{"id":51302,"date":"2020-06-24T11:12:17","date_gmt":"2020-06-24T12:12:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/?p=51302"},"modified":"2021-05-18T13:34:59","modified_gmt":"2021-05-18T14:34:59","slug":"the-story-behind-futurismos-boats-names","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/the-story-behind-futurismos-boats-names\/","title":{"rendered":"The story behind Futurismo’s boats names"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Have you ever thought about the curious names of Futurismo Whale Watching Azores boats<\/a>? Cetus, Mirone and Alfredo Baleeiro are some of those boats that have a story behind! This is your chance to know better about our story, the cultural and linguist meaning behind (spoiler alert) some of them \ud83d\ude09 <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Artemis<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The name Artemis represents a family tribute from the company’s founders and it also has a mythological meaning. Artemis is the Greek goddess of the Hunt, wildlife and one of the most respected in the Greek mythology. This zodiac boat (also called RIB boat) is 7,5 meters long, 3 meters wide and is part of Futurismo since 1996. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Cafre<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The boat Cafre is a tribute to the Azorean cultural heritage. The origin of the name Cafre is the Portuguese adaptation from English, or Azorean adaptation if you prefer, of the word “calf”, which is a baby whale in English. In the Azores, the majority of the whaling vocabulary is adapted to Portuguese, instead of the proper translation from English. The American whaling boats brought this activity to our region and the population was not fluent in English, so they managed to adapt most of the words. This explains the reason behind our tribute and the similarity of the words “calf” and Cafre. This zodiac boat is 8,5 meters long, 2,7 meters wide and has a capacity of 16 passengers. <\/p>\n\n\n\n