise); his sense of poetry (Firecrest, Moonraker); his affection for his wife or girlfriend (Annabelle, Lolita) or, less laudably, his sense of humor (Knot Inn, Gute Fahrt*).

We chose a bird, a slow flying but strong swimming sea bird that breeds in our waters. A sort of penguin, murres can be seen in the bay and along the coast bobbing comfortably in the worst of weathers and so seemed a fitting epithet for our tough little boat.

More introductory photographs of Murre are available here.

*literally, "good drive". Shame on you!