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Personalised boat rules poster — the skipper’s law

€19.90

Gift wrapping available · + €2.00

Create my print

The preview is exactly what gets printed. Each article comes with an idea: keep it, roll the dice for another, or write your own. The skipper’s photo is optional: it gets a skipper’s cap.

Drinks on board? The drinks house rules, the same sign for the table

Tax included. Shipping €3.90 in France and the European Union, free from €49.

The rules of the boat as a poster: a “Skipper’s Rules” heading, the name of the boat, six numbered articles — a title and its rule each —, the skipper’s photo, with a captain’s cap put on, in a porthole if you wish and, if you like, a bottom line. Four styles. Matte 250 g paper, from A4 to 70 × 100 cm, or a printable file.

First the object — medium, size, frame — then its content, which you watch take shape in the preview.

Product Printed poster

Ready to give: printed in our Estaing workshop and shipped within 48 h, with an optional frame on A4 and 30 × 40.

For a last-minute gift: the print file, €8.90, arrives by link the same day — PDF and PNG at 300 dpi, all five sizes.

Size A4 · 21 × 29.7 cm
See the five sizes to scale
The five sizes, to scale with one another. The largest is 70 × 100 cm.
Finish No frame
Write my boat rules boat · photo · style · articles · bottom line
The skipper’s photo optional

A photo where the face is clear, facing the camera or three-quarter view. An artificial intelligence service puts a skipper’s cap on, in about thirty seconds: the image you see is the one that gets printed. The porthole keeps the centre, and you frame it by finger or with the sliders. Without a photo, it shows a ship’s wheel.

The photo is sent to an artificial intelligence service run by Google, from our server, to put the cap on; it is only used for this poster and is deleted thirty days after dispatch, along with the resulting image.

Style

The six articles

A title and the rule that goes with it. Eighteen ideas, a dice for each article, and every field stays free.

Article 1
Article 2
Article 3
Article 4
Article 5
Article 6
  • Printed in AveyronComposed and printed in our family workshop in Aveyron, checked before it ships.
  • Printed to order250 g matte paper, pigment inks: printed in our Aveyron workshop, whatever the size.
  • Shipped within 48 hTo your door or to a pickup point, by La Poste or Colissimo.
  • Ready to giveStandard frame sizes, easy to find.

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Full description

The rules of the boat, as a poster: a “Skipper’s Rules” heading, the name of your boat, then six numbered articles — “SKIPPER: always right, especially when wrong”, “LIFE JACKET: on, even if you out-swim the skipper”, “DRINKS: at six, or once the anchor holds”. And, if you like, one last line: “Complaints: see the skipper.”

You write the name of the boat, you upload the skipper’s photo if you wish — a skipper’s cap is put on their head and the photo takes its place in a porthole —, you keep our six articles or change them — eighteen ideas, a dice for each article, “Shuffle everything” if you’re stuck — and every field stays free. Four styles: breton stripes, a sunset sky, turquoise and sand, an orange buoy. The preview follows every keystroke and is exactly what gets printed. A funny gift for Father’s Day, an owner, a skipper, a retiree who has just bought a boat, or a chartered boat where the poster tells the crew how things work on board. It is humour, not safety instructions: the life jacket is on the list, never off it.

  • Matte 250 g paper, pigment inks, printed to order.
  • Five sizes: A4, 30 × 40, 40 × 60, 50 × 70 and 70 × 100 cm.
  • Optional wooden frame for A4 and 30 × 40, black, white or natural.
  • Or the printable file: all five sizes, each as a PDF and a 300 dpi PNG, by download link.

The poster, once printed

  • Boat rules in the Breton Stripes style: a band of navy and cream stripes, the portrait of a smiling man in a captain’s cap, cut out so the cap sticks out above the circle in a porthole, “BORD” in navy, “Le Grand Bleu” on a red pill, six rules with red numbered discs (“GILET: obligatoire, même si tu nages mieux que lui”) and “Ici, la corde s’appelle un bout.” at the bottom. Text shown in the French version.
  • Boat rules in the Sunset style: an end-of-day sky shading from violet to orange, a halo around an older man with glasses in a captain’s cap, cut out so the cap sticks out above the circle in a porthole, “BORD” in white, “La Belle Aurore” in yellow, six rules on dark cards (“BARRE: un seul la tient, trente donnent des conseils”) and “Réclamations : voir le capitaine.” at the bottom. Text shown in the French version.
  • Boat rules in the Turquoise style: a wide turquoise band with rounded lower corners holding a porthole with a ship’s wheel, “BORD” in white, “Sans Souci”, then six rules on white cards set on sand (“VHF: canal 16, les urgences, pas l’ambiance”) and “Le capitaine ne se trompe jamais.” in coral. Text shown in the French version.
  • Boat rules in the Buoy style: a white and black poster with left-aligned lettering, a huge black “BORD”, a porthole with an orange rim showing the portrait of a smiling woman in a captain’s cap, cut out so the cap sticks out above the circle, “Le Requin Vert”, an orange rule, six rules with big orange numerals (“MOUSSAILLON: il lave, il écoute, il apprendra”) and “Règlement affiché, rarement appliqué.” at the bottom. Text shown in the French version.

Sizes

A4 · 21 × 29.7 cm

The keepsake: a birth, the sky of one date. Everyone owns an A4 frame, and it ships flat, in a stiff card envelope.

30 × 40 cm Our favourite

The entry size, the most common frame size: IKEA, HEMA, Action.

40 × 60 cm

Bedroom and hallway décor, in 2:3 like a photograph. 40 × 60 frames at homeware or framing shops.

50 × 70 cm

The flagship living-room size, sold across the market. Shipped rolled, in a sturdy long cardboard box, home delivery only.

70 × 100 cm

The large wall size. 70 × 100 frames at IKEA (RÖDALM). Home delivery only.

Prices include tax, delivery extra.
Size Printed poster, no frame With frame
A4 · 21 × 29.7 cm€19.90€38.90
30 × 40 cm€29.90€58.90
40 × 60 cm€44.90Not offered
50 × 70 cm€49.90Not offered
70 × 100 cm€69.90Not offered
Print-at-home file: all five sizes, as a PDF and as a 300 dpi PNG€8.90

Prefer to print it yourself? All five sizes, each as a PDF and as a 300 dpi PNG — ten files, by a download link sent after payment.

How it works
  1. You write the name of the boat

    “Blue Horizon”, “Sans Souci”, or the name painted on the hull. It signs the notice, under the “Skipper’s Rules” heading. If you have one, the skipper’s photo takes its place in the porthole, wearing a cap.

  2. You keep our six articles, or write your own

    Each article is a title and its rule: “SKIPPER: always right, especially when wrong”. Eighteen ideas, a dice for each article, “Shuffle everything”, an optional bottom line, and four styles: breton stripes, sunset, turquoise, buoy.

  3. We print in Aveyron

    To order, on 250 g matte paper: in our Aveyron workshop, whatever the size, and every poster is checked there before it ships. Or you receive the download link for the file by e-mail.

Specifications
FormatsA4, 30 × 40, 40 × 60, 50 × 70 and 70 × 100 cm
PaperMatte, 250 g/m²
InksPigment-based, lightfast
Optional frameOn A4 and 30 × 40: wood, black · white · natural, with acrylic glass
File onlyAll five sizes as PDF and 300 dpi PNG, by download link
BrandDandymaps®
PersonalisationName · Style · The six articles · Bottom line · Photo
OccasionsFather’s Day · Retirement gift · Buying a boat · Chartered or crewed boat · Funny birthday gift
Gift forA boat owner · A skipper or a captain · A retired sailor · The crew of a sailing boat

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Frequently asked questions
What does the poster show?

The rules of a boat: a “Skipper’s Rules” heading, the name of the boat, then six numbered articles, each one a title and a rule. At the top, a porthole: the skipper’s photo if you upload one, a ship’s wheel if not. At the bottom, an optional line, such as “The skipper decides. So does the weather.”

What can I personalise?

The name of the boat (28 characters), the skipper’s photo (optional), the six articles (a title of up to 14 characters and a rule of up to 48), the optional bottom line (40 characters) and the style. The heading stays the same.

Do I have to come up with six rules myself?

No: all six articles arrive filled in, eighteen ideas are suggested, a dice on each article rolls another, and “Shuffle everything” fills all six with no repeats. Every field stays free, for the rules only your boat has. The bottom line is picked from five suggestions, or written by you.

Who is it a gift for?

For Father’s Day for a dad with a boat, for an owner or a skipper, for a retiree who has just bought one, or for a crewed or chartered boat where the poster tells the crew how things work on board. The humour is about the habits of the boat, never about a person.

Is the skipper’s photo compulsory?

No. Without a photo, the porthole shows a drawn ship’s wheel. With a photo, an artificial intelligence service run by Google puts a skipper’s cap on the person’s head in about thirty seconds, and the result takes the place of the porthole: you frame it by finger or with the sliders before you order. The image you see is the one that gets printed. You get three attempts per photo, and the likeness is never that of an exact photograph. The photo is only used for this poster and is deleted thirty days after dispatch.

Does this poster replace the safety rules on board?

No: it is humour, not regulations. The life jacket is mentioned and never waved away, but a boat’s safety comes from its equipment, its papers and its skipper, not from a poster.

Which size should I choose?

A4 or 30 × 40 cm for a cabin, a saloon or a corner of the living room, the two sizes that come framed. 40 × 60 reads from further away, in a garage or a harbour hut. Like any paper print, it should hang away from damp and sea spray.

Can I see the poster before I order?

Yes. The preview follows every keystroke and is exactly what gets printed: the name, the photo, the six articles, the bottom line and the style.