Boat Names - the Blog

The Crown Jewels

2009-07-02T10:40:00.004-04:00

Received the following message from a nice retired couple with a nice boat. Please check out their story and suggest some boat names for them, and maybe they'll take me for a ride:

We own a 43 tiara sovran, tiara's company boat name is Crown Jewel, so something related to jewelry would be fitting for this boat. Our last boat name was Porta Party, but lately (because of porta potties) everyone was mispronouncing the name. We are retired living in SW Florida, had a trucking business and belong to a boating club.

High Maintenance Boat Name

2009-06-24T18:51:00.007-04:00

Just got the following message, which kind of cracked me up. Can you help with some ideas for boat names please? One downside for our vinyl lettering business, Custom Boat Names, is that this model doesn't look like it has much room to actually put a boat name on it! Oh well, that's no reason not to name her!

I will admit, I'm a little high maintenance. = )

We have a 5 year old daughter that is just as bad. = )

We like to just cruise and relax with our friends and our vodka and rum drinks.

Okay, then! Submit your boat name ideas below the picture of this family's Crownline. Oh, and by the way, the family in the picture are the models from Crownline's website, not the actual family that needs their boat named here, so please just focus on the message and the boat. Good luck!

Another Fireman Another Boat Name

2009-06-18T19:32:00.004-04:00

Why do we get so many reqeusts for boat name help from firemen? I wonder if a large percentage of firemen are boaters? Maybe being surrounded by water is the best place not to think about work when you're in the business of putting out fires.

Anyway, here's our latest request:

Tried to make a name out of our initials, but no luck. However, maybe we could go another avenue. He is a fireman and I do MRI. Need some imagination. What do you think? We like to fish and have fun with friends on our boat.

Help a fireman out. Please add your suggestions for boat names below.

We Have A Winner

2009-06-10T22:27:00.004-04:00

Actually, we have SIX winners. And, we have a name for the boat being rowed across the ocean this December by a courageous team of women from around the US. The name the boat contest, which ran in March of this year, was sponsored by Ask the Boater and Custom Boat Names.

There were hundreds of great boat names submitted, but the grand prize winner - chosen by the team - is a good one. I have to admit, I had to Google it to figure out its meaning. The winning name - Festina Lente - couldn't be more appropriate for a boat that is being rowed across the Atlantic Ocean.

Congratulations to our First Prize winner, Larry, who came up with the winning boat name and is receiving over $500 worth of prizes, including:

1. Perricone M.D. skin care products (value $100)
(Includes: Full-sized Face Finishing Moisturizer and Nutritive Cleanser)
2. In home computer service from NerdsToGo (value $100)
3. Defying Empire - A book by Thomas Truxes (value $30)
4. Autographed copy of the book Guide to Pirate Parenting
5. Russell Organics gift set of Organic Shower Gel from SpaSkin.com (value $64)
6. Vinyl Boat Lettering Package from Custom Boat Names (value $100)
7. Gift Certificate to Boat Name Gear (value $100)

Additionally, five runner ups, Joe, John, Ron, Lou, and William, were chosen at random and will win prizes valued from $20 to $70 each.

Thank you to everybody that helped make this contest so successful, and to our sponsors without whom we would be giving away a crappy thank you note a pat on the back.

Congratulations to all our winners, and most of all, congratulations to the team for finally having a new boat name!

Her Boat, Her Boat Name

2009-05-28T23:50:00.003-04:00

Another boat name request from a female boat owner came in recently.

Sounds like it's her boat so it will be up to her to choose the boat name, but she can't think of one.

Please comment below with boat name suggestions.

Here's her message:

260 Sundancer, female owner, Automotive Designer, mother of two, married 30 years, like martini's and captain morgan.

Single Girl Seeks EFAOBN

2009-05-27T23:27:00.005-04:00

Just received this picture and request for help with boat names this evening and bumped it to the top of the blog.

In addition to sending us the message below with a picture of the actual boat she wants us to help her name, this girl indicated that she likes to socialize with other boaters, and I'm sure she will have the time of her life on her first boat.

In case you're wondering, FAOBN = Extremely Funny And Original Boat Names

Anyway, here's her pic and message. Add your boat name ideas below.

I am a single girl who just purchased her own first powerboat. I enjoy the water and am looking for an extremely funny and original boat name. I am pretty creative, but am looking for some suggestions for my new boat.

Comment below with your boat name suggestions.

Sailboat Name Needed

2009-05-21T07:57:00.004-04:00

Yesterday I received a brief boat name request from Mike Orren.

He's in news/media. Wife is an attorney.

Any suggestions for Mike's green beauty? Please post them here.

Power couple needs a boat name

2009-05-16T00:12:00.002-04:00

I just re-read the email below and can't think of anything yet for this power couple trying to name their yacht. Any suggestions?
message:

I am a physician(anesthesiologist) and my spouse is an accountant(Chief Financial officer). We just bought our first boat which is a gently used Carver 410 sport sedan. We were both divorced before meeting via online dating. She is Hungarian/Scottish mix and I am Chinese. We were thinking of something taking our different jobs or our cultures into consideration. So far we had Eurasian Star as a possibility. Please any suggestions would be appreciated.

Boat Names for a Lynch Mob

2009-05-16T00:09:00.001-04:00

Just received this request. Can you suggest some boat names for this family?

I'm trying to help my Dad come up with a name for his boat. His last name is Lynch (already did Lynch Mob). He's a grandfather we call Poppi, and wife we call Mimi. He's a therapist and also he's been a sailor his whole life and finally went to a motor boat. He's really into his family and everyone plans to go on the boat together. Any personal suggestions would be great. Thank you!

Fishing and Hunting Boat Name

2009-05-08T00:46:00.002-04:00

I received the following message last week and haven't been able to come with a good boat name to help them out. If you can think of a good one, please post comments below:

I fish Lake Michigan primarily for Salmon and Trout, I also enjoy hunting waterfowl too.

I live in Indiana right by Lake Michigan.

My boat is an 18 foot Starcraft.

Play Ball

2009-05-08T00:43:00.004-04:00

I recently received an email from a woman who was trying to help a retired pro baseball player name his boat. The anonymous player was a catcher in the majors who bought a powerboat to spend his free time on.

Any boat name suggestions? Please add your ideas below.

Diesel and Stiletto Shoes

2009-05-02T13:40:00.004-04:00

Here is a great hodgepodge of thoughts from a family looking for a boat name. Look at the picture of their boat, put these ideas together, and what do you get? Hmmmm...

Diesel, any thing to do with trucks, stiletto shoes, Roxy (our dog), parties, mechanic, water skiing, socializing with other boaters.

Happy Family Boat Names

2009-04-29T01:16:00.003-04:00

No matter what type of product or service you sell, there's not much better than hearing from a happy customer. When you ship something like vinyl lettering all over the country, you often only hear from customers when they need help removing old boat name lettering, or concocting a boat re-naming ceremony.

So when a customer takes the time to send photos of the finished product, in use, and write something nice, it is very rewarding to know all your hard work was not for nothing.

Here's the brief email I received from a customer of Custom Boat Names from Cleveland that made my Tuesday:

Our lettering looks great and was simple to apply. Attached are a couple of pictures if you’d like to use on your site.

Thank you!
Lisa

If you'd like a boat name like Lisa's, please visit Custom Boat Names.

Big family needs a big boat name

2009-04-19T23:55:00.005-04:00

Finally, a boat name request with some teeth. Kudos to this boat owner for giving us something to work with.

Now, get your creative juices flowing, and find this big family a boat name for their big new boat! Comment below with your boat name suggestions.

Here's their story:

We had a 23 foot boat before and we are so happy to have finally purchased a 27 foot Baja.
We have 4 kids.
We love to boat and hang out with friends on the lake.
It's what we love to do All Summer Long.

A unique boat name for a first boat

2009-04-19T23:51:00.002-04:00

Not much to go on here, but perhaps if we post some ideas, the boat owner will be navigated on the right course. If, somehow, this boat name request inspires your creativity, please post boat name ideas below:

I want a name is different than what I am seeing on the net.

This is my first boat.

I am married and have two children.

A boat name to fish and drink with

2009-04-17T23:42:00.000-04:00

This short and sweet message is a cry for help and a boat name request all in one. Can you please help these folks out with some boat name ideas by commenting below?

My honey, myself, my brother and his wife bought a cabin cruiser.

We love to fish and drink and enjoy the water and being away from it all.
Thanks!

Boat Name the First

2009-04-11T10:30:00.003-04:00

A lot of people have been asking me about the regulations regarding boat names, and there are plenty, and none, all at the same time and depending on where you boat.

However, I just came across an interesting post about the use of numbers at the end of the boat name on a true cruiser's blog - Benners Adrift.

Upon meeting up with some friends and seeing their new boat, they write:

Who names their boat Mystic 1? How does someone know, when buying and naming their first boat Mystic that there will be another boat and that they will want to name it Mystic as well thereby necessitating the addition of the numeral 1 to the nomenclature? (read their full post)

Good point. I can't argue with the apparent presumptiousness of naming your first boat with a "one" or "the first".

However, it is true in some countries - at least I've heard of this in Canada - that you cannot repeat a boat name that is already registered. (Don't worry - not the case in the US). For example, if registering a boat in Canada, and the name "Mystic" was already taken, the authorities may recommend you name your boat "Mystic II" or "Mystic 2".

Perhaps this was the case here, and the owners simply decided to name it "Mystic 1" since it wasn't their 2nd Mystic but their first... Even if there may never be a "Mystic 2".

A boat name that is Nauti and Nice

2009-04-06T00:45:00.003-04:00

Just received the following fun- and pun- filled message from a family trying to name their boat. Any suggestions?

We just bought a new boat...a 2004 Bayliner 245 cruiser...we have 2 daughter's ages 9 & 7...

so we don't want a name "too" perverted or anything...

i was thinking wet dream but decided it was little too "nauti" since it's a "family affair"...

however we also do a lot of partying~ adults only also... husband doesn't want the name to have anything to do with alcohol...says it will attract the boat police...

My husband works for a moving company and travels a lot...

I am currently a homemaker... no major hobbies other than boating!
good luck!!

UCONN Boat

2009-04-03T20:27:00.004-04:00

It's nice to have an excuse to write about UCONN on the weekend that their men's basketball team is playing in the Final Four.

Rowing News Magazine told me, via Twitter, that the UCONN women’s rowing team is honoring a retiring UCONN Professor, Sam Witryol by naming their racing shell after him.

The shell (that's rowing terminology for boat) is called Witryol’s Wake, Professor Sam. She (yup, even though it's named after a he, a boat is always a she) was christened with the new name at a UCONN men’s basketball game in December 2008, and will be rowed by the varsity rowing team this season. Full story from UCONN Advance Magazine.

We're on Twitter, too. Follow us at http://twitter.com/FirstBoat

*Photo by Peter Morenus

Is it ok to name a kayak?

2009-04-03T17:54:00.004-04:00

I don't know what I liked more about this post from Andy's Building Things Blog - the discussion of boat naming (such as whether or not it's proper to name a kayak), or the reference to the brilliant British Darts Quiz Show.

The quiz looks a little like the Price Is Right, only with more darts.

As a purveyor of boat names, I definitely found the blog more informative, if not more entertaining. Especially after seeing the depth at which Andy discusses boat names, not just in the aforementioned post, but also in this older one about Vesper. I also like the name Pacifier, especially if you have young'uns.

By the way, I think it's perfectly fine to put a name on a kayak.

What do you think? Is a kayak worthy of a boat name?

Name The Boat Contest

2009-03-12T22:53:00.001-04:00

Over $650.00 in prizes to help a Trans-Atlantic rowing team name their boat. The first prize is a package worth over $500 and there are 5 additional prizes!

About the Boat

This is not just any boat you're helping to name - it is a boat that will be rowed in the 2009 Woodvale Challenge Atlantic Rowing Race from La Gomera, Canary Islands to Antigua, West Indies (approximately 2,900 nautical miles across the Atlantic Ocean). This is currently the only American team signed up for the race, and is one of the few comprised of all women rowers, including Anne Miltenberger, Kelly Nothstein, and Lauren Greenspon, who plan on making history by breaking the world speed record for their crossing, while trying to bring attention to the environment by supporting Keep America Beautiful. Please help them name their boat!

About the Contest

Ask the Boater is co-sponsoring this contest with Custom Boat Names, and it is very easy to enter. Simply click here to enter your one suggestion for a boat name in our entry form.

First Place Package (valued at over $500)

1. Perricone M.D. skin care products (value $100)
(Includes: Full-sized Face Finishing Moisturizer and Nutritive Cleanser)
2. In home computer service from NerdsToGo (value $100)
3. Defying Empire - A book by Thomas Truxes (value $30)
4. Autographed copy of the book Guide to Pirate Parenting
5. Russell Organics gift set of Organic Shower Gel from SpaSkin.com (value $64)
6. Vinyl Boat Lettering Package from Custom Boat Names (value $100)
7. Gift Certificate to Boat Name Gear (value $100)

Additional Prizes

Five additional lucky winners will be chosen randomly for the following prizes:

2 winners will each receive a $25 Gift Certificate to Boat Name Gear (value $25 each)

1 winner will receive an hour of Social Media Consulting provided by Customized Marketing (value $70)

2 winners will each receive a $20 iTunes gift card from Customized Marketing (value $20 each)

Be sure to complete your entry soon - contest ends March 31, 2009!

Click here to enter the contest now.

Empty Nesters Need a Boat Name

2009-02-26T21:52:00.004-05:00

Just received this message. Can you help?

we have a 27ft powerboat we are empty nesters and love boating and Jimmy Buffett but need a name for our boat!

please help

we are in the railroad and medical field

Thanks for your help

Boats and Bars

2009-02-19T10:45:00.003-05:00

Not that kind of Bars! This ain't no Jimmy Buffett song. Please help this fine fellow name his boat.

He likes to socialize with other boaters, fish, loves to gamble and enjoys football.

Best part is his occupation: He works in a maximum security prison!

Can you help this boater name his boat?

Please add boat names as comments below.

Trans Atlantic Rowers Need Help

2009-01-31T11:01:00.004-05:00

Got any boat names ideas for this inspiring team?

In December of this Year my team and I (total of 4) are going to be competing in a Trans Atlantic Rowing race from Africa to the Caribbean. We have an ocean rowing boat we need named so we can start our campaign. The boat is 29.5 feet long and 6 feet wide and has two rowing positions, plus two cabins one main one on one end and a storage one on the other..Please help us.. the slogan of the race is “the world toughest rowing race” below is the link to the race website.We are currently the only American team signed up for the race, and the youngest women’s team to ever compete.

thanks for your help!!

Please post your boat name suggestions below.

Learn more about the Woodvale Challenge here.

Top Boat Names Announced

2009-01-19T10:59:00.000-05:00

FirstBoat.com, the premier online destination for new boaters, today announced its list of the most popular boat names of the past year. The list, compiled by FirstBoat.com in collaboration with CustomBoatNames.com, BoatNameGear.com, and the Boat Name Blog, includes nautical puns, tributes to recent movies and TV shows, and an overall celebration of the boating lifestyle.

Here are the top ten most popular boat names for 2008:

1. Happy Ours
2. Carpe Diem
3. Aqua - Holic
4. State of Mind
5. Anchor Management
6. The Office
7. Feelin' Nauti
8. Yes Dear
9. Sundance
10. Serenity Now

Several of the boat names on the list, such as “Happy Ours”, “State of Mind” and “Carpe Diem”, reflect how much enjoyment people derive from the boating lifestyle. In fact, the popularity of these particular boat names may suggest that boating, for some, offers a temporary respite from the unremitting news about a distressed economy and record-high fuel prices which were experienced during the peak of last year’s boating season.

In general, most of the names on this year’s list of top boat names illustrate that boaters are imaginative and passionate individuals who like to have fun.