My favorite boat name of all time means absolutely nothing--in fact, is
likely to be totally miscontrued--to anyone who doesn't know the story
behind it: George wanted a boat...for years he begged his wife Ruth to
let him buy one, but Ruth wanted nothing to do with boats at all.
Finally, though, she relented...he could have his boat, but only on one
condition: that she would never have to set foot on it or even go near
it. George agreed, and bought his boat...which he named "Ruthless."


Hemi, demi, semi related. When growing up, I was a huge fan of the Swallows
and Amazon stories by Arthur Ransome. One of the characters is Nancy
Blackett - she and her sister are the Amazon pirates. Thing is, Nancy isn't
her real name. It's Ruth. But she isn't called Ruth, because, obviously,
pirates are ruthless.