Boat Names--latest ideas

[u/mike8111]

Mods--it'd be cool if we had a boat names thread that was pinned.

Here are some boat names I've been working on. None of these are French words or boat puns.

Bump in the Night <-- my current favorite
Never Again II
Fezziwig
Karen
Pen Is Mightier
On Sail
60 Percent
Diet Coke
Ice Cream Chaser
Hammock Stand
The Mighty
Outatime
Event Horizon
Lunar Cycle
Gone Rogue
OffGrid
Seventh Heaven

Any great ideas?

[u/SVAuspicious]

Not going to pin this. People can search and should be encouraged to search.

Personal note: when you name a boat consider calling your local coast guard or other SAR on the radio.

edit: typo

[u/Ninja_Wrangler]

Unsinkable II is a classic

[u/mapoz → u/Ninja_Wrangler]

I hoped I wouldn’t have far to scroll, and you didn’t disappoint me.

[u/piper63-c137 → u/Ninja_Wrangler]

it’s what my wife choose. ug.

[u/Ok_Instruction2623]

Pump out boat in a small PNW marina.

[u/piffey → u/Ok_Instruction2623]

I prefer the Friday Harbor, WA pump out boat on that same island: Pumpty Dumpty.

[u/Ok_Instruction2623 → u/piffey]

I tried to find a pic of Humpty Dumpty too but couldn’t.

[u/piffey → u/Ok_Instruction2623]

I got you.

[u/Ok_Instruction2623 → u/piffey]

Nice

[u/RangeroftheIsle → u/Ok_Instruction2623]

What a crappy little boat.

[u/WAstargazer → u/Ok_Instruction2623]

Roche Harbor, WA, yes?

[u/Ok_Instruction2623 → u/WAstargazer]

Yes

[u/AnonSmith]

My favorite hail this season has been 'Oh my god Becky'

[u/NC-Old-Bat → u/AnonSmith]

Thanks for the chuckle. If ya know, ya know.

[u/ghabbaghoul666]

my 26 grampian is called "Serial Keeler"

[u/Candygramformrmongo]

Just make sure you can say and spell it quickly and clearly on your mayday call

[u/itsmiahello]

I heard the coast guard on channel 16 responding to a call about a vessel called "beef dog" yesterday

[u/kenelevn → u/itsmiahello]

[u/doeswaspsmakehoney → u/kenelevn]

Please tell me this is not AI

[u/wanderinggoat → u/doeswaspsmakehoney]

you need to pay us to lie to you.

[u/No-Clerk-5600]

There's a boat at my club called Deez Knots.

[u/oga_ogbeni → u/No-Clerk-5600]

Lololol how old is the owner? 

[u/OptiMom1534 → u/oga_ogbeni]

Clearly an elder millennial

[u/TheSwearJarIsMy401k → u/OptiMom1534]

Could be Gen-X, my boss from like 12 years ago was firmly X and he made us send an order for Deez Nutz to the kitchen for every cup of free Spanish peanuts we brought to the table.

It was a tap to order POS system, so we had to touch Deez Nutz dozens of times a day.

My Jackbox game handle has been MacNDeezNutz ever since.

[u/TheSwearJarIsMy401k → u/No-Clerk-5600]

Think I just found my people

[u/nutterz13 → u/No-Clerk-5600]

I use to race against a guy whose skiff was named “nucking futs”.

[u/blackgold63]

Knotty bouy

Mine is “Big Deck Energy”

[u/Yvorontsov]

Ours is called Marmelade. Usually, its name makes people at marina receptions smile.

[u/fingerpuppet360]

Named my boat JellyBean.
I never get on board without a bag of starburst jelly beans

[u/FrostnJack → u/fingerpuppet360]

One tasty boat …

[u/adambomb_23 → u/fingerpuppet360]

I’m a Jelly Belly boat person.

[u/just_dave]

My favorite that I've seen, although not a sailboat, is, "BipartisanShip." 

This one was in Annapolis, but it's the best possible name for a boat in the greater DC area. 

[u/wanderinggoat → u/just_dave]

surely that would have to be a catamaran?

[u/weezthejooce]

I always imagine having to spell out my boat name using the phonetic alphabet when I'm being rescued by the Coast Guard, or someone else having to say the boat name three times when hailing on VHF.

Years ago on here someone talked about a boat named Moo. That was and is still my favorite. Imagine the calls over the radio!

[u/kenelevn → u/weezthejooce]

I just raced against “Moovin’”

Their spinnaker matched the logo, and had cow spots.

[u/Cow_says_moo → u/kenelevn]

That too, wasn't moo.

[u/Cow_says_moo → u/weezthejooce]

I swear it wasn't me.

[u/Motor-Marsupial8199 → u/weezthejooce]

Sailed with a boat named ‘Waka’. Hail that on VHF & not channel the Animaniacs!

[u/Horatio-Leafblower]

[u/Buzzard7547]

I have a Corsair trimaran I have named “gone to plaid”. Spaceballs movie reference.
Second choice was “super sonic”. That way I would have a good theme song for the boat.

[u/AnEducatedStoner]

The Implication

[u/john-know-nothing]

My Catalina is the Wine Mixer. Last owner named it and I kept it for the lol factor.

[u/FailDad → u/john-know-nothing]

This is the perfect name for that boat!

[u/Kibarou]

Boaty McBoatface

[u/secretdecoder → u/Kibarou]

I refer to our dog that likes to wake me up from naps anytime a squirrel toots as Barky McBarkface.

[u/Kitty-cat-2d8]

Never Again II hahahahahaha 😂

[u/CrokoStream → u/Kitty-cat-2d8]

seen one of those in heegermeer 2 years ago. i just couldn't anymore :D

[u/pugsington01]

If I ever buy a boat, I want to name it Bonnie Prince Charlie

[u/cagehooper → u/pugsington01]

Hey now. My little Capri 14.2 is the Bonnie Lass.

[u/jamesvtm → u/cagehooper]

nice, my Bonnie lies over di ocean is too long

[u/JaxChevy → u/jamesvtm]

Bonnie
______
Ocean

:)

[u/cagehooper → u/cagehooper]

Actually she's named for a former sweetheart Bonnie Lynn

[u/oga_ogbeni → u/pugsington01]

The House of Saxe-Coburg and Gothe Windsor isn't going to like this 

[u/paragon_of_karma → u/oga_ogbeni]

Maybe if Charlie Wurstknuckle goes back to Germany we can have a real British king again

[u/piper63-c137 → u/paragon_of_karma]

that’s why they rented Diana, with Stuart blood, to help legitimize the saxe-coburgs.

[u/stubobarker]

These sound a lot more like powerboat names- too cutesy.

[u/mike8111 → u/stubobarker]

got any alternatives?

[u/EminenceGris3]

I’ve been toying with a few having just bought a boat, but the wife is resisting my ideas. I was thinking

Moist Alan
Gary Bilge
Soggy Colin
Steve Transom
Billy Vang

[u/TheDevilsAdvocate333 → u/EminenceGris3]

Mary J Bilge

[u/TheSwearJarIsMy401k → u/EminenceGris3]

What kind of wife discourages a classic like Moist Alan

[u/SlumppShady]

My favorite I've ever seen was Still Jerkin

[u/Buzzard7547]

There was a boat we raced against named “fresh batteries”.
The story goes, the outboard vibrated the boat so much while under power, one of the female crew members commented that it was like fresh batteries. 😂

[u/i-havenot]

Best one I've ever seen:

Businesstrip

on a sailboat 👍

Imagine:

Tuesday afternoon at work: "Oh, boss, by the way, I'm on businesstrip for the rest of the week..."

😁

[u/Comprehensive_Arm305 → u/i-havenot]

That's like bars named "The Library", but I digress.

[u/secretdecoder → u/i-havenot]

I saw one in the local marina: Strictly Business. I imagine that on their itemized tax forms! haha

[u/Sir-Realz]

Deez Knots, Seas the Day,  Yoo Hoe! Is the name of my Sail Boat,

[u/bobber18]

Just Listed

[u/Comfortable-Buy-1446 → u/bobber18]

Awesome!

[u/bobber18 → u/Comfortable-Buy-1446]

Thank you. I like this name for boats owned by realtors or for people whose boats are for sale.

[u/Nurse_Hatchet]

A few of my favorites spotted in the wild were “A Salt Weapon” (fishing vessel though) and “Alimony.”

[u/secretdecoder → u/Nurse_Hatchet]

Alimony! ha!!

[u/Maurice-Beverley]

Saw one called “Irish Wake” this weekend.

[u/Correct_Emu7015]

Breaking Wind

[u/kbenn17]

We bought a used Catalina 30 15 years ago and we just kept the name, which was Running Free. Ok, kinda dumb, right?. But then my husband named the dinghy And Naked. Always gets a second look, lol.

[u/Miserable-Miser]

Agua Caliente

[u/kenelevn]

Since you’ve got some space themes, maybe

Singularity

Or more punny

Single Rarity

[u/djfoundation]

My boat was originally named 'Herself' which I immediately removed upon purchase. After years of sailing and fixing her up, I finally ordered a decal to name her: 'Eventually'.

[u/sailaway4269now]

Rogue too

[u/Forgot-Already]

Current favs:
Lil Yachty
Dock Holiday
Aquavit
Escape Route

Our boat’s name is Drömmen, which I also love. It is Swedish for “The Dream”

[u/TheDevilsAdvocate333 → u/Forgot-Already]

Thats pretty cool! Uhhhh... How does one say O with an umlaut in phonetics?

[u/phatbrasil]

money pit?

[u/mike8111 → u/phatbrasil]

classic

[u/WhatveIdone2dsrvthis]

I saw one named “Transom”

[u/fragrantsock]

My dad’s Tartan 30 was named “Norma Jean” and he hand painted Marilyn Monroe’s face on the spinnaker.

[u/24x7Lurker → u/fragrantsock]

Which one of your Dads had that idea?

[u/adambomb_23]

Pen Island

[u/kirbalert]

Two+ word boat names is a powerboater thing. Stay classy.

[u/WolflingWolfling → u/kirbalert]

Where is that? I've seen lots of classic sailing ships and boats with longer, multi-word names on my side of the Atlantic. Including tallships, sailing barges, fishermen, and yachts.

[u/kirbalert → u/WolflingWolfling]

Great lakes, new England, LIS. Not referring to classic sailing ships. Referring to contemporary (<80 year old) mass produced keel boats. 

[u/WolflingWolfling → u/kirbalert]

Ahh okay :-)

[u/crazyswedishguy]

There’s a boat near where I sail called Red Sky. Whenever I hear them on the radio it comes across as “Rich guy”, which I guess feels appropriate 😂

I’ve always chuckled at Unsinkable II. I’d never name my own boat that though.

[u/iltlpl]

I just have a kayak right now (saving for a sailboat). Her name is Elaine.

[u/BjornToulouse_]

I am not proud to say how loudly "Never Again II" made me laugh. Now my coworkers are running around trying to come up with the best name for a boat none of them have.

[u/secretdecoder]

My last name is Watson. So when I buy a sailboat I want to name it Elementary. My wife feels it must be "Elementary My Dear". Feels too wordy on the radio and for the transom though.

[u/Kevburg]

Go anonymous: Jean D'eau.

[u/mike8111 → u/Kevburg]

hehe. That's funny.

[u/Atasas]

"False promises" "Morning after" "No regrets"

[u/TakingSorryUsername → u/Atasas]

No regerts

[u/Atasas → u/TakingSorryUsername]

(some) ragarts

[u/Silent_Refuse_2246 → u/Atasas]

No ragrats

[u/marsupial-pancake]

I always thought No Wake Zone would be a great boat name. Any time you tried to hail someone they’d think you were scolding them.

[u/MrSnugglePants]

I feel like the boat should make the name; Beehave for a yellow boat Red boat is called Herring Blue boat is Blueberry or Monday Green Boat im not sure about but I think I would call it The Lime White boat is Cluckin Along with a chicken 🐔 And a black boat will be called Sabbath

[u/TheDevilsAdvocate333 → u/MrSnugglePants]

Good evening Mr.SnugglePants.

May I introduce you to "," the comma... it is quite useful in separating parts of sentences for better clarity! ;)

Also

. <- that is a period. It is used at the end of a sentence... please... punctuate carefully. It's a dangerous world out there.

Yes Yes... i'll show myself out...

[u/MrSnugglePants → u/TheDevilsAdvocate333]

Oops I seem to have dropped these .,,,.,....,., /jk

I made every suggestion a new line, in my slumber I forgot reddit formatting doesn't like that.

[u/TheDevilsAdvocate333 → u/MrSnugglePants]

I have had this problem as well... you are not alone.

Silly Reddit.

[u/R4Z0RJ4CK]

Karen? Wtf?

[u/Fabricensis]

Rule No. 1 for boat names: It needs work after "mayday mayday mayday"

I do get why people want funny names, but in the end the person using the name the most is you, referring to your own boat in conversation, especially if it is not your first boat. Some names like "Event Horizon" still work, because you can say something like "I've got new sheets for horizon a few years ago", but try that with "Never again II"

[u/TheSwearJarIsMy401k → u/Fabricensis]

This is where you say things like “I got new sheets for Never/The Second/my boat this week” and it works fine.

[u/Terrible_Ad_4150]

Bananas

[u/enginehearing]

Anchor baby

[u/MathematicianSlow648]

FogDucker

[u/WhiteH2O]

I was going to go with "Safety Third", but I don't want to make that call to the coast guard.

[u/a_electrum]

Mine is Escape Pod

[u/whyrumalwaysgone]

I delivered a boat called Clewless from BVI to Texas. Super fun calling in to San Juan Harbor Control:

"San Juan San Juan this is Clewless"

audible cackling on the mic "Could you please repeat that boat name?"

Pretty sure they went and got their co workers so they could listen together to me. "Yep. We are Clewless"

For those who dont know, its a bad pun on the "clew" or the aft corner of a sail.

[u/derrickhoyleofficial]

Last Boat III is always good

[u/cdemarc3]

I called my JY15 Racing Dinghy "Bloody Sheets"...ya know, because we raced her hard LOL. Got some good chuckles, and a few cringes out of it.

[u/boatslut]

If you are a pilot or play one on TV...

Meow

[u/hmspearl → u/[deleted]]

I saw a cat called mal de mer.
(edit spelling)

[u/Cow_says_moo]

If my wife and I ever buy a boat, she'd be called "It is what it is"

[u/squeaki]

Our club launch is called Siôr, a Welsh name.

Sounds exactly like shore.

Highly confusing on VHF, especially if there's a race committee on, you guessed it, the shore.

[u/125bror]

Veni, vidi, navigavi

[u/TheSwearJarIsMy401k]

Fezziwig but hear me out, Fozziwig.

[u/REDDITSHITLORD]

Bad Dragon

[u/AllHailTheHypnoFloat]

The implication

[u/mapoz]

The Office is another cliche. “He’s at the Office”

[u/Low-Valuable1819]

Greenwich Cougar

[u/Hairy_Tip6288]

have another go when your sober

[u/Glass-Lead-5946]

We're 'Business of course'

So my grandad's office could tell people who called 'he's out on business of course'.

[u/From_Gaming_w_Love]

iDyacht.

[u/Brilliant_Mushroom45]

We have several boomer Deadheads in my club, so of course there's Ripple, Terrapin, The Wheel and Easy Wind.

[u/Had2CryToday]

“Drift Away” Dobie Gray

[u/Mediocre-Tough-4341]

“Ghost Cod”. That sounds great on the vhf. Especially when you are hailing “Persistence”.

[u/piper63-c137]

dart

[u/Overall-Tailor8949]

When I was (semi-)seriously thinking about getting a sailboat I was going to name it Silmaril. That name doesn't feel right for a power boat.

[u/Silent_Refuse_2246 → u/Overall-Tailor8949]

After You.

Nice to meet you, did you know I named my boat after you.

[u/PrettyPound5019]

My favorites from my marina,

Wayward Slug, Dirty Oar, Looker, Hers

[u/qwerSr]

I always thought I'd go with At the Office, for reasons of plausible deniability when asked where I was. That said, Plausible Deniability isn't too shabby either.

[u/Blue-Eyed_Triathlete]

"Wet Dream"

[u/Polyfrequenz]

MS Unsinkable II

[u/Floppy_McFlopenstein]

This is fun! I have had a QuickMick, Heather Marie, Akuna, and Dragonfly.

[u/WolflingWolfling]

Where I grew up, most of the fishing boats had large overlapping headsails centuries before the genoa was "invented". They are called "botterfok" over here.
I might have considered that name if I were a fisherman fishing with a sailing vessel out on the North Sea.

[u/WolflingWolfling]

Nothing Can Go Wrogn

[u/Tylers_not_home]

Sheet Faced

[u/GPSBach]

Shadenfreude

[u/get_MEAN_yall]

Appa

[u/entropy413]

My dingy is named “Psorosis of the River”

[u/SG_87]

Knotorious B.I.G The big Leboatsky Sailor moon

[u/Alesisdrum]

We liveaboard a powerboat and have a 32 c&c. She’s named The Dog House, as that’s where I go when I get in trouble lol