Our Alternative Boat Names Considered

Longtime “trawler dreamers” we knew while cruising on our 2012 35′ Regal Sport Coupe (April 2013 – April 2022) that our next vessel would be named M/V Soul Mates. Even down to the compass rose icon. In fact, during one of our St Michael, MD visits Jacques bought me a beautiful compass rose pendant. A pleasant reminder to our future dreams and plans together!

Since we didn’t know then what our next make and model vessel would be, when we finally found our ideal trawler for us (2003 Nordhavn 4701), we did run down alternative name choices (list consist of name and meaning for us):

• Aphrodite – Means Love Goddess in Greek
• Ames Soeurs – Soulmates in French
• At Last – The Love Song 
• Cameo – Like the Award
• Castaway – What We’ll Be
• Chaser – Chasing Sunny Days
• Classy Lady – Comes to Mind Being the First 47′ Hull
• Congo – Familial Roots
• Diva – What We Consider the Vessel to Be
• Endless Summer – Someday What We’ll Have
• Firefly – What We’ll Be Like
• First Lady – What the Vessel Will Be
• Gilligan Island – Our Paradise Lost at Sea
• Gypsea – What We’ll Be
• Gypsy Mates – What We Are
• Heart’s Desire – Another Way of Saying Soulmates
• Hokey Pokey – Our Futurous New Life
• Infinity – Because There’s No Beginning or End
• J&J – Our Nickname
• Jubilee – What We’ll Be & Feel Once We’re Living Onboard
• Lat & Long – Somewhere Between Here & There
• Latitude & Longitude  – Somewhere Between Here & There
• Legacy – Vessel Lives On
• Liberty – Definition to Someday Retirement Life
• Majesty – The Vessel
• Momma Rosa – Familial Roots
• Oasis – Our Moving Paradise
• Mistress – The Other Woman in Our Lives
• Monsieur & Dame – Sir & Lady in French
• Papillon – Butterfly in French
• Pixey Dust – Sharing Parts of Us Through Travel 
• Runaway – Always off to the Next Adventure
• Second Chance – Reflects Us & Our Life Together
• Slow Poke – Trawler Life
• Trophy – The Vessel
• Twin Flame – Another Way of Saying Soulmate
• Victory – Finally our Reality
• Wanderlust – What we’ll be while incorporating our biz

By a unanimous vote, M/V Soul Mates remained our favorite, the make nor model altered our decision!