Where the name Take Five came from.

You may wonder where the name Take Five came from.  When I bought the boat in December of 2003.  I hated the name that was on it, so one of the first things I had to do was rename her.  I spent the winter agonizing over a new name.  I wanted the name to be easy to repeat three times for radio calls, fairly unique and, above all, not "powerboat-ish".

As a teenager in the late 50's, I got interested in jazz music and Dave Brubeck in particular.  At the time he was experimenting with altering the time signatures of music to some fairly far out beats.  He came out with an album in 1959 called "Time Out".  One of the cuts on the album turned out to be one of the few jazz pieces to ever make the popular music charts.  Written by Paul Desmond, "Take Five" was, and is,  hugely popular.  Click here for a short listen.

So, Take Five matches the criteria, it's a good tune, it's easy to say and it also conveys the idea of getting away and relaxing for 5 minutes, 5 hours, 5 days, weeks or years.  So, come enjoy some "Time Out" on Take Five.