Dave Moncrieff

Douro River cruise, excellent.

Booked a summer cruise out of Nice 2023. Had to cancel seven months prior to the departure date. Had made a $3000 deposit that Tauck refused to return or apply as a future credit.

Never will travel on them again

Chartered "Herald" from Farncombe Boat House thru Waterways Holidays. Reception and introductions was well done, and boat seemed to be adequately maintained mechanically. However, she must have been twenty plus years old, maybe double that, and has not been maintained cosmetically, resulting in a very old, tired and unloved boat. A 69 footer should not be offered on the Wey, without a bow thruster. Further there was no coffee pot, extra mooring lines, or working gauges. We would not charter from Farncombe again. Dave Moncrieff / Vancouver Canada


You respond that the vessel was built in 2004. Oh really? Hour meter shows over 19,000 engine operating hours. Assuming a typical operating day of five hours, over the past 15 years this boat has been under way 253 days per every year. I suggest she was built many years before 2004, judging from her condition