Earlier this year Cal Poly Humboldt announced plans for a $7.9 million dollar project – construction of a 78-foot catamaran hull vessel, which will lead the university’s ocean and marine sciences research.
“The vessel – expected to be operational in early 2025 – will carry up to 40 students, faculty and crew on day trips and accommodate up to 14 people on multi-day research voyages,” Cal Poly Humboldt wrote in the announcement. “The vessel will have a variety of hydraulic deck machinery for handling up to 5,000 lb of oceanographic equipment and instrumentation.”
Now the university wants you to help give this bad boy a name.
Cal Poly Humboldt recently posted a survey (which you can find at this link), allowing the public to weigh in on naming this planned vessel. The survey provides a list of pre-selected names and descriptions of their significance, from which you’re asked to pick your top three choices. After – and only after – you have selected your top three, you are given the option to add your own name suggestion.
Here are the instructions, as provided by Cal Poly Humboldt:
- Review the list of names along with the descriptions.
- Pick your three favorites.
- Add your own suggestion (optional).
- Submit your picks! The deadline to submit is Friday, Nov. 1 at noon.
That’s it! Have fun! But before you write in your own awesome and no-doubt hilarious name suggestions, be warned that the university is taking this seriously and might not be looking to repeat the Boaty McBoatface dilemma.
“This vessel will need a dignified and recognizable name that represents the University’s tradition of providing hands-on learning experiences for our students and advancing important research, and a name that celebrates the region,” Cal Poly Humboldt wrote in the survey announcement.
