: No. The albatross is an incredible bird. It will stay out at sea for years at
: a time and can fly for miles without even flapping its wings. It's even
: believed that they sleep while flying. I'm surprised no one grabbed the
: name before me.

: Just because a word can have several different meanings doesn't mean that all
: are bad. Otherwise, many people should change their names (Ralph...and
: many others).

Dale-- you're right -- good decision (note that even though I was the one who pointed out the other definition of albatross, I was NOT suggesting that you needed to change the name -- just good naturedly hoping that your Albatross wouldn't turn out to be an "albatross" .... and making sure that you were aware of what that word has come to mean (which matters most if you are planning to *market* the design-- where what comes to mind for me is the experience of Chevy trying to sell the Nova in Mexico, which flopped, because no-va in Spanish sounds like "no go", which isn't a great selling point for a car. If you are planning to market the design, you may want to include a blurb like you've written above-- describing the albatross as an incredible bird, etc.... to disassociate people from thinking "albatross-- a burden hung aroung one's neck"

Meanwhile .... I'm looking forward to more pictures as the boat nears completion....

Julie Kanarr