Locaboat Stinks

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August 29th 2010

Published: August 29th 2010

The Locaboat experience is to be shared by, Kevin, Caroline, Stephen, Sue, Kathy (All Russell-ites) and Brenda, Russell and Gary (friends of Stephen and Sue's from Auckland). The representative of the company explains the ins and outs of the boat and is rather sheepish as he tells us that the boat has a holding tank, but there are no pump-out stations on the canal. All of the effluent goes into ... Read Full Entry

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29th August 2010

Mecca
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River Boats
Thanks for the entry. Always wondered what it would be like to baot up a canal in France and now I know vicariously. Loved house boating on lakes in the US - but this sounds like a very different experience. Particularly loved the photos. Mahalo.

29th August 2010

powerquilter
Caroline Pynepwrquilter@ihug.co

Stinky Locaboat
Honey, you were way too understated about the company's shortcomings. Unfortunately, this is one of the two big companies we saw on the canals. I wonder what the other is like....A warning to others thinking of doing this - DO A LOT OF HOMEWORK ABOUT THE BOAT COMPANY BEFORE YOU SIGN UP.

8th March 2013

Matt
non-member comment

Slow boat to china
Just stumbled on blog while sorting travel out from Toulouse , Good read , looked at doing canel boat ride , x agen with some friends the other year , but my wife recons close quarters living with our lot , could leave to catastrophic results . Rode my bike along lot from agen , one day for hell of it , and yes can relate . Great blog , enjoyed it

27th August 2014

Bob
non-member comment

Locaboat the best
Could it be the captain and crew and not Locaboat. About to embark on 3rd cruise, Aquitaine this time after Canal du Centre and Latoral Canal de la Loire. As for pump out stations, holding tank on Penichette massive - pumped out at end of season. Two previous barges perfectly presented and well equiped, mechanics outstanding. Looking forward to another awesome week.

28th August 2014

NZ4ME
Kevin & Caroline

Enjoy your trip, we love France.
Bob, you're obviously the "captain" and certainly entitled to your views. When asking about the holding tank, we were told that the holding tank was not in use as there were no pumpout stations on the Garonne canal. And, 8 people a day for several months create a lot of effluent!

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