Gifts for liveaboards.
Liveaboards are small-space pros. They don't need clutter; they need objects that earn their square inch. A typographic print of the boat name, the canal where she's moored, and the day she became home earns its place on a panelled wall.
The boat-name print.
200gsm semi-glossy paper. A4 fits a galley wall. A3 commands a saloon. A2 hangs above the engine bay if you've got the space. Made to order, posted in five working days.
Pick a moment.
When the house went and the boat became the address. The date that goes on the print.
For someone who's spent a decade wintering in lock-keeper's cottages and summers anywhere with a pub.
First steel from a friend who finally bought the boat they've been talking about for ten years.
For the boater who's selling on, retiring ashore, but wants the name and route to live somewhere.
A few that come up.
- Will it survive damp on the boat?
- Behind glass, yes — paper plus picture frame is fine in any well-ventilated cabin. We don't recommend hanging an unframed print on a galley wall above the hob.
- My boat doesn't have a permanent mooring (CC)
- Type whatever the canal you cruise most is. We've had "the cut, anywhere", "London & the Grand Union", and "wherever the weather sends us" through the customiser.
- Can I use a marina address?
- Yes. Royal Mail and DPD both deliver to most UK marinas; add the marina and berth number to the address line and we'll get it to you.