Console boat 1-6 personswith steering wheel and backrest rental for 4 hours
Console boat
A console boat is a boat with steering wheel and backrests. It is a standard whisper boat with a steering console and a steering wheel. The steering console is in front of the skipper’s bench in the back of the boat. This type of boat is also equipped with backrests. The boat is made of aluminum and therefore lightweight. He therefore sails quite quickly. This boat can be rented for a group of 1-6 people. This boat sails well with 1 as well as with 6 people. Do you have a lot of luggage? Then it is better to get into 1 console boat with a maximum of 4 people. Are you with more people? No problem. We have many console boats in our range. Is this type of boat sold out on this website? than you can try the website of Koppers Giethoorn or Rondvaart Zuideinde.
How to handle a console boat?
The console boat is equipped with a steering console with a steering wheel. This makes the boat easy to steer, even for inexperienced skippers. A sailing license is not required. In addition, you will receive clear sailing instructions from our boat rental company on location. He will show you that you just have to turn the steering wheel a little bit to the left and to the right. It is important that you always keep a little throttle, otherwise the boat will not respond. You need to give gas a stick. This works very simply: pushing the stick forward is forward; moving the lever backwards is backwards. The reverse is also the ‘brake’.
Other type of boat?
Do you not want to operate the boat with a steering wheel, but with the handle on the electric motor? Then choose the whisper boat for 1-6 persons Would you prefer a luxury cushion set in the boat? Then choose the electric sloop.
What can be seen?
With a console boat you can make both short and long trips. The batteries provide power for a day (10:00-17:00). During the short cruises (2-3 hours) you will sail through the center of Giethoorn with its picturesque bridges and picturesque farms. You will also sail through the reed fields of the Wieden nature reserve. With the longer boat trips (4-5 hours) you will not only pass through the center of the village, but also through Giethoorn-Noord, Giethoorn-South and large parts of National Park Weerribben-Wieden. You will then see more bridges, more farms and more nature. On arrival you will receive a sailing route map with an explanation of the various sailing routes.