# Help my cousin name his kayak **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [July 19, 2006, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-my-cousin-name-his-kayak/365132 "2006-07-19T04:53:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![straykat23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c4cdca/32.png) [@straykat23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/straykat23)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2006, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-my-cousin-name-his-kayak/365132/1 "2006-07-19T04:53:36Z")
My cousin, a cabinet-maker and fine-arts restoration guy, has recently moved from radio-controlled airplanes to kayak making. I got the following from him this evening: “Built a kayak out of cardboard and duct tape for the First Annual Medford Cardboard Boat Race this next Saturday. Conspired with the neighbor kid, 14 years old and under 100 lbs. He will row the beast to Victory! haven’t decided on a theme for the boat yet…thought of Cardy-yak, but the kid won’t have one so that’s out. Something from the dark side with fins is what I am seeing.” Any ideas? ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2006, 5:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-my-cousin-name-his-kayak/365132/2 "2006-07-19T05:41:45Z")
Being lazy, I say name it Kay. ---
**Author:** ![Mama\_Zappa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71e660/32.png) [@Mama\_Zappa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Zappa)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2006, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-my-cousin-name-his-kayak/365132/3 "2006-07-19T14:37:08Z")
“Edith”. So he can have his kayak and Edith too. Thank you, I’ll be here all week 😃 OK, that doesn’t exactly meet the “dark side with fins” requirement so I got nothin’ ---
**Author:** ![Ellen\_Cherry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellen_cherry/32/3600_2.png) [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2006, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-my-cousin-name-his-kayak/365132/4 "2006-07-19T14:50:15Z")
Paint it pink … you know, a pink Cadillyak. ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2006, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-my-cousin-name-his-kayak/365132/5 "2006-07-19T14:58:44Z")
Edith ! I love it! How about _palindrome_ ---
**Author:** ![Mindfield](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mindfield/32/19759_2.png) [@Mindfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mindfield)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2006, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-my-cousin-name-his-kayak/365132/6 "2006-07-19T15:16:55Z")
_Panama._ Or maybe _Elba_. Or just plain _Bob._ ---
**Author:** ![pbbth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f9ae1b/32.png) [@pbbth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pbbth)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2006, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-my-cousin-name-his-kayak/365132/7 "2006-07-19T17:24:31Z")
How about Mrs. Kayak? No? Hmm…this is hard. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2006, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-my-cousin-name-his-kayak/365132/8 "2006-07-19T17:43:53Z")
Duct tape? Cardboard? _Titanic_ ---
**Author:** ![AskNott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asknott/32/5790_2.png) [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2006, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-my-cousin-name-his-kayak/365132/9 "2006-07-19T17:49:25Z")
\*\*Sonia Papermoon. Paper View. Paper Tiger. Yakety Box. Spiel die Carton \*\* (surely misspelled, I’m told this means, in German, “Deal the cards.” **Damfino** was the name of all of Buster Keaton’s boats. “What do you call it?” “ **Damfino**.” ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2006, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-my-cousin-name-his-kayak/365132/10 "2006-07-19T17:52:18Z")
**Mindfield** is correct when he says “Biob”, for if you put it in the water, it will. ---
**Author:** ![Encinitas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@Encinitas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Encinitas)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2006, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-my-cousin-name-his-kayak/365132/11 "2006-07-19T18:36:47Z")
**Cecil Adams** Definitely dark, not sure about the fins. ---
**Author:** ![Belrix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ed655f/32.png) [@Belrix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Belrix)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2006, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-my-cousin-name-his-kayak/365132/12 "2006-07-19T20:50:45Z")
Selma Selma Kayak. ---
**Author:** ![Jayn\_Newell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Jayn\_Newell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jayn_Newell)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2006, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-my-cousin-name-his-kayak/365132/13 "2006-07-19T22:26:02Z")
_Jayn Newell_ What? What about _Red Green’s Triumph_? Although from the sounds of it, I doubt he’d be the first to make that sort of reference. _My Other Boat’s a Catamaran_. Or heck, _My Other Boat Floats_ ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2006, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-my-cousin-name-his-kayak/365132/14 "2006-07-20T01:40:17Z")
How about _Eyak_? The Eyak tribe lives on the coastal plain of Alaska and has its own sub-language of Athabascan. I think Eyak the Kayak has a ring to it. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2006, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-my-cousin-name-his-kayak/365132/15 "2006-07-20T01:41:22Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > How about _Eyak_? The Eyak tribe lives on the coastal plain of Alaska and has its own sub-language of Athabascan. I think Eyak the Kayak has a ring to it. Oh, and Eyak is pronounced ‘eeyak’, but I suppose one could claim it was pronounced ‘eye-ak’. ---
**Author:** ![Sublight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Sublight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sublight)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2006, 9:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-my-cousin-name-his-kayak/365132/16 "2006-07-20T09:27:11Z")
Tippecanoe? Perfect if his name is Tyler. ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2006, 9:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-my-cousin-name-his-kayak/365132/17 "2006-07-20T09:30:29Z")
> [@straykat23](#): > > Something from the dark side with fins is what I am seeing. The Black Pig Or The Black Bastard ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2006, 12:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-my-cousin-name-his-kayak/365132/18 "2006-07-20T12:53:35Z")
> [@straykat23](#): > > Something from the dark side with fins is what I am seeing." _Davy Jones Leviathan I’d Kill You And Eat You, Given The Opportunity_ (Iky-eay GTO?) ---
**Author:** ![indecisive1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/41988e/32.png) [@indecisive1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/indecisive1)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2006, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-my-cousin-name-his-kayak/365132/19 "2006-07-20T16:59:42Z")
Name the boat “Sedna is Pissed” Sedna is the Inuit Goddess of the sea. The Inuit people of the arctic are thought to be the original creators of the kayak. I truely believe that a cardboard and duct tape kayak would bug the shit out of Sedna. Please ask the kid to keep an eye out for Her when he paddles in the competition. Here’s one link: [http://www.hvgb.net/~sedna/story.html](http://www.hvgb.net/~sedna/story.html) And another: > **[SEDNA - the Inuit Goddess of the Sea (Inuit mythology)](https://www.godchecker.com/inuit-mythology/SEDNA/)** > > Godchecker guide to Sedna (also known as Siarnaq), the Inuit Goddess of the Sea from Inuit mythology. Inuit Sea Goddess and Queen of the Frozen Underworld If you search around you’ll find many versions of the legend. But in all of them, the theme is the same. This is one angry woman. I have a special fondness for Sedna. If they go with the name, I demand photos. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2006, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-my-cousin-name-his-kayak/365132/20 "2006-07-20T17:14:18Z")
Poorly made, close to water. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-my-cousin-name-his-kayak/365132.md?page=2)