Dondeschiepolschuygen IV

[breathedout]

“Rochester? Grace? Bluebird? Maurice? Hours of Ease? Dunkirk? Relentless?”

Richard was quite correct, as technically speaking they were all in harbour, in addressing them by the names of their craft. Maurice, an amiable young man, had realised as soon as he came to the Reach that Richard was always going to do this and that he himself would accordingly be known as Dondeschiepolschuygen IV, which was inscribed in gilt lettering on his bows. He therefore renamed his boat Maurice.

—Penelope Fitzgerald, Offshore

……I kind of love her already.