I sent this to my notification list:
This is not a notification but a plea for assistance. I have acquired a kayak and it needs a name. I do want a name before it hits the water, and that gives me 24 hours.
I could not think of Ged's boat's name, if it has one, and thumbed through Earthsea looking for it, but if I can't think of it straight off then I don't deserve to use it. Besides, islands will not feature largely in my paddling. My second instinct was Dicey, for Cynthia Voigt's Tillerman series and for my chances with a vessel, which I score as dicey at best. I considered Journeys in My Favorite Books, but Ratty's boat doesn't have a name and no one goes boating in Jane Austen and the punt in Watership Down doesn't have a name either. Except that I could call it Watership, and that would be literal and tribute both.
It is bright orange (and I will offer it a libation of orange juice over the stern when it first hits the water) so another idea is Ear of the Cockatiel. Except the orange feathers are ear coverts, not ears, and Ear Covert of the Cockatiel doesn't flow.
Possibly Viola, for "Shakespeare in Love," for stories must end in tears and a journey but I'm not wishing for tears here.
There are no boats in Possession and though Harold drew one with his purple crayon it didn't have a name.
Oo! Since I mean to stay on the surface, Watership Up!