erm. I wanted a pretty name, a feminine name and one that wasn't seen on the stern of so many boats and not weighed with any sentiment .. I love the name Victoria for a boat but there's probably a million of those. Virginia, etc. I just wanted a name, devoid of personal meaning. Probably the opposite of what most want but that's just me.
We kept a spreadsheet of potential names for over a year until we settled on Suhana. It had the most lasting power out of the rest of the names on the list and looked pretty. I heard the name on the Radio, Suhana Meharchand from CBC radio. I heard her say her name on the radio driving home from work and thought, "what a pretty name". It went on the list and that's pretty well how the hundred or so other names got on the list too. Over time we would cross names off that we got bored of. After settling we learned that the meaning is suitable too: "The meaning of the name Suhana is 'charming', 'name of a star' or 'lovely'." I think my boat is very charming and lovely :) and there's the C&C star. "sue-hawna", not "sue-h'ana". People at my club always say Suzana. Oh well, it doesn't bother me and I don't correct people. I've grown up with people pronouncing my own name incorrectly all my life so it's something I've learned to live with. Steve Suhana, C&C 32 Toronto On Thu, Mar 6, 2014 at 12:37 PM, Stevan Plavsa <stevanpla...@gmail.com>wrote: > that's awesome Edd. > > > On Thu, Mar 6, 2014 at 12:24 PM, Edd Schillay <e...@schillay.com> wrote: > >> Richard, >> >> My wife is also a big fan of that line, especially now that she uses Siri >> on her phone and voice recognition on our iMac. >> >> >> >> All the best, >> >> Edd >> >> >> Edd M. Schillay >> Starship Enterprise >> C&C 37+ | Sail No: NCC-1701-B >> City Island, NY >> Starship Enterprise's Captain's Log <http://enterpriseb.blogspot.com/> >> >> On Mar 6, 2014, at 12:21 PM, Richard N. Bush <bushma...@aol.com> wrote: >> >> Edd, my favorite line of all time* is from the Whale saving movie..."a >> keyboard...how quaint"..., which my daughter converted to sailing; she >> says, "hank on sails,...how quaint"; >> (* not counting Captain Ron-isms, of course) >> Richard >> 1985 37 CB, slowly emerging from the ice... >> >> Richard N. Bush Law Offices >> 2950 Breckenridge Lane, Suite 9 >> Louisville, Kentucky 40220 >> 502-584-7255 >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Edd Schillay <e...@schillay.com> >> To: cnc-list <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> >> Sent: Thu, Mar 6, 2014 10:28 am >> Subject: Stus-List Now Boat Names >> >> As you may have guessed, my boat's name is based on a Lucille Ball / >> Desi Arnez-produced 1960's failed train-wreck NBC television series . . . >> >> . . . which led to highly-rated syndication, five spin-off television >> series and 12 feature films, not to mention decades and decades of >> merchandising dollars for Paramount/Viacom. >> >> For me, though, the Starship Enterprise was an "escape vehicle" -- when >> I got home from grade school in the 70s, I could leave all the pressures >> and troubles behind, turn on WPIX channel 11, and I'll be exploring the >> final frontier's strange new worlds, seeking out new life and new >> civilizations . . . >> >> In 1980, I bought my first sailboat, an O'Day 7-11 sailing dinghy, >> pretty much right after the release of The Motion Picture, a wholly lousy >> film on may levels, except for the Enterprise itself. Once again, I felt my >> imagination was able to escape the day-to-day life in suburbia. There could >> be no other name. The sailboat had to be named Enterprise. >> >> When I turned 18, after I got the whole "you're a man now" speech from >> my father, I aptly decided to cut school to see the third movie with some >> friends for my birthday, and got the worst birthday present ever -- the >> Enterprise exploded from self-destruct over Planet Genesis. My escape >> vehicle was gone. Adulthood slapped me in the face - hard. >> >> Fortunately, a couple of years later, I went to see the fourth feature >> film - a time-travel story to rescue humpback whales from 20th-Century >> earth. At the very end, Kirk and crew were delivered to a brand new >> Enterprise with a hull number of NCC-1701-A. The escape vehicle was back >> and my imagination could, one again, boldly go. >> >> Since then, we have seen several future versions of the famed starship; >> 1701-B, 1701-C, 1701-D, 1701-E and even a brief glimpse of the 1701-J. >> >> So, like the series, I decided that all of my future vessels will also >> carry the name Enterprise, and I'll have my very own escape vehicle to get >> away from the pressure of work and life while exploring LI Sound and the >> surrounding areas. >> >> As I tell my crew, when sailing on the Enterprise, we have one Prime >> Directive -- Wherever we go, we go boldly. >> >> All the best, >> >> Edd >> >> Edd M. Schillay >> Starship Enterprise >> C&C 37+ | Sail No: NCC-1701-B >> City Island, NY >> Starship Enterprise's Captain's Log <http://enterpriseb.blogspot.com/> >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album >> http://www.cncphotoalbum.com >> CnC-List@cnc-list.com >> >> >
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