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Welcome to the Family, Ruby Vi [#5]

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Naming a boat is like naming a child. Only way harder.

I realize that seems like a totally affected and grossly exaggerated statement. Affected — perhaps. Exaggerated — absolutely not.

In addition to factoring in all the same considerations we agonized over when we named our boys, now we also had to think about things like “is it too confusing” and “does it have a lovely ring and rhythm to it?” and “will it look awesome along the hull of a 50-foot catamaran (or embroidered on hand towels when we’re fancy)?”

Not once did I stop to ponder if “Wyatt Forrest” had a nice sing-song-y sound when we said it

or how “Hudson Smith” would look laid out in some graphic-designer-worthy script across a forward hull. And another thing — naming babies doesn’t require family consensus. (At least ours didn’t.) But John and I decided early on that the Boat Dream really only works if all four of us share the dream. As it turns out, reaching family consensus on matters of important decisions is proving to be a relatively significant piece of the share-a-dream puzzle. So, you see? Way harder.

But somehow we persevered (and I successfully sort of stifled all most of my controlling tendencies).

Slogging our way through the boat-naming storm, aided in large part by our trusty travel companion, Happy Hour, we arrived at mutual agreement. Just in time to file the paperwork.

We’re pleased to announce that we’ll be traveling the world aboard the Ruby Vi (rhymes with eye).

A tribute to the would-be daughter we named but never met — what with all those Pennell Y chromosomes — who we are fond of thinking would’ve been a spectacularly fierce trailblazing dynamo. Inherently, “Vi” — short for Viola — is a nod to my maternal grandmother, whose boat-name-worthy qualities are many but whose unrivaled knack specifically for finding the best parking spots we hope translates seamlessly to securing to-die-for moorings, dock slips, and anchorages around the world.

S/V Ruby Vi, in All her girthy glory
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17 comments

  1. Absolutely love the name!!!! She is sure to keep you safe on your journey!

    1. We have to stay north of 31 degrees latitude until Nov 2 (hurricane season/insurance) but hope to start making our way down from Florida and into the Caribbean as soon as we’ve cleared our Nov 2 checkpoint. ☀️🌴

  3. It’s perfect! And your logo is wonderful too!
    It’s a good thing boats are “girls”… weave in the feminine side whenever possible with all those boys around! 🙂 Love it!

    1. Ha! Seriously! I’ll take all the “girls” I can get — “dog, boat, me” seems to be the best I can do 😜

  4. How about a photo tour of Rubi Vi? Also what is the make, model and specs?

    1. Will save an “official” photo tour until we get her just the way we want her😉. But she’s a 2000 Voyage Mayotte 500…4 queen cabins, 1 crew cabin, 4 heads, 28’10” beam, 50 LOA, cruises around 8-9 knots, 73′ bridge clearance, and a lean (🐽) 33,000 lbs.

  7. Love reading about your adventures! Thank you so much for sharing❤️

  8. Hi Molly and Family,
    It’s so fun to read about what you’re up to. Please keep posting regularly!!
    Love,
    Amy

  9. Hi Molly and Family,
    It’s so fun to read about what you’re up to. Please keep posting regularly!!
    Love,
    Amy

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