Electrically powered, quiet and 'green' - self-drive hire boat for 4+ people
The Nicols Quattro Green self-drive hire boat works on battery power, for a peaceful and environmentally friendly vacation afloat. With no noise and no pollution enjoy a perfect boating vacation in Alsace* aboard this superb zero emission green boat.
The Nicols Quattro Green has 2 double cabins, a sofa-bed in the saloon, a rear deck and an upper sun deck with its own steering position, and a forward terrace at the bow, perfect to relax with a nice cool drink.
Level with the saloon is a rear deck for sitting and dining, higher up is the upper sun deck with its own steering position, and there is a forward terrace at the bow, perfect to relax with a nice cool drink and enjoy a boating holiday or vacation on the French canals.
Summary + Price Band
Key Features:
- A large ‘walk through’ rear (aft) terrace that is perfect for eating or relaxing. It has a sun awning, table and chairs, shower and swimming ladder and also gates on either side for easy access whichever way round the boat is moored up.
- A staircase (moulded into the hull) gives access up to the ‘upper sun deck which provides superb elevated views of the passing scene as well as a steering position.
- A galley (kitchen) that is fully equipped to a high standard and cabins and shower rooms that are spacious and comfortable.
- Stern and bow side thrusters for additional steering control
- Generator and Air Conditioning
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- Length 10.85m – Width 3.80m
- 2 Cabins
- 2 Double Beds Convertible to 4 Single Beds
- Convertible Double Bed In Saloon
- 2 Washrooms-WCs
- Saloon Area 9 sq.m
- 220 Litre Fridge-Freezer
- 4-Ring Hob – Oven
- Dishwasher
- Inside / Outside Steering Positions
- Shower and Bathing Ladders
- Radio / CD / MP3 player / TV with satellite antenna
- 220V power during navigation
- Exclusive Nicols ‘Piscinette’ heated pool annexe option
Cruise Locations
Nicols Quattro Fly C Green regions - Alsace
Hire Boating - Alsace
► Self-drive boats available in Ardennes and Alsace
■ Nicols: Harskirchen and Saverne
■ LeBoat: Hesse and Boofzheim
■ Locaboat/Linssen: Lutzelbourg
Canal Marne au Rhin – Canal Rhone au Rhin (N) – Canal de la Sarre
The waterways of North-East France are set against striking backdrops – the forests of the Ardennes, the Vosges mountains, the beautiful Doubs valley – with the River Rhine marking its eastern-most edge. Being so close to Germany and Switzerland, these influences and references are strong: castles, steeply pitched roofs, decorative timberwork, hearty cuisine, Riesling wine, plus a big selection of beers – no more so than in the regional capital of Strasbourg, where French poet and novelist Victor Hugo described the 12th century cathedral as, “a gigantic and delicate marvel.”
At Saverne the Lalique Museum is home to more than 500 exceptional pieces of glassware by French designer René Lalique. The Arzviller boat lift is a marvel of engineering that carries boats 450 feet up the Vosges Mountains and for the perfect end to a day’s strenuous sightseeing, try sipping a glass of Riesling wine in Place Stanislas, the gilded, UNESCO listed central square in the Art Nouveau city of Nancy.
– [below] In the region: Strasbourg, Nancy, Lalique Glass, Arzviller Boat Lift, Canal Marne-Rhine –
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Options / Notes
The Nicols 'Piscinette' heated boat pool (optional extra)
The French canal and river network is the most extensive, most delightful, in the world. Exploring the waterways, passing through towns, villages and beautiful countryside – usually in bright sunshine – is enjoyable almost beyond compare. Equally enjoyable is the opportunity to ‘take a dip’ and with most watercourses, man-made or natural, this is very possible.
The unique Nicols Piscinette expands this delight still further, providing one’s own private small pool, with the clean water at a warm temperature, the depth certain and the poolside safe. A great little splashy playground for the young – and the not so young!
The pool is rather like a floating trailer that is fixed to and towed behind Nicols boats. Every recent type of boat in the Nicols fleet is suitable – Sedan, Grand Confort or Estivale (except N800, Primo, Octo fly and Octo fly C) ranges.
The boat attachment is completely secure and a boat equipped with a Piscinette is as easy to drive as one without. Overall, it is 2.55m long by 3.10m wide and the pool holds 700 litres of fresh clean water that is brought to a comfortable temperature through connections to the boat engine heat exchanger. There is also a circulation pump and filtration skimmer, to keep things sweet, just like its full-size cousins.
The Nicols ‘pool annexe’ has guard rails, storage boxes – and for when the pool is not in use, it has sliding rigid covers robust enough to stand on or keep things on.
[Please note that for boats of 13m length and over, a pleasure boat licence is necessary because the total length of the boat plus pool is too challenging for a novice.]
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