Sea cruisers pen metaphoric monikers.(Sports)(Outdoors)

From: The Washington Times | Date: January 22, 1996| Author: Mueller, Gene | Copyright information

Even though I have a mental block about thinking of a good name to christen a boat, I thoroughly enjoy and envy people who have a knack for such things. In matters of lettering the transom of a boat, I suppose I'm as dull as most of the charter fishing captains on the Chesapeake Bay, whose capacity to come up with a suitable moniker for their dead-rise work boats ends with "Suzy Marie" or "Emmy Lou."

Yeah, yeah, don't even bother to tell me why. I'm well aware that B...

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