Boat names

[sneuman]

My father took this very seriously and was slightly obsessive that our boat's name be original. Of course it wasn't, even in 1970, but we never saw another "Talisman" on Lake Erie.

With the Internet, we can easily check for originality with a simple Google search - and of course, nearly everything has been used, often MANY times.

My question is: how important is it for you to have an original name? does it bum you out to see another boat in your home waters with the same name?

I carry around a short list in my head (for the next boat), but sadly none are completely original, with the possible exception of one which would be Thai language.