What's in a name...

Choosing the name for our yacht seem to take forever and with some negotiation required. We didn't want....

• a combination of our names (al la grey nomads) eg Suelott or Scottlen. We've seen plenty...
• a "clever" play on words such as "Profit of Boom" - yes that's been suggested for another boat back in the day
• a name that seems reserved for power boats or racers eg. Assassin, Renegade or our favourite to date Naughty Boy (overhead on a radio call) - "Marine Rescue, this is Naughty Boy, Naughty Boy, Naughty Boy - Naughty Boy, Naughty Boy, Naughty Boy this is Marine Rescue" did sound funny at the time. 

So we chose a Tibetan Buddhist word, samaya, following a trip to Bali. It has several meanings, one relates to the bond or teachings between guru and disciple, and the realisation of enlightenment but my favourite is the more poetic "living in the heart".

  Southport

For practical purposes, we thought it would be an easy radio call sign and even easier phonetically - sierra, alpha, mike, alpha, yankee, alpha. Simple right?

Well, no. All along the coast the Marine Radio operators (bless their hearts, they do an absolutely brilliant job) have had trouble. We often get "The Mayor", Maya, recently we had "Sami-aya" but mostly we get asked to spell it. Waiting to hear more versions...always good for a smile.