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clayC
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Initially Posted - 02/16/2005 : 17:49:48

Does any one know where I could get my boat name done?

Kamalla 1980 C25 SK/TR

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Douglas
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Response Posted - 02/16/2005 : 17:57:51

Yep pick up your yellow pages and find a local graphics shop. The computer designed stuff they have today can make anything you want.

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At Ease
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Response Posted - 02/16/2005 : 20:07:25

Overtons does a good job, too.

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frog0911
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Response Posted - 02/16/2005 : 20:10:01

Doug, is correct about your local graphic shop being the best and probably the cheapest. I have one near my house, so if you can't find anything let me know all the particulars and I will let you know a price and then of course there is shipping. I paid $60.00 for PennyII, in six inch script, on both sides and home port in two inch block. That was 26 letters in script and 15 block.

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JJM
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Response Posted - 02/16/2005 : 20:30:58

BoatUS also has a boat graphics area with some different options. You may want to play/shop around in that website as well. If nothing else, you can get some good ideas.

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frankr
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Response Posted - 02/16/2005 : 21:14:16

I ordered mine from Boat US - decent price and did the application myself. It was easier than I thought it would be.

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Ben - FL
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Response Posted - 02/16/2005 : 21:16:05

It is best if you have someone in the family that does that kinda stuff.

My sister-n-law put two of these dolphins on the bow and Chick-a-pea on the port & starboard aft. Cost me $75 for materials.

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Lightnup
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Response Posted - 02/16/2005 : 22:03:45

Nothing to do with name graphics but I was wondering Ben where Chick-a-Pea is tied up that the water is so clear in that picture?

Steve

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ClamBeach
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Response Posted - 02/16/2005 : 22:22:41

Went with Boats US Graphics on mine... no problems. With the advent of computer-controlled cutting there are tons of places that do this now.

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Ben - FL
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Response Posted - 02/16/2005 : 22:39:31

Steve, that picture is taken in the Bimini Islands.

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clayC
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Response Posted - 02/16/2005 : 23:37:01

I am not sure why I didnt think of the local sign shop but I guess that will work just fine. thanks.

and that is nice water!

Clay

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MattL
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Response Posted - 02/16/2005 : 23:54:24

I went to Kings View here in Central CA. An orginaczation that provides jobs for disabled people. Price was great, don't remember exactly but I think it was about 45. I did the application myself to save a little more money, when doing this I decided it would have been worth it to have them do it. It was my design that I did on auto cad and sent to them.

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Response Posted - 02/17/2005 : 02:58:32

Another BOATUS graphics customer...
Just make sure if you apply it yourself there is absolutely no wind at all. A gust came up while I was doing mine, and well... the letters stick to themselves re-e-e-e-e-al good.

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PZell
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Response Posted - 02/17/2005 : 12:23:16

Yep. Local graphics shop. Here's a link to tips for applying. You can probably find others & the shop might even have an instruction sheet. A word of advice, don't make your lettering too small or it can't be seen from any distance. Think Sparky is 8 inch with thunderbolt, but I'm guessing. I went bigger than Jim's 'Hey Jude' & it's more visible. http://www.asigns.com/tips/applyingvinyllettering.htm

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tinob
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Response Posted - 02/17/2005 : 13:50:28

On the other hand Mike, I choose to keep the hull free of any names or decor and opt instead to have the boat's name on the horseshoe buoy. A previous boat that I owned had been lettered and though I removed the lettering I was unable to remove their shadow. No amount of compounding could bring the hull's color back to the color of the area that was beneath the lettering. I could have ignored the name if it wasn't GILLIGAN'S ISLAND.

It was still there several years later when I traded it in on Calista my C25.

Val on the hard DAGNABIT

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