<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Rande,<div><br></div><div>Here are a couple of literary allusions to "Vesper." It's a nice name as you say for several reasons. I particularly like the "evening star," but the vesper bell is also nice.</div><div><br></div><div>Pat Broderick</div><div><br></div><div><blockquote type="cite"><h1>Hark! The Vesper Bell Is Stealing</h1><p>by Thomas Moore</p><p>Hark! the vesper bell is stealing<br>O'er the waters, soft and clear;<br>Nearer yet and nearer pealing,<br>Jubilate, Amen.<br>Farther now, now farther stealing,<br>Soft it fades upon the ear.<br>Jubilate, Amen.</p><p>Now, like moonlight waves retreating<br>To the shore, it dies along;<br>Now, like angry surges meeting,<br>Breaks the mingled tide of song.<br>Jubilate, Amen.<br>Hush! again, like waves, retreating<br>To the shore, it dies along,<br>Jubilate, Amen.</p></blockquote><div>And this section from Coleridge's "Rime of the Ancient Mariner"</div><div><br></div><blockquote type="cite">I pass, like night, from land to land;<br>
I have strange power of speech;<br>
That moment that his face I see<br>
I know the man that must hear me:<br>
To him my tale I teach.<br>
<br>
What loud uproar bursts from that door!<br>
The wedding-guests are there:<br>
But in the garden-<a href="http://poetry.rapgenius.com/1496161/Samuel-taylor-coleridge-rime-of-the-ancient-mariner/Bower" data-id="1496161" data-editorial-state="rough">bower</a> the bride<br>
And bride-maids singing are;<br>
And hark the little <a class="" href="http://poetry.rapgenius.com/1496164/Samuel-taylor-coleridge-rime-of-the-ancient-mariner/Vesper-bell" data-id="1496164" data-editorial-state="rough">vesper bell</a><br>
Which biddeth me to prayer!<br>
<br>
O Wedding-Guest! this soul hath been<br>
Alone on a wide wide sea:<br>
So lonely 'twas, that God himself<br>
Scarce seemed there to be.</blockquote><br><div><div>On Sep 27, 2013, at 8:31 AM, Rande Peterson wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr">My wife and I are thinking pretty seriously about the name Vesper. We like the name for a few different reasons. We feel pretty fortunate in a way. How often do you get to name a boat? <div><br></div><div>Rande</div> <div>#543</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Sep 26, 2013 at 6:57 PM, Tom Montoya <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:antrim27@aol.com" target="_blank">antrim27@aol.com</a>></span> wrote:<br> <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><font color="black" face="arial"><font>What is her new name?</font><br> <br> <br> <div style="font-size:10pt;font-family:helvetica,arial"><div class="im">-----Original Message-----<br> From: Rande Peterson <<a href="mailto:rande.peterson@gmail.com" target="_blank">rande.peterson@gmail.com</a>><br> To: tuna <<a href="mailto:tuna@myfleet.org" target="_blank">tuna@myfleet.org</a>><br></div><div class="im"> Sent: Wed, Sep 25, 2013 1:18 pm<br> Subject: [Santana 22] Mystery Hull Number Solved!!<br> <br> </div><div><div class="h5"><div> <div dir="ltr">Hello all, <div><br> </div> <div>Thanks to all of you. So many of you offered your help in solving this issue and I am very grateful. Thank you to James Dilworth who pointed me to the S22 post, which led me to a previous owner, Billy Boulden, who sought out the hull number, with the help of Clyde from Seal's Spars. The hull number is 543 and to his knowledge, the boat had no name when he took possession of her. If anybody knows anything further, I'd love to hear from you. Again, thanks so much for the help. </div> <div><br> </div> <div>Rande Peterson</div> <div>#543</div> </div> </div> </div></div><div style="font-size:12px;font-family:Tahoma,Verdana,Arial,Sans-Serif;margin:0px"> <pre style="font-size:9pt"><tt>_______________________________________________
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