I'm not a big fan of crossed anythings. It makes for a busy logo that always looks like an X from a distance. Why not integrate and replace the three prongs on the trident with lightning bolts? It would create a unique look.
--- In electricboats@yahoogroups.com, Raffaele Sena <raff367@...> wrote:
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> I don't know about Pi, sinewaves and lightning bolts, but by association
> (swans = animals, lightning bolts = electricity and water) I thought:
> electric eels :)
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> http://www.istockphoto.com/stock-illustration-5690181-electric-eel.php
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> And if you want you can make it into a sine wave :)
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> -- Raffaele
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> On Wed, May 4, 2011 at 8:17 PM, Greg Martin <ffmagellan@...> wrote:
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> > Very interesting about lightening bolts. I figured there had to be some
> > subconcious reason I liked them. I do feel some sort of masochistic draw to
> > electricity- I was actually almost killed as a child when I stuck a hairpin
> > in an electric socket (seriously- ask my mother!) and being in the military,
> > I saw a lot of lightening bolt symbology in our unit emblems, etc... Oh
> > well, I already made the flag and had the T-shirts printed, I can't change
> > my own boat's logo. I'll see what I can do on Adobe Illustrator with the pi
> > and arrow symbol. That sounds pretty cool, too!
> >
> > -Greg
> >
> > --- In electricboats@yahoogroups.com, rob linda <rob_linda_2000@>
> > wrote:
> > >
> > > Thank you Eric for making my point and slamming the door on lightning
> > bolts.
> > >
> > > What binds this group, is the idea of electric propulsion, "personified"
> > by the electric motor and in an abstract sense, motion as a result of the
> > meeting of an electric conductor in a changing magnetic field.
> > > I suggest 3 symbols constituting the emblem:
> > > 1, MOTION = an arrow like this: Â ---> (no-brainer)
> >
> > > 2.ELECTRIC CURRENT = a sine ? (better ideas?)
> > > 3.MAGNETIC FIELD = Pi (2 horizontal lines (poles), joined by two vertical
> > lines (field)
> > >
> > > So the emblem, I suggest is the symbol for pi, where a sine wave crosses
> > the 2 vertical lines, lowering its amplitude to the right and becoming an
> > arrow.
> > >
> > > My 2 cents
> > >
> > > Rob on Linda
> > >
> > > --- On Wed, 5/4/11, Eric <ewdysar@> wrote:
> > >
> > > From: Eric <ewdysar@>
> >
> > > Subject: Re: [Electric Boats] electric emblem
> > > To: electricboats@yahoogroups.com
> > > Date: Wednesday, May 4, 2011, 11:42 PM
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> > > OK, I found an interesting description of the symbology of lightning:
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> > >
> > > "A bolt of lightning is symbolic. It is a symbol of loss of ignorance. It
> > also represents the punishment of humans from the Gods. In dreams, lightning
> > is a symbol of a terrible event and negativity.
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> > > A thunderbolt is a traditional expression for a discharge of lightning or
> > a symbolic representation thereof. In its original usage the word may also
> > have been a description of meteors, although this is not currently the case.
> > As a divine manifestation it has been a powerful symbol throughout history,
> > and has appeared in many mythologies. Drawing from this powerful
> > association, the thunderbolt is often found in military symbolism and
> > semiotic representations of electricity.
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> > > Lightning plays a role in many mythologies, often as the weapon of a sky
> > and storm god. As such, it is an unsurpassed method of dramatic
> > instantaneous retributive destruction: thunderbolts as divine weapons can be
> > found in most mythologies. The most familiar thunderbolt weapon in the West
> > was that of Zeus or Jupiter. His thunderbolts, manufactured by the cyclopic
> > children of Gaia, were used to strike down impious criminals and divine
> > opponents.
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> > > In Hindu mythology, the god Indra is known as the god of lightning. His
> > main weapon is the thunderbolt (Vajra).
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> > > In Hittite and Hurrian mythology, a triple thunderbolt was one symbol of
> > Teshub.
> > >
> > > In Greek mythology, the thunderbolt is a weapon given to Zeus by the
> > Cyclops.
> > >
> > > In Roman mythology, the thunderbolt is a weapon given to Jupiter by the
> > Cyclops.
> > >
> > > In Maya mythology, Huracan is sometimes represented as three lightning
> > bolts.
> > >
> > > In Norse mythology, Odin's spear Gungnir is an embodiment of lightning.
> > In addition, his son, Thor is specifically the god of thunder and lightning,
> > wielding Mjolnir.
> > >
> > > In Native American mythology, the Ani Hyuntikwalaski ("thunder beings")
> > cause lightning fire in a hollow sycamore tree.
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> > > The thunderbolt continues into the modern world as a prominent symbol; it
> > has entered modern heraldry and military iconography, typically depicted as
> > winged and emitting flames."
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> > > Given all of that, maybe a lightning bolt is not the kind of traditional
> > symbology that I was looking for... :)
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> > > Fair winds,
> > >
> > > Eric
> > >
> > > Marina del Rey, CA
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> > >
> > > Inigo Montoya in the Princess Bride: "You keep using that word. I do not
> > think it means, what you think it means."
> > >
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> > >
> > > --- In electricboats@yahoogroups.com, Skip von Niederinghausen
> > <farharbour@> wrote:
> > >
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> > >
> > > > Maybe the mythological " Thunderbird" might be the best symbol...
> > >
> > > > creating electricity( lightening) by flapping its wings ?
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> > > > On Wed, May 4, 2011 at 5:00 PM, Matthew Geier <matthew@>wrote:
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> > > > > On 04/05/11 20:48, Mike wrote:
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> > > > > > Another thing Swans are rather nasty birds and they hiss at you.
> > Hardy
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> > > > > > a good representative of a quiet Electric Propulsion system.
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> > > > > But otherwise are pretty quiet though. (hence 'mute swan' is one of
> > the
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> > > > > species and the one most seen near people).
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> > > > > Mute swans however are very territorial and will attack almost
> > anything
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> > > > > if it wanders near their nest.
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