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 Boat Naming Made Simple

2nd Edition 1997
By Susan D. Artof
Softback – 150 pages
List Price: $10.95

Copyright © 1993 by Susan D. Artof
Published by The Center Press
30961 W. Agoura Rd., Suite 223-B
Westlake Village, CA 91361

ISBN 0-9626888-9-4

[This book is available for purchase at Amazon.com and Barnes & Noble]

Email Note from the Author: It's always fun to cruise the web and find my name out there....you have made a reference to a book I wrote in 1993  Boat Naming Made Simple. I would love to have you consider reviewing my latest edition of this now quite famous little book: Boat Naming Made Simple: The Complete Book 3rd edition - Published April 1999  - By Susan Artof  - ISBN 1-889198-06-4 - $12.95

Quite a bit bigger, prettier to look at, and much more information.  Anyway, your web page is wonderful, and thanks for the credit...although that edition is now out of print.

Susan

Table of Contents

  1. What's In a Name
  2. The Tradition of Naming
  3. Why Name Your Boat?
  4. Rules to Name Your Boat
  5. Names for the Stars
  6. Stories from Beyond
  7. Favorite Foods
  8. Moody Blues and Other Emotions
  9. Sex, Lies and Other Vices
  10. Animals and Fish Stories
  11. Love Boats
  12. Water Colors
  13. Private Jokes
  14. More Than Transportation
  15. To Cruise or Not to Cruise
  16. The Racer's Edge
  17. Weapons, Kings and Other Legends
  18. Music of the Water
  19. Great Ships of History
  20. The Most Popular Names
  21. Closing Remarks
  22. Dictionary of Names

    Bibliography

Text on the Back Cover

Name Your Boat The Simple Way!

With a reporter's nose and a psychologist's ear for a story, Susan Artof collects names from everywhere she goes and brings them to life in her unique, warm writing style.

  • This unusual book is great fun whether you're a bass fisherman, cruising boater or a long distance racer.
  • There's a skipper's story behind every name on a boat's transom or bow.
  • Other books may be similar, but only one is filled with so much magic.
  • Now in its second edition, Boat Naming Made Simple is sure to become a classic.

About the Author:

Susan Artof has collected boat names and stories for over 25 years while traveling to harbors and clubhouses with her husband and two competitive sailboat racing kids.

 


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Revised:  20 Dec 2007 16:28:38 -0500

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