Woodsong wrote:
Cool thread!! When we bought our Monk late this summer her name was "Poco A Poco" which is spanish for "Little by Little." Initially we planned on keeping the name as we thought we'd fix her up "little by little." After a few weeks though we decided to change the name because A) The painted name on the transom looked tired and needed to be redone anyway. B) We decided we weren't going to fix her up little by little but would try and knock it all out at ounce ASAP. C) The seller has tried to work on her "little by little" and it became clear that that meant not finishing any project in probably at least 5 years but starting dozens at a time (again, never finishing them!!). So- we wanted to start her on a new path as we give her a new life. So we had the name taken off when we did our fiberglass deck repair. Her new name, which we have not yet installed (waiting for painting topsides as we may also paint the transom), is going to be "Living Light." We like the double meaning....we want to live with a lightness of heart, a happiness, laid back, etc., as well as trying to live out the light of God in our hearts through practical expressions of love. Our previous boats were always named "Sunshine DayDream." I liked that name and would have named our trawler that but my wife wanted to go a different route so we talked about it over dinner with the kids one night, took suggestions from everone, and we all agreed we liked Living Light.
Not my best photoshop job whatsoever but here is what the name should look like once we get it done: