Boat rental Lake LAUSANNE

[DavidJ]

Driving home from Tuscany and spending a couple of nights in Lake Lausanne (also called Lake Léman)
Be a bit of fun to hire a boat (say 20ft or a bit less) for half a day.
I’ve googled of course and got a couple of names but interested if anyone has direct experience
We will be based on the French south side kind of opposite the town of Lausanne

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[Portofino]

There’s some hire places E of Evian .

 

[st599]

I've hired on Lake Geneva before - had to leave a Swiss ID card as deposit. Luckily my friend had one.

 

[DavidJ]

I've hired on Lake Geneva before - had to leave a Swiss ID card as deposit. Luckily my friend had one.

Thanks
We will be on the French side (I think) but I remember visiting a NZ friend living in Geneva who could only get a mobile phone using his son’s Swiss student card. Very independent country.

 

[DavidJ]

There’s some hire places E of Evian .

Thanks @Portofino good find, I hadn’t got that one and it’s only 20mins from our hotel.
https://www.evian-tourisme.com/en/sheets/boat-renting-133535/
Depends how much holiday cash left over but do fancy a blast in their Axopar.

 

[Bouba]

Driving home from Tuscany and spending a couple of nights in Lake Lausanne (also called Lake Léman)
Be a bit of fun to hire a boat (say 20ft or a bit less) for half a day.
I’ve googled of course and got a couple of names but interested if anyone has direct experience
We will be based on the French south side kind of opposite the town of Lausanne

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I have hired boats on Lake Geneva (Leman) many times.... I did once try to launch my own boat but I chickened out after I got the trailer wheels wet....there was only a ring against a stone wall with no protection from the waves beating against the shore...and the trailer park was so far away that the boat would be unattended for far too long.
Usually I just get a daily bus pass which gives you unlimited travel on the Genevan water buses

 

[Seastoke]

I have hired boats on Lake Geneva (Leman) many times.... I did once try to launch my own boat but I chickened out after I got the trailer wheels wet....there was only a ring against a stone wall with no protection from the waves beating against the shore...and the trailer park was so far away that the boat would be unattended for far too long.
Usually I just get a daily bus pass which gives you unlimited travel on the Genevan water buses

Does your pensioners bus pass work over there.

 

[Bouba]

Does your pensioners bus pass work over there.

Of course….privilege of being old

 

[julians]

Thanks @Portofino good find, I hadn’t got that one and it’s only 20mins from our hotel.
https://www.evian-tourisme.com/en/sheets/boat-renting-133535/
Depends how much holiday cash left over but do fancy a blast in their Axopar.

do they have an axopar? I couldnt see one on their site......

 

[DavidJ]

do they have an axopar? I couldnt see one on their site......

If you click on “more information” there are further pics

 

[julians]

If you click on “more information” there are further pics

There's a fjord on there, but no axopar....

 

[Bouba]

I recommend to boat only in the summer...

 

[LittleSister]

This thread has reminded me I once sailed on a friend's boat on Lake Geneva. I'd completely forgotten that!

 

[DavidJ]

Good Morning from Lake Lausanne/Geneva/Leman

 

[PalmaTarga]

Beautiful, I spent many years living in Chamonix.

Montreux is always worth a trip, a nice drive, but the public transport route is pretty special, getting the ferry across the lake and then 30 minutes or so by train.

If you can't find a boat rental close by and have the time, there are plenty in Annecy. Equally as stunning, if not more so, it's a 1.5 hour drive.

 

[Bouba]

Yes, Montreux where Smoke On The Water was written by Deep Purple after they woke up in the morning and saw smoke from a fire spreading over the lake