'Cair Paravel' is finally named!

[Chagall]

The paint work and sign-writing is finally finished...Ive waited so long but its worth it! Gold leaf and everything! Very bling when the sun hits it!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited July 6, 2015 by Chagall

[Ange]

That looks beautiful! You must be dead chuffed

[Guest]

Very very nice, who did it?

[Chagall]

That looks beautiful! You must be dead chuffed

Oh I so am! ...now when I said its finished there is just a bit more to do on the back deck and doors...

Very very nice, who did it?

Peter Wells. Local sign-writer. (Garstang) Superb attention to detail.

[patty-ann]

Thats very smart.

[Lmcgrath87]

Oh wow that looks amazing - you must be very pleased!

[The Bearwood Boster]

Very snazzy indeed !

[Bazza954]

Looks lovely, named after the fictional castle in Narnia or the boat builder in Essex ?

[madcat]

Brilliant , very smart and distinctive .

 

I still love the Narnia books , all our wardrobes are disappointing but I live in hope

[Chagall]

Yes it was named after the castle in Narnia, so it is my safe haven. I loved the books from childhood and still read them along with Tolkien's middle earth books...no newer fantasy story, in my opinion, can touch them for creating such vivid other worlds.

 

The lion is of course Aslan and the branch has the silver apple.

[Guest User]

It's lovely, and very stylish - did you design it?

 

LCx

[Chagall]

It's lovely, and very stylish - did you design it?

 

LCx

 

 

Partly, the basis of the lions head and the branch came from an American web site devoted to all things C.S. Lewis, I wrote to the owner and she was delighted to give permission to use the logo and Peter embellished it with the Narnia font et cetera.

[Ange]

 

Oh I so am! ...now when I said its finished there is just a bit more to do on the back deck and doors...

 

Sorry on a family holiday and dipping in the forum occasionally I remember the first paint job that bubbled and wasn't what you hoped for back in 2010 when we visited you at Galgate - if it's any consolation there's still a lot of jobs that needed doing on Iona then that still need doing

[Dave_P]

Another score for Narnia but I think Middle Earth is still winning. (In terms of number of boat names)

[Athy]

Stylish signwriting indeed, but why has she got two different names?

[Chagall]

Stylish signwriting indeed, but why has she got two different names?

Cair Paravel is the boat name, and it should have been with the logo but to have the heraldic lion head the size I wanted meant there just wasn't the space.

[Athy]

Cair Paravel is the boat name.

I see. So what's "Tanis" mean?

[Chagall]

I see. So what's "Tanis" mean?

 

It is my christian name.

[Athy]

Ah, all is revealed! It looked an unusual name for a home port.