On A New Tack

After many, many walks around the block in the evenings, we have decided on a name!  Sailing Vessel Mira ( SV Mira for short ) Here is a link to the YouTube video where we announce the name. What makes naming a boat so hard is that you can choose from a lot of different types of names.  You can be "funny/punny" and name a boat something like Knot Working , or Never Again 2 .  You can name a boat after a concept or a feeling, like Tranquility , Respite or Traveler .  And you can, of course, name your boat using a proper name; traditionally a girl's name, but something simple like Jenny , or as in friends of ours,  Greek Goddess . Given that this boat will be our home, we quickly ruled out funny/punny names.  That just doesn't seem right. BUT, we got stuck for a while on concept/feeling names and just a traditional girl's name.  We both brainstormed and came up with lists.  We then bounced them off one-another and looked into their meanings.  N...