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Name: Orca or Yonah
mattgeiger	#1  Posted on 04/02/09 - 1:55 PM
Member Personal Page Posts: 310 Comments: 2 Joined: 02/22/07	Time to stick a name on the Montauk. It's been a year, and I'm down to two names: ORCA = "Killer Whale" & Jaws reference. I have yet to see a Whaler with this name, but undoubtedly there is one - so originality may go out the window. YONAH = Cherokee Indian for "Bear" - My boat lived most of it's life on Lake Burton - in the shadows of Mt Yonah here in North Georgia. I'm a Georgia native, and the mountains here have been a big part of my life. Thoughts? Edited by mattgeiger on 04/02/09 - 2:02 PM
ioptfm	#2  Posted on 04/02/09 - 2:03 PM
Member Personal Page Posts: 1533 Comments: 3 Joined: 10/28/06	I've seen many ORCAs but never seen a YONAH Tom 1979 Sport 15'
moose	#3  Posted on 04/02/09 - 2:21 PM
Member Personal Page Posts: 543 Comments: 1 Joined: 03/07/07	YONORCA!
CES	#4  Posted on 04/02/09 - 2:41 PM
Member Personal Page Photo Albums Project Albums Posts: 2681 Comments: 7 Joined: 04/27/07	In this instance, Yonah certainly makes more sense to me. Cliff 1966 13' Sport with a 1993 40hp Yamaha 2 Smoker
Barryg	#5  Posted on 04/02/09 - 2:47 PM
Member Personal Page Posts: 242 Comments: 1 Joined: 04/01/08	A Georgia native and no choice with DAWGS in it. just kidding I vote Yonah. Matt did you get any fishing tips for Burton from the previous owner? BG
mattgeiger	#6  Posted on 04/02/09 - 4:10 PM
Member Personal Page Posts: 310 Comments: 2 Joined: 02/22/07	Barryg wrote: A Georgia native and no choice with DAWGS in it. just kidding I vote Yonah. Matt did you get any fishing tips for Burton from the previous owner? BG My wife is a big UGA fan. I'm more of an Ohio State fan. Previous owner trolled spoons on Burton. I found a number of old spoons in the rigging tunnel. I'll be heading to lake Jocassee in a few months for a bit of camping and fishing - same deal there I think. Trout - Spoons.
WhalerDan	#7  Posted on 04/02/09 - 5:57 PM
Member Personal Page Posts: 245 Comments: 1 Joined: 11/13/05	Baha -- thats Ahab spelled backwards I like Shamu as well. But Yonah is more original than Orca.
pirate	#8  Posted on 04/02/09 - 6:06 PM
Member Posts: 41 Comments: 0 Joined: 06/04/07	I vote for Yonah, very unique and seems to be more personally attached to you. I live in the San Juan Islands area and every fricken boat has a Orca name on it including every other whaler so that's my other reason. But I do like Yonah! Good Luck!
Tig	#9  Posted on 04/02/09 - 7:29 PM
Member Personal Page Posts: 122 Comments: 0 Joined: 02/24/09	Yonah. It's much more original and it has significance.
jquigley	#10  Posted on 04/02/09 - 7:37 PM
Member Posts: 269 Comments: 1 Joined: 07/17/07	Nother vote for Yonah
MW	#11  Posted on 04/03/09 - 1:33 AM
Member Personal Page Posts: 1827 Comments: 10 Joined: 01/08/06	I vote for "Yonah" (nobody else has it), several times I had my "Brush Kit" out ready to put on a name (and a boat should have a name to I.D. it in case of a "search" for it) but, every time I went to do it, I would look at her all cleaned up and say to myself "She look's so "Classy", that it would be like putting a boat hitch on a Jaguar. I am going to put a big yellow "X" on the bottom this year for safety in case of a search, I hope it's never needed. Matt
mattgeiger	#12  Posted on 04/03/09 - 3:02 AM
Member Personal Page Posts: 310 Comments: 2 Joined: 02/22/07	Yonah it is. Thanks. Part of the hesitation has been not wanting to clutter up the looks, but at the same time, I make my living as a graphic designer. I will probably do something simple on the port stern like the attached graphic. So now we get technical. I've had a number of sailboats. On the radio we were S/V "Boat Name". What is proper for a Montauk? M/V? F/V? mattgeiger attached the following image: [18.29Kb]
tedious	#13  Posted on 04/03/09 - 5:52 AM
Member Personal Page Posts: 1072 Comments: 2 Joined: 09/07/08	Matt, I was going to vote for Yonah, but you've already decided. But you can have more fun with that graphic - since that's your business. Yonah is a mountain, turn the A into a mountain and run the "YON" up one side and the "H" down the other, or something like that. We did a simple, but fun graphic for our boat - see avatar. On the radio, we just say "vessel whatever" - or we will, once I fix the radio's antenna connection:-). Tim Edited by tedious on 04/03/09 - 5:55 AM
Barryg	#14  Posted on 04/03/09 - 6:04 AM
Member Personal Page Posts: 242 Comments: 1 Joined: 04/01/08	Matt, let me know when you are going to Jocassee. I fish there often. Love to see the boat. BG Barryg attached the following image: [31.63Kb] Edited by Barryg on 04/03/09 - 6:20 AM
MW	#15  Posted on 04/03/09 - 9:06 AM
Member Personal Page Posts: 1827 Comments: 10 Joined: 01/08/06	You could make the "O" look like a Bear face by adding "Ears" two eyes and a nose. Matt
Derwd24	#16  Posted on 04/03/09 - 11:04 AM
Member Posts: 1607 Comments: 9 Joined: 05/09/07	I agree, have some fun with the design, make it unique to you. We had Janice @ Magic Brush do one for our Outrage with a graphic integrated, can't wait for the weather to warm up so I can see what it looks like on the sides. Dave - 1983 Outrage 22
Mr T	#17  Posted on 04/04/09 - 7:35 AM
Member Personal Page Posts: 230 Comments: 0 Joined: 07/07/08	Yonah.