Boat rental in Saint-Mandrier-sur-Mer · Dufour — Dufour 360 Gl Liberty (2020)

ATTENTION you should know that you book with one of the biggest pro rental company DYC... A standard contract in English is sent to you, we managed to have one in French by the base. There are incredible clauses! PLEASE NOTE: it is forbidden to sail at night (at the end of October this is reduced to 10 hours per day), or in winds of force 6 or more, bring the boat back before 5 p.m. the day before (but you can sleep on board at the port) ATTENTION: We had to pay an off-site supplement on site! The base team is friendly, the linen is provided which is great, and the boat was very clean! (except blood-stained saloon bedding cushions...) ATTENTION The photos being sketches of the brand, we had an older boat of the same model, which is a comfortable and easy to navigate sailboat. And the problems started one by one on Barbican sailboat of 2019 having already lived well, coming from another base. He must have gone through the checks racket! We were the first to sail with him...no luck! - The full black water tank that does not empty, the contents coming out through the ventilation, foul odors, unusable toilets. We had to have it drained by suction and go to the port for the toilets every day.... - The connection between the chain and the rope was poorly made, we lost the knot during the night, fortunately we had put in place our anchor hook which held us with the chain engaged on it! (personal equipment) We bought the whipping line and repaired and spliced the rope to secure the chain to the sailboat. - The completely sheared lazy jag lanyard was cut at the level of the spreader, we used the spinnaker halyard to hold the bag. - The battened mainsail...without battens! - A tank HS alarm and beep beep beep all day - Very few crockery, no salad bowl. Nice there is a pressure cooker that served us: - basin to save fresh water, because the sea water tap but there is no pump - salad bowl! On our return the technician, very annoyed by the state of the sailboat, apologized and gave explanations, when at the office with whom contacts had been pleasant until the stay, on our return everyone had their heads in their computer , in denial, no excuse or offer of compensation for the inconvenience experienced and the time lost patching up and the discomfort of the lack of sanitary facilities. One of the answers: it is not with us that you rented but at Click&Boat!!! We paid for a boat that was dangerous and poorly maintained by another base and the lack of professionalism of the person in charge of checking its condition before it left for hire. We may be an isolated case I hope and a commercial gesture may be offered but at the moment this is not the case. A savvy sailor is worth two