One of the topics that comes up here dozens of times is removing a painted on name. I have some things to add for future reference.

Soy based stripper. The boatyard where our boat was stored advised that the soy based strippers were the only way to go. I headed on down to the local box store and sure enough, the most expensive can on the shelf was soy based stripper. Bought the smallest can for $20, tried it three different times with the same results.......no results. It did not remove anything.

Second trip to the box store. Purchased Formbys in a can and another spray, another 30 bucks. Too bad I didn't bring my glasses, got them homw and then read the cautions on the back. Do not use on fiberglass/plastic/yadda yadda. Those went on the shelf in the workshop.

While in the workshop, I found an old container of unused citris stripper. woo hoo, score one for me.......no, cautions said no fiberglass.

Laquer thinner made a small difference. But using it when it is 90* and sunny out is pretty ineffective as it evaporates in seconds.

Acetone. Now we are getting someplace. Same issues though, you can go through a gallon of the stuff to take off one letter because it evaporates so fast. I was told that Acetone works better if you tape a brown paper bag over the lettering to be removed and continue to soak the bag. I didn't try it.

Finally gave up and went back to the internet, stumbled accross a sign painters comments. He said that there is no substitute for Easy Off oven cleaner (which frankly, I always thought was a bad idea). he added that there was actually a second part to the Easy Off process which involved a spray bottle of regular white vinegar. OK, off to the grocery store, 4 bucks worth of HD Easy Off. Stole the white vinegar out of the pantry at the house, poured that into an old spray bottle (rinsed out of course) and headed down to the boat. There is no substitute for Easy Off. The process of removing the names from both sides took less than an hour. The Easy Off turns the gelcoat yellow. The white vinegar spray turns it back to white in just a few seconds after spraying on. I was impressed. I also learned that when the can instructions tell you to wear rubber gloves, you really should wear rubber gloves. Easy Off does remove the skin from your fingers. The good news is that white vinegar sprayed on to your fingers also neutralizes the chemicals there.