The Caprice is an ideal boat for parties up to six. The two en-suite staterooms are located forward, leaving lots of room in the rear for the saloon and aft deck. The saloon has a radio/CD player and MP3/USB connectivity.
The large rear saloon with steering position has a love seat that converts to a double bed. There's also a radio/CD player and MP3/USB connectivity. Boats cruising in Ireland are also equipped with TVs
Two en-suite showers, toilets, and sinks add a touch of luxury
The full kitchen/galley features a stove, microwave, electric refrigerator, sink, and lots of storage space
Running costs (diesel, gas, engine wear and tear) - charged by the engine hour
Travel to and from the base(s)
Waterside services if you use them (i.e. moorings where a charge is applicable, pump-out if needed, water, etc)
Cancellation plan & any travel/personal insurance
Food and drink
Restrictions and exceptions
Please note that this boat model is equipped with a Bimini in Italy, Germany and Lot River
Added on 01 September 2018
Sue Wood said
Boat clean and comfortable and introduction to cruising good. I thought I'd already covered that!
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Dear Miss W, Thank you for sharing your feedback. We are delighted to learn you enjoyed your holiday with us and would love to welcome you on board with us again soon! Best wishes, The Le Boat team
Added on 29 August 2018
Eliezer Trinczer said
It is funny that your reception is off duty at lunch time.
Would you accept that the hotel reception would not operate for few hours in midday? Nothing to say xxxxxxxxxx
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Added on 29 August 2018
Sam Anderson said
This was our first canal boat trip and we give it a five. We rented a Caprice with another couple for a Casales (actually Casier where it is picked up) return trip in Italy. We arrived five hours before our friends did, so Gloria at front desk, was ever so helpful in giving us a space to leave our luggage and offering a ride from a local to the grocery store to provision. We decided to walk instead. Upon our return she gave us two bicycles to use while we waited for our friends and our boat. We did a two hour ride along the bike path and then used them again when our friends arrived to do more provisioning. We were given the boat an hour early and given time to practice moving the boat around and docking after our orientation. We are all sailors and own our own boats so are familiar with water travel but these boats react quite differently, so it was good to have the time to practice a bit. They do not offer that so ask!! The staff are very accommodating.
The boats are very tired on the outside but ours was clean and comfortable and in good shape on the inside. It would be nice if a few amenities were included such as a bit of dish soap, salt and pepper, garbage bags and toilet paper. They are easily purchased but it would still be nice to start out with some of those basics. And the Caprice needs some sort of folding table that can be taken to the top deck. We did have a few issues with the batteries and charging our devices and the air conditioning. They were very helpful by phone and we were able to sort things out. The air never did work on the generator but we were able to survive without it.
We left the dock by 5:00 and went to Casales for the first night. During the orientation it was a bit difficult to understand how the mooring process worked but after our first evening it was very clear as to how easy it really was. We had plenty of room in Burano and stayed there for two nights and used the Ferry Boat to get to Murano, leaving the boat in Burano. Then three nights in Vignole while we visited Venice and Torcello again by Ferry Boat. These are all must see places for sure.
We stopped on our way to Venice at one of the restaurants along the Lido where you can park the boat and have a meal. The one we stopped at one just before Venice along the Lido. Can’t remember the name of it but it was red brick and we had one of our best meals there. Fresh fish caught locally and just a great atmosphere.
All in all we give this a five because the trip was delightful in every way. When we got back to the base our onward flight had been cancelled and Gloria gave me her phone to use while we booked a new flight, because we could not get our phone to work to make the call to the airline.
We have read a lot of bad reviews and were a bit skeptical about using Le Boat but we would definitely use them again. They have the most moorings we noticed and some of the other boat company’s did not seem to have moorings anywhere so not sure where those boats moor.
We do find that there are times when people expect things to ‘be like at home’ and when travelling this is not always the case. Sometimes you need to ‘go with the flow’ and not get so stressed that you ruin your vacation with unrealistic expectations. There were always lots of moorings and we found them easily.
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Added on 13 August 2018
Lindsay Ward said
Staff at Laggan were very helpful and welcoming. Definitely recommend and would go again. Boat was lovely and good size for 2 adults and 2 kids
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Added on 08 August 2018
Georgia Lamar said
best way to see France! My friends couldn't get enough pictures! amazing experience! You need to speak French if you are not an experienced sailor
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Thank you for your review! We are glad you enjoyed your trip!
Added on 01 August 2018
Anthony Gaunt said
The online booking and any additional items were easily purchased. Arrival at the base was welcoming and check in and ‘training’ was efficient getting us on our way quick to enjoy our short break.
Our boat was very well equipped and clean. We had 3 very relaxing days on the Thames- our first time to hire a boat and loved it. Will definitely be booking sgain and have already recommended Le Boat to many friends and family Thank you Excellent holiday with our granddaughter. So relaxing. Customer service was excellent!!
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Added on 22 June 2018
Svetlana Kaminski said
Were very helpful! Everything was good.Nice boat!
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Added on 18 June 2018
Angeles Mills Raboso said
El personal muy amable.
Si hablasen español sería estupendo. El barco y el paisaje maravillosos
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Added on 18 October 2017
Lee Radford said
Loved it - our second time this year - will 100% be going back next year Lovely scenery - not to busy
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Added on 14 October 2017
David High said
Made welcome when we arrived, taken through boat and weather warning. Excellent value for Money just had to bring our food but this could have been organised prior to boarding.
Thank you for sharing your feedback. We are delighted to learn you enjoyed your holiday with us and would love to welcome you on board with us again soon!
Best wishes, The Le Boat team