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Waterway signs, made personal.

Name print from £15.99

£15.99A4 · Poster

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.
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Paper and print

Printed on 250 gsm uncoated off-white archival paper, the one paper we use for every paper print, at every size on this page: A4, A3, A2, 50x70 cm, 70x100 cm.

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

Most "waterway signs" are generic: a printed silhouette, a rented mooring number, a rule board. This is a sign for one boat: your boat's actual name, set in the bottle-green and oxblood palette of the cut, with the canal it calls home underneath.

A narrowboat, a wide-beam and a Dutch barge moored together, hulls blank of names.

What makes it a waterway sign, not a plain poster.

The layout puts the name large, a diamond rule beneath it, the canal or river, year and mooring underneath, with an optional background illustration. Bottle green ink, oxblood accents, cream ground. It reads like something that belongs on the water, because the design comes from the water.

What you get.

  • Sizes. A4 (210 × 297mm) · A3 (297 × 420mm) · A2 (420 × 594mm) · 50 × 70cm · 70 × 100cm, each priced in the box above
  • Framed option, the same sign at A3 or A2 in a solid wood frame, black or natural. The print comes already fitted in the frame, so it can go straight up.
  • Personalisation, your boat's name and the waterway it's moored or cruised on, set live in the customiser before you order.
  • Production, printed to order on 250gsm uncoated archival at every size. A4 ships flat; bigger sizes are rolled into a tube for posting.
  • Delivery, 4 to 9 working days, tracked, free UK delivery.

Where it works.

Example name print, Merlin, with the lock-keeper's cottage background, in a black frame on a wall
The framed print, with the lock-keeper's cottage set faintly behind the name.

On the cabin wall, at the stern rail behind glass, by the companionway, or off the boat entirely: on a hallway wall at home for the months the boat's laid up. Same sign, same name, wherever it hangs.

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Questions before you go

Is this an actual physical sign, or a print?

It's a printed sign on 250gsm archival paper, framed or unframed: not engraved or routed. It's designed to read like traditional canal signwriting, in a format that posts well and hangs easily.

Can I use my boat's real name and canal?

Yes, and that is what it is for. Type the boat name and the waterway into the customiser and the sign is generated and printed to that.

Will it survive on the boat?

The paper and inks are made for framed indoor display, not direct weather exposure. For a cabin wall, companionway or stern area under cover it holds up well; we don’t recommend it fully exposed to rain.

Do you sell blank or generic waterway signs?

No: every sign we make is personalised to a boat name and waterway. If you want a generic canal print instead, see our canal boat art prints.