ALEXANDRIA, Va. — Boat names can reveal much about the personality, passion and experiences of a boat owner. And this year’s BoatU.S. list of the Top Ten Most Popular Boat Names is particularly revealing.

Based on this year’s survey by BoatU.S. – the nation’s leading advocate for recreational boaters – the following are the top 10 most popular boat names in the nation.

1. Seas the Day: While this boat owner may feel they have no control over their declining retirement account, he or she is completely in charge while boating and intends to get the most out of the boating lifestyle. This is the sixth all-time appearance of this name, making it and its cousin, Carpe Diem, two of the most popular boat names since BoatU.S. began tracking in 1991.

2. Summer Daze: A combination of warm weather and long days spent afloat on sunsplashed waterways may have put this boater in a dreamlike state.

3. Second Chance: Perhaps this boat owner has had a life-changing experience and feels their boat now gives them a second lease on life. “Second Wind” is the sailboat equivalent.

4. Aqua-Holic: On the Top 10 list for the last seven years, this boat name illustrates a boater’s chronic love for the waterways.

5. Wind Seeker: No doubt a true sailboat name for a wanderer or racer.

6. Dream Weaver: Like the 1976 Gary Wright song of the same name, which muses about an escape to a dream land, this boat owner may weave memories of good days spent on the water, sheltering them from the pressures of day-to-day life.

7. Black Pearl: The name of a fast, stealthy and intimidating fictional ship from Disney’s Pirates of the Caribbean films.

8. Hydrotherapy: Takes into account the healing nature that boating provides this boat owner.

9. The Salt Shaker: If you know what a “parrot head” is, you’ll know what The Salt Shaker is for. On a Saturday night, this boat and its Jimmy Buffett-loving owner could be the most popular in the marina.

10. Sea Quest: This boat owner likely grew up watching Jacques Cousteau TV specials and wants to explore the world with their boat.

As an added bonus this year, BoatU.S. has released the 10 boat names that were voted by the editors of BoatU.S. Magazine to be the most humorous.

1. What College Fund?: With three out of four boat-owning households making less than $100,000 a year, where else are you going to get the money?

2. Stocks-N-Blonds: Clear- ly someone still has a job on Wall Street.

3. Anchor Management: The calming effect that boating brings.

4. Sweet Em-Ocean: A floating love shack? Or just a huge Aerosmith fan?

5. Knotty Buoy: The Johnny Depp of boaters.

6. Reel-e Fish-ent: Could teach Cpt. Sig Hansen of the Discovery Channel series Deadliest Catch a thing or two about fishing.

7. A-Frayed Knot: Fearless in their ability to tie bowline.

8. O-Sea-D: Obsessive, compulsive and loving the ocean.

9. A Loan Again: Either cruising for a date or has purchased their boat on credit.

10. Really Big Car: Small boat complex?

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