I am a retired professor of English and literature. My boat is named for the skylark in Shelley's "To A Skylark." The poem begins "Hail to thee Blithe Spirit. . . ." The aura of mystery and mastery that surrounds the bird in the poem inspired me in naming my boat. My 1999 C36MkII is the second boat that I have named Blithe Spirit. The first was a 1984 Pearson 34. Roland Burns #1762