Show me your transom decals

[Teranodon]

Talpa was a medieval princess of legend, hence the font (Carolingia) and the golden crown. I picked these up on my dock step, hatchboard, and a mahogany footstool (with colored epoxy inlay) for climbing into the forepeak.

 

[Aerandir]

Looks great .. can I ask where you ordered it from ?

 

[Filkee]

Can’t help but think of: https://thetalpa.com/menus/

 

[Teranodon]

Looks great .. can I ask where you ordered it from ?

The vinyl lettering is from a local business. The rest - from my shop. Retired people have time on their hands....

 

[Saverio]

superb beautiful

 

[Aerandir]

E 30-2 (78). Hull 28 out of 34. Tiller..
New vinyl lettering ..

 

[Lawdog]

 

[Nick J]

My wife worked with a friend to design our boat's new name and lettering and now we're ready to order the decal. Does anyone have a recommendation for a shop in the north west?

 

[bgary]

Does anyone have a recommendation for a shop in the north west?

I got mine done by Margaux of Margaux Marine Graphhics (http://margauxmarinegraphics.com/)

She's in Gig Harbor, but super easy to work with. I emailed her a PDF of the graphic, indicated how big I wanted it, and short while later a tube showed up in the mail with great instructions about how to apply.

Good materials, 5 years in it still looks great.

I went with a "two layer" graphic (blue font, with a silver background to make it "pop" a little).

Bruce

 

[Marlin Prowell]

We used Special T Signs in Bellingham. At the bottom of their About Us page, they list Snohomish county in their service area.

Virginia is a graphic designer. She sent them the text as a vector PDF and the image as a 300 DPI bitmap. They created and installed the vinyl pieces for $175.

 

[Nick J]

Wow, that looks great!

 

[rbonilla]

middle one

 

[Jerry VB]

The good sloop "Jerry Rigged" - vinyl lettering from lettering.com.

FYI, you can upload a PDF of a graphic and they will turn it into a vinyl decal - when you go through the upload and ordering process, you can scale it to the desired size (e.g 4"). I did this with the Ericson logo but have not had a chance to replace my worn out ones yet. They charged me $12.98 for two decals.

 

[Christian Williams]

Self-steering gear does get crowded back there. Coast Guard has never mentioned the divided boat name/home port (they're supposed to share the same space).

 

[Bolo]

I found that restricted space on the stern makes a great place to proudly show off the Ericsson logo although some people not familiar with the brand think that I’m a Vikings football fan!! “Vesper” is on the sides of the hull with the home port name.

 

[Tin Kicker]

Also from Lettering.com

 

[jav317]

 

[Kenneth K]

@jav317:

Great name! Funny, the lettering style is pretty similar to mine, though mine is just painted on the stern. A new decal is on the 'someday' list....

 

[Mark F]

Lotus Flower's transom after the "swim platform" hardware was installed. Lots of things have gone on with LF's transom over the years ;-)

 

[jtsai]

I found that restricted space on the stern makes a great place to proudly show off the Ericsson logo although some people not familiar with the brand think that I’m a Vikings football fan!! “Vesper” is on the sides of the hull with the home port name.

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Bob, where did you order the vinyl Ericson logo shown in your post?