“It was a comfortable well fitted out boat, easy to manoeuvre with bow and stern thrusters but unfortunately a bit borderline for long journeys. We left Norwich with Acle as our target and due to distance and tides meaning a lack of opportunity to stop due time critical passage and recharge the battery system, we dropped to 48% charge which then reduced us to 3.5 mph. I would not hire it again as we like long trips but a diesel equivalent would be excellent. The battery recharge engine should put back what you use without having to stop.”
“We had a great time aboard Rhapsody in the October half term. The Boat was very clean upon pick up and fully equiped with good bedding and all kitchen utensils in a very clean state.
We called the yard once at the very beginning of our 5 day trip as we were cocerned that we had no heating and they explained what we needed to switch on and that it could take up to 15 minutes and sure enough it was pumping out lovely warm air which was needed for the October evenings. We had no issues with either toilets and the boat ran very smoothly both in Hybrid and generator mode when needed to charge up the battery. Staff were great on check in and boat handover. I would sugest that if you are not sure on anything mechanical whilst cruising then phone the engineers as that is what they are there for and dont wait to complain when you arrive back and its too late for them to reciify. Thankfiully we had no such issues but its reasuring to know that if needed they will drive to where you are moored to fix.”
“We had the electric hybrid but found it not particularly good for lengthy runs the generator is used more and the battery doesn’t charge while moving so you have to stop to charge up the battery before you continue.”
