Looking out at Padanaram Harbor, it’s easy to be enthralled by the quantity of boats. Dartmouth Week felt the same way, so we followed our curiosity all the way to Harbormaster Steve Melo’s office and asked for a printout of boat stats. Here’s what we found:

Chart 1: Where are the registered boats coming from?

We located all the registered boats via state. We found that outside of the 92.6 percent of boats coming from Massachusetts, New York is the next biggest supplier with 1.6 percent of boats registered from the Empire State. Smaller contributions include .1 percent each from California, Kentucky, Ohio, and Washington state.

Stats: California, .1 percent; Connecticut, .8 percent; Florida, 1.2 percent; Indiana, .2 percent; Kentucky, .1 percent; Maine, .2 percent; Maryland, .3 percent; Massachusetts, 92.6 percent; Missouri, .2 percent; New Hampshire, .2 percent; New Jersey, .4 percent; New York, 1.6 percent; Ohio, .1 percent; Pennsylvania, .6 percent; Rhode Island, 1.1 percent; Virginia, .2 percent; Washington, .1 percent.

Chart 2: What are the most popular colors for power boats registered in Dartmouth?

White was overwhelmingly popular for both power and sailboats. Sixty-seven percent of all powerboats were white, with runner-ups being blue, green, and gray.

Stats: White, 67 percent; blue, 13.9 percent; green, 4.8 percent; gray, 3.5 percent; multi-color, 2.8 percent; black, 2.1 percent; cream, .9 percent; red, .9 percent; yellow, .9 percent; tan, .7 percent; wood, .2 percent; and aluminum, .2 percent. Powerboats with unidentified colors amounted for 2.1 percent of the total.

Chart 3: What are the most popular colors for sail boats registered in Dartmouth?

Again, white was overwhelmingly popular, with 67.2 percent of all registered sailboats in Dartmouth being white. Blue, green, and black were the next most popular colors.

Stats: White, 67.2 percent; blue, 13.0 percent; green, 3.7 percent; black, 3.3 percent; tan, 1.2 percent; yellow, 1.2 percent; red, 1.2 percent; gray, 1.0 percent; multi-color, 1.0 percent; wood, .8 percent; cream, .6 percent; and orange, .2 percent. Sailboats with unidentified colors account for 5.8 percent of all registered sailboats.

Chart 4: What types of boats are registered in Dartmouth?

The majority of boats registered in Dartmouth are sailboats. They account for 53.5 percent of the boat population.

Stats: Sailboats, 53.5 percent; powerboats, 44.9 percent; and unknown, 1.7 percent.

10 boat names you might enjoy:

These are the top 10 boat names on the registration list that made us giggle, and, we hypothesize, that they will make you laugh as well.

Kazoo Feathers, Hippocampus, Green Cheese, Fiberduck, Chicken Lips, Bandersnatch, Toads Hull, Pukwudgee, Starfleet Command, and Scary Monster.

Five fun facts:

There is one camo boat registered in Dartmouth. (We counted it under “multi-color.) It is a 17-foot powerboat manufactured by Duck Boat.

There are three boats named after alcohol: Mojito, Merlot, and Margarita.

There are six boats named “Moondance.”

There are eight boats named with the word “blue,” for example, Blue Bird, Blue Moon, and Blue Magic. Blue Fin is the only of those boats that is not actually colored blue; it’s a white sailboat.

There are five boats with “summer” in the name, but we’re wondering what “Summery Judgement” refers to.

All data is self-reported to the Dartmouth harbormaster during registration.