The name comes from a children's book that I read and enjoyed as a child, and subsequently read to my own children (I sense that the book has been altered, though I have no proof). I chose the name because it is sufficiently long and different that Wikipedia would register it without a fuss. I live in Toronto, Ontario and am a member of the Royal Canadian Yacht Club, to whose heritage projects I occasionally contribute. This gives me ready access to much of the Club's archival material.