Sue and I were at the Annapolis boat show many years ago and I was a little put off by the name of the Hailing Port on a beautiful specimen of a Morris sloop that was being shown at the docks. It must have been 40 or 50' of sheer elegance. On the stern was emblazoned "ASPEN". Of course, anywhere in the world, there is no mistaking that location. It needs no qualifier such as Colorado or USA. I suppose the European equivalent would be DAVOS or GSTAAD.
To me, it is the height of pretentiousness … as if to say "Look at me! If you think my yacht is impressive, you should see my home in Aspen!" All right … maybe I'm just a
tad bit envious.
But if the homeport on the stern said NEWPORT or ANNAPOLIS or NEW YORK or MIAMI or even RED BANK (New Jersey), I wouldn't have given it a second thought. I envision that the boat belongs to some billionaire from, say, Teaneck, NJ, whom has a need to illustrate all of the fantastic places and boats that "they" (there's that California pronoun police in action!
) own.
It makes me laugh when I see people in a tropical location sporting their Big Mountain credentials by wearing baseball caps and tee shirts that illustrate Aspen or Vail or Lake Tahoe or Snowbird or Jackson Hole or Sun Valley or … you get the point. When you go to the mountains, you see the opposite. When in Big Sky, you see all of the really swell sports whom are wearing their hats and tees that advertise their boating credentials and their visits to tropical locations. Basically, people pack their wardrobe with the intention of showing everybody how fantastic their lifestyle is.
That tee shirt that the guy in Big Sky is wearing that advertises the Antigua Race Week is worn with a purpose!
I'm no different. I proudly wear my tee that shows that I've been to Hayward, Wisconsin … home of the freshwater fishing hall of fame. My tee has a big musky on the front! You should see that thing in person!
https://www.freshwater-fishing.org/
