{"id":19876,"date":"2014-04-30T16:09:17","date_gmt":"2014-04-30T16:09:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.riverly.com\/732-manoeuvring-your-self-drive-boat-first-steps\/"},"modified":"2026-03-21T21:02:20","modified_gmt":"2026-03-21T21:02:20","slug":"732-manoeuvring-your-self-drive-boat-first-steps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.riverly.com\/en\/blog\/732-manoeuvring-your-self-drive-boat-first-steps\/","title":{"rendered":"Manoeuvring your self-drive boat: first steps"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Steering a boat for the first time might seem frightening. But as Florence Menguy, Operations Director at Locaboat, explains, all new skippers are shown the ropes from A-Z before they are put in charge of their Penichette<sup>\u00ae<\/sup>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When you come to collect your\u00a0<strong>self-drive boat,<\/strong>\u00a0don\u2019t panic \u2013 we won\u2019t let you set off until we\u2019re sure you know what you\u2019re doing!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>First of all, before you start your trip you\u2019ll be provided with a checklist that tells you all the things you need to know, along with basic steering instructions. When you arrive at the base, a Locaboat technician will take you through all the manoeuvres and navigation skills you need to control a self-drive boat. You\u2019ll go over your boat together and look at the different areas: the outside deck, the interior layout, and most of all, how easy it is to take control. You\u2019ll be shown what to do with the mooring ropes, how to navigate a lock, and you\u2019ll take the helm and carry out a few small manoeuvres: setting off, stopping, setting off again, leaving the quayside, manoeuvring in a straight line, and most important of all, turning round and coming back to the pontoon. Then you\u2019ll have a quick lesson on using the deck fillers for the water and fuel tanks. There\u2019s nothing complicated about that, either.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When you\u2019ve completed the practical induction, you\u2019ll be taken round the boat again with your checklist to make sure that you\u2019ve fully grasped all the technical points, and the team will answer any final questions you may have.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Half an hour later you and your crew should be ready to set off and thoroughly enjoy your holiday. And don\u2019t worry, our helpline is available seven days a week. Taste your freedom!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Florence Menguy, Operations Director at Locaboat, explains, all new skippers are shown the ropes from A-Z before they are put in charge of their Penichette.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":19472,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"content-type":"","inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[206],"tags":[207],"class_list":["post-19876","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tips-tricks","tag-unexperienced"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.riverly.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19876","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.riverly.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.riverly.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.riverly.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.riverly.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19876"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.riverly.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19876\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19877,"href":"https:\/\/www.riverly.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19876\/revisions\/19877"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.riverly.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19472"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.riverly.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19876"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.riverly.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19876"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.riverly.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19876"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}