To help boaters with this task, Boat Owners Association of The United States (BoatUS) has a list of over 8,500 boat names given by boaters across the country over the last 20 years. The list can ...

Boats are traditionally called she and her, so boat names skew female, too. Many boats have been named after mythological goddesses , family members, princesses, queens and other female trailblazers.

The current Shark Byte, his eighth sport-fishing boat to carry the name, is a beautiful 73-foot Bayliss that fishes from the Dominican Republic in the Caribbean to Nantucket, and everywhere else in ...

BALTIMORE — After signing all the papers — including the check — to take ownership of a boat, perhaps the most important decision is what to name it. The practice dates back centu… ...

Boat names can be funny or punny, beautiful or nostalgic. They can bring a smile to a stranger's face. (Dml - Star Tribune Star Tribune/The Minnesota Star Tribune) ...

That’s one of memorable tales of the origin of 80 wooden boat names in the new book “Transoms: Painting Names on History” by Faye, Alan, Alice, Mark and Joy Smith, members of the family of ...

I’ve always been intrigued by the names on sterns of boats. Not so much the names, really, as their origins. Their roots, if you will. The names aren’t always what they seem. Take, for ...