“We hired a boat for half a day and overall had a nice experience. The staff were very friendly and explained everything clearly before we set off, and the boat itself was clean and in good condition.
Unfortunately, we had an issue with the sun/rain cover as one of the bars got stuck and we couldn’t get it working properly. As it was a very sunny day and we had our 2-year-old toddler with us, this meant she had to spend most of the trip inside to avoid too much sun exposure, so we weren’t able to enjoy the boat fully.
We mentioned this when returning the boat and were only told “sorry about that,” which was a little disappointing. With the cover working properly, the experience would have been much better.”
“The boat was clean and comfortable. It was easy to find the location to collect the boat from. Collection was friendly, helpful and fast. We were on the water within minutes.”
We're glad you had a good day out, and it’s great to hear everything was quick and easy from arrival to getting underway. Your four-legged crew member looked very happy to be along for the trip too.
All the best,
The Team at Barnes Brinkcraft
Thanks for the lovely review — we’re really pleased you all enjoyed your day on the water, including the dog.
All the best,
The Team at Barnes Brinkcraft
“Yes it was a good time on boat although we are older and did find it fificult getting on and off at the stern and cooker wouldn't turn on but all in all a pleasant trip”
“It was nice the children enjoyed it so that was the main thing. Couldn’t find anywhere to moor up to go to a pub and it would be helpful to have a little booklet explaining the rules of boating mooring up, who to pay, a map etc as we were completed novices
Left a star off because we had to come back an hour early as we were told there was running water and there wasn’t. It was a hot day and our dog needed more water.”
“We really enjoyed our 4 hours on the picnic boat the check in was easy and a quick lesson on the use and rules we good however, we had booked the picnic boat so we could cook some breakfast on our trip with our granddaughter but, the cooker didn't work !!! When we got back the lad who checked us in told us he had checked it the night before, not sure he had !! The canvas cover was folded over to the front which meant we had to stand up to steer the boat and to see where we were going so when we stopped we tried to move the cover to the back of the boat like most of all the other boats this proved to be very difficult, when we got back the lad said "oh yes this one is broken " these little things did spoil our few hours a bit (the toilet we didn't use as we weren't sure that would work ether!!) we enjoyed our 4 hours but they were spoilt by sub standard equipment being allowed to be used. We are planning on another trip for the whole family on a bigger boat later in the year but we have think about using a different company unless we are offered some serious recompense for this trip.
Kind regards
Mike Jones”
