Superstition and Naming Kayaks

My impression is that most people don't name their kayaks.  Is there a reason for this?

Maybe because we don't have to register them and fill in a 'name' blank in a gov't worksheet.

I named mine for good luck  

"Hana Pa'a" Hawaiian slang for "FISH ON"

Mine is " Stress Relief "......But,  I think It will be nice if we name all our Kayak with our user name......like Joel.....


Kiel

- Malibu Pro2 Tandem -

My first boat was a red Prijon Expedition river boat (which I loved) designed for russian & candian river floats. I named it "Krasnaya Akula". A friend came back from Russia & gave me the vocabulary which translates to "red shark". I sold it several years ago, but I hope it's still cruising around the bay area somewhere. That was one tough kayak.
The unofficial name for my current SOT is the Ophiodon, for some good lingcod mojo.
-Sean

A kayak is a pretty inanimate object, it doesn't purr, jump, roar, (smoke?) like a powerboat will.  That might make them less prone to anthropatization.  I'm never sitting on the kayak going 'cmon baby (insert task)' I guess I treat it more like a shoe than a companion.

Mine is named Mano Maunu (hawaiian for Shark Bait) ...but just to stress my sister out who is sure I am going to die anytime now.

If I named my kayak, I feel I'd have to name my snowboard, and bike...

OTOH, my van is named Max.  

Another interesting tradition is that norse people believed that a boat needed eyes to see where it was going.  Part of why there were heads/figures on the front of boats.  When my dad builds a woodstrip canoe, he always puts a pair of sequin eyes at the bow of the boat.

Thanks for the great replies!

I'd share what my wife and I plan to name our kayaks, but that's *gotta be* a big nautical no-no.

My parents are moving to a small house in Carmel in their retirement ... that's a weird town: no street addresses, only house names.  Whatever they end up calling their place, I'm looking forward to using it as a base of operations!  Now if I could just convince them to buy a place in Gualala, I'd be set.