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Personalised narrowboat name canvas: your boat, wrapped and ready to hang.

Her name, her canal and the day it mattered, on a canvas. No photo needed. From £51.49.

£51.4930x40 cm · Canvas

a life on the cut Kingfisher KENNET & AVON · EST. 2019 Bradford-on-Avon NARROWBOAT · GIFTS
Preview of the printed sheet: the same layout and wording as your print. It shows an example name until you type.
Add the canal, year and mooring (optional)
Background (optional)
Size
  • Made for you, so it can't be returned for a change of mind: please check the spelling or preview. Delivery and returns
  • Free UK delivery, tracked. 4 to 9 working days.

    Priority delivery £4.99, chosen at checkout: 3 to 6 working days.

  • If it arrives damaged or with a print fault, we reprint it or refund you, at our cost.
  • Sending it as a gift? Tick "This is a gift" in your basket. The parcel carries no prices.
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What goes on each line

The boat's name, as you type it. Below it, the canal and the year in capitals. Then the home mooring. The sheet also carries above the name, "a life on the cut" and at the foot, "NARROWBOAT · GIFTS". A long line is set smaller so it stays on the paper; a line too long for the item even then is flagged before you add it.

Delivery and returns

Made to order. Free UK delivery, tracked. Priority delivery £4.99 at checkout, 3 to 6 working days. Because it is made to your wording or photo, it can't be returned for a change of mind. If it arrives damaged or with a print fault, we reprint it or refund you, at our cost.Delivery and returns

Same design, other ways

An empty wooden panel on the oak-lined wall of a narrowboat saloon, beside the stove and a bench seat with a folded blanket
A bare panel in the saloon, waiting for something to hang there.

Sizes and prices

Every price includes free UK delivery.
SizeName printYour photoBoat portrait
30x40 cm£51.49£51.49£85.00
40x50 cm£59.00£59.00£89.99
50x70 cm£89.00£89.00£109.99
60x80 cm£99.00£99.00£119.99
  • FSC slim stretcher. Real solid-wood stretcher, ~20mm depth. The sides carry a soft, blurred band taken from your picture's colours, so there's no white border. Ready to hang.
  • No frame, no glass. Lighter than a framed print of the same dimensions, and nothing on it can shatter on a galley wall. It hangs from the stretcher; the fixing on the back comes from the printer, so check what arrives in the box before you hang it.
  • UK delivery, 4 to 9 working days. Made-to-order, ships boxed and tracked. Free UK delivery.
A narrowboat saloon painted white, with a grey bench seat, a brass-framed mirror on the bulkhead and tall windows down both sides
A pale painted saloon with the bulkhead wall still free.

Why canvas, not framed: When the wall calls for canvas.

Gallery-style finish

A canvas reads as fine art on the wall: softer edges than a framed print, less assertive than a glassed frame. On a boat galley or a living-room wall already busy with other framed pieces, the canvas adds depth without competing.

Lighter to hang, harder to break

No glass, no plexiglass front, no breakable corners. A framed print of the same size carries a wood frame and plexiglass on top of the paper; the canvas is print, cotton and a 2cm stretcher, so it hangs lighter. Single picture-hook hanging on a stud-wall holds it without trouble. The wood frame is solid but slim, not chunky.

Four sizes, gift-band

30×40cm is the entry point, sits well in a galley. 40×50cm is the gift-anchor size, substantial without overwhelming. 50×70cm and 60×80cm are statement-piece scale, best for major occasions or a big shore-side wall.

Where it sits next to the framed print

Canvas comes in four sizes. Beside it sit two other pages: the unframed print and the framed version. That one ships behind shatter-resistant plexiglass: handsome, but heavier. Canvas is the third option: no glass, no breakage risk, lighter on the wall, softer in the room. Pick framed when you want the formal piece; pick canvas when the wall already has framed things on it.

Personalised narrowboat name canvas: sizes

  • 30×40cm, galley scale
  • 40×50cm, the gift anchor
  • 50×70cm, sofa height
  • 60×80cm, the statement

Questions before you go

What's the canvas printed on?

Canvas, stretched over a slim (~20mm) solid-wood stretcher frame. The print is on the canvas itself; the sides carry a soft, blurred band taken from your picture's colours, so there's no white border. No glass or acrylic glazing.

How do I hang it?

Pre-fitted hanging point on the back. Single picture-hook into wall stud or two screws, both work. No tools beyond a hook, usually under a minute on the wall.

Can I see a proof first?

The live preview is the proof. It shows your wording, layout and background as you chose them, so check the spelling there before you pay. Colours on a canvas can differ a little from your screen. We don't email a separate proof.

Returns?

Each name canvas is printed for you alone, which means no returns for a change of mind. If your canvas arrives damaged or wrong, tell us as soon as you can, with a photo, and we'll replace or refund it. Your rights under the Consumer Rights Act 2015 still apply to the canvas. Full details on our returns page.

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