More boat name ideas

Seven more lists, 150 names each — or see any name set in the typeface it would be cut in.

Open the name generator to see any of these in twenty-one typefaces, or take one straight into the design tool to size it against a photo of your own boat.

Adventure boat names

150 adventure boat names for boats that actually leave

Names about going somewhere, rather than about being somewhere. These suit a boat that crosses, explores or disappears for a season, and they read particularly well in the technical and condensed faces.

WanderlustOdysseyVoyager

The 10 best adventure boat names

  1. 1

    Wanderlust

    The single most requested adventure name. Ten letters, and nobody misreads it.

    See Wanderlust in steel →
  2. 2

    Uncharted

    Nine letters that promise the exact thing everyone buys a boat for.

    See Uncharted in steel →
  3. 3

    Southern Cross

    The constellation you only see once you have gone far enough south. Long, but worth the transom.

    See Southern Cross in steel →
  4. 4

    Terra Incognita

    What cartographers wrote across the blank parts of the map. Fourteen letters, so plan the space.

    See Terra Incognita in steel →
  5. 5

    Cast Off

    The last thing that happens before everything gets better. Seven characters, the best value here.

    See Cast Off in steel →
  6. 6

    Dawn Patrol

    The early start that separates the people who talk about it from the people who go.

    See Dawn Patrol in steel →
  7. 7

    Endurance

    Shackleton ship, crushed by ice, whose entire crew survived. The most loaded name on this page.

    See Endurance in steel →
  8. 8

    Beyond

    Six letters. Says everything and explains nothing.

    See Beyond in steel →
  9. 9

    First Light

    When you actually leave, if you are serious about the passage.

    See First Light in steel →
  10. 10

    Rogue Wave

    The one that comes out of nowhere. Slightly ominous, which is precisely the appeal.

    See Rogue Wave in steel →

All 151 names

If the boat crosses oceans, order 5 mm

Bonded 2 mm letters are fine for coastal use. On a boat that takes green water over the bow on passage, the extra stiffness of 5 mm and a mechanical fixing is worth the difference - a thin letter can be lifted at a corner by a boarding sea, and once one corner lifts the rest follows.

Salt, sun and ten years

316 is the grade specified for marine use because of its molybdenum content, which is what resists chloride pitting. That is the whole reason we do not offer 304 at any price. Every set carries a 10-year warranty against corrosion.

Want to see one on your own boat?

Every name above opens straight in the design tool. Type it, pick from 21 typefaces, choose 2, 3 or 5 mm, and upload a photo of your transom to see the letters at true scale before you order.

Open the name generator

More name lists