What's in a name? Well, it all depends! After deciding to buy Circe we couldn't decide what to do about her name, should we keep it or change it? As She is a USCG Documented vessel it was a decision that we had to make prior to filing the change of ownership papers.....what to do?
Neither of us Old Matelots is particularly superstitious so the prospect of a name change wasn't too daunting. We had heard all the tales of dire results due to improperly renamed boats but we thought it might be fun to go through the 'ceremony' (especially the alcohol part)! But, before you can rename a boat you need another name and we really couldn't come up with one that we felt strongly about. We already knew that Circe (pronounced Ker KEE) was a minor league goddess from Greek mythology but then we began to look at Her in a little more detail.
Evidently Circe was quite an intriguing gal. She was one of the mythical 'Immortals' and She possessed all manner of devious wiles and guile that that she employed to wreak havoc on her foes.....a lot like most women actually!
In the end we felt that there were worse entities for us to associate ourselves with than such a novel character as Circe. So, we decided to keep the name. Circe she was and Circe she would stay.....pity about missing out on the booze though!
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