The writing on this site is mine. The guides, the journal, the gift pages and the product descriptions are written here, and they describe what we actually make. Where a page names a size or a format, it comes from the same catalogue the checkout charges against.
The rule the guides run on
Marine writing repeats a lot of facts nobody can trace. The rule here is simple: a fact carries a link to the body that published it, or it goes. Lighthouse facts come from Trinity House, course names from the RYA, membership details from the RNLI. If I can't find the source, the sentence doesn't run.
What we make
Three things, all printed to order. A collection of marine art prints of yachts, launches, harbours and lighthouses, each printed to order. A photograph of your own boat, printed as it is. And a portrait regenerated by AI from your photograph, in one of three painterly styles, with a free preview before anybody pays.
What I write about
- Gifts for sailors and Christmas gifts for sailors
- Print sizes and choosing a boat photograph
- Types of boats, parts of a boat and nautical terms, so you can put a name to what you see on the water
- UK lighthouses you can visit, with who runs each one and the date its opening times were checked
- Boat names, from classic to funny, with the UK register's naming rules
- The journal: boats, the sea and the pictures we keep of them
Getting hold of me
Corrections are the useful kind of email. If a fact here is out of date, I'd rather hear it from a reader. hello@stillandwake.co.uk reaches me.