What’s in a name?

Many people ask how we picked the name Sabrina.  So, here’s the story.  Before we get into that I should explain to the non-boaters out there that MV = Motor Vessel.  As compared to SV = Sailing Vessel. 

Sabrina comes from the 1995 movie of the same name starring Harrison Ford (Linus Larrabee) and Julia Ormond (Sabrina).  Which is a remake of the 1954 movie starring Humphrey Bogart (Linus Larrabee) and Audrey Hepburn (Sabrina).  Which was based on the 1953 play Sabrina Fair.  Which gets it’s title from John Milton’s 1634 poem, Masque Comus.  Yes, 1634!

In the movies, the main character, Linus Larrabee, has the following conversation with Sabrina.

Linus Larrabee: So, that really is a beautiful name. How did you get it?

Sabrina:  My father’s reading. It’s in a poem.

Linus Larrabee: Oh?

Sabrina: “Sabrina fair, listen where thou art sitting under the glassy, cool, translucent wave, in twisted braids of lilies knitting the loose train of thy amber-dropping hair.”

Linus Larrabee: [pause] So, your little poem – what does it mean?

Sabrina:It’s the story of a water sprite who saved a virgin from a fate worse than death.

Linus Larrabee: And Sabrina’s the virgin.

Sabrina: [quietly] Sabrina’s the savior.

It’s a fun sort of rom-com movie.  But, it has a message of not taking life too seriously, not working too hard and enjoying life. We feel that Sabrina is sort of our savior.  She’s going to save us from a life of boredom.