Look inside 2020 Relax and slow down… Drift through the stunning english countryside. It’s beautiful any time of the year. www.kateboats.co.uk Contents P3 Welcome Discover the breathtaking beauty of P4 Richard John Florence Edith Britain’s unspoilt waterways P5 Molly May Madeleine Welcome to Kate Boats The boats are graded to ensure that you know Esma Frances what to expect when you book with us, with a Isabella We offer you our 2020 brochure at difficult times range of boats from 3 star, offering great value for all. The boats are tied up, the staff furloughed, P6 Louisa boating, to our 5 star boats, luxury boating at however when the restrictions are lifted, we will Patricia Helen its best. Stockton fleet Alexander be ready to start again. Meanwhile we wish you Lucy May all the best in these uncertain times, and hope you Fuel and damage waiver inclusive P7 Caroline Mary stay safe. prices P10 Rebecca Setting off from our working boatyard, just The price quoted is the price you pay, we include Susan half a mile from the centre of the historic town diesel and damage waiver that many other hire P11 Rachel of Warwick or from the picturesque banks of companies add as extras. Boats are available for Martin Stockton Top Marina, you can cruise the 137 miles short breaks, a week, 10 or 11 days, and longer. Marie of the Grand Union Canal, explore the delights For information on prices and availability, please Stephen of the Oxford Canal or set your sights on visiting visit www.kateboats.co.uk. P12 Henry James Stratford, 20 minutes by road, but an interesting Jim We hope you enjoy our brochure and website. If seven day round trip by canal. Harry Hudson you would like to discuss your boat and holiday Warwick fleet Warwick Robert Genuine care and attention goes into every options we’re always happy to talk to you in P13 Jenella Kate Boats canal break. The boats are equipped person. Here’s hoping for pleasant cruising and Georgina Kate Elizabeth with all the comforts of home, including TVs with kind weather throughout the season. Charlotte DVD player, a 240 volt hairdryer, normal household sockets to plug your phone and chargers into, P18 Full week prices fresh water, flushing toilets, central heating and a P19 Short break prices galley equipped with fridge and gas cooker. Some P20 Useful information also have microwaves. Nick and Cheryl Howes. 3 Back to contents 3 Sleeps 2+3 Meet the Richard John Stockton fleet With clear views over the low bow, Richard There is a bath with shower over, and the John houses a comfortable dining and rear cabin features a permanent double Plan your luxury cruise lounge area with a settee that converts to a bed with storage underneath, and large double berth, another settee giving a single wardrobe. An airing cupboard and locker or short break in style. berth, and a foldaway table. provides extra room for waterproofs, windlass and mooring stakes. Stockton fleet 3 Sleeps 2+4 Florence Edith Accommodating up to six people, the front access to the first of two toilets. cabin provides a comfortable seating area A fully equipped bathroom provides a which converts to two single berths, and a bath, shower and second toilet. The rear well equipped galley offers all you need to cabin offers a full size double bed, a large cook whilst on board. wardrobe, airing cupboard and a useful The raised dinette in the middle cabin wet locker. converts into a double bed. This cabin gives 4 For more information, visit www.kateboats.co.uk Back to contents 5 Sleeps 2+2 5 Sleeps 2+2* Molly May Madeleine Molly May offers extremely spacious and The lounge area gives comfortable Madeleine gives a fixed double or the galley, including a domestic size luxurious cruising for 2 to 4 people. She seating during the day and at night can twin fixed singles at the rear, and two gas cooker, a fridge with freezer has a fixed double at the rear, and roomy convert either to two singles or to a cross singles or a double to convert in the compartment and a microwave. bathroom with shower and macerator boat double bed. lounge area. As with all our boats, she has ‘normal’ toilet. The galley is equipped with fridge, Please note: Molly May is a pet free boat. gas cooker, and a microwave. She comes fully equipped, as are all 3 pin sockets for charging phones and our 5 star boats, with a power shower cameras, and a TV with DVD player. and macerator toilet in the bathroom, and everything you might need in Stockton fleet 5 Sleeps 4+2 5 Sleeps 4+2 Esma Frances Isabella Esma Frances is an elegant semi- The U shaped galley provides easy cooking Isabella is a cruiser stern with a relaxing She has a fixed double bed and two traditional style boat fitted out to the facilities. Next to this is the fully tiled lounge area and L-shaped dinette which fixed singles at the rear, which can be very highest standard, providing luxury bathroom, with shower cubicle, followed converts to provide a double bed. The converted to a cross boat double bed. accommodation for up to six people. The by a fixed double bed. And finally, the galley includes a fridge, microwave and Both cabins are separated by a forward lounge features a dining area rear cabin with twin beds (which can be gas cooker, along with crockery and bathroom equipped with shower and with comfortable seating which converts converted to a cross boat double), and a utensils to make cooking a pleasure. macerator toilet. into a double berth, or two single berths. second TV, providing the flexibility of using this as a second day cabin. *Alternative layout available, visit www.kateboats.co.uk to find out more. 5 Back to contents 5 Sleeps 6+2 4 Sleeps 6+2 Patricia Louisa Helen Louisa has a form of semi traditional stern, leading into the fully equipped galley, with This semi-traditional narrowboat has Further down are two cabins with bunks, with a seating area at the back. Then full sized cooker, underbench fridge and a 5 foot well deck and outside seating one also having a toilet and washbasin. down into a rear cabin with either 2 fixed microwave. That leads to the lounge area, area. Inside is a large lounge and dinette, Following the side hatch and spacious singles, or a fixed double, there are then providing seating and a table during the which converts to a double bed, and a wardrobe is a bathroom with second two fixed doubles and two bathrooms, day and an additional two singles at night. spacious galley beyond holding a four toilet and shower. Behind this is a fixed ring gas hob cooker, stainless steel sink, double bed, and a second TV. and underbench fridge freezer. Stockton fleet 4 Sleeps 4+2 5 Sleeps 4+2 Alexander Lucy May Alexander features two fixed double The adjacent galley has ample storage Lucy May is a 58 foot long cruiser stern The boat has a number of adaptations beds and two bathrooms, plus a further and a side hatch provides ventilation and narrowboat with a ‘back to front’ design, ideal for children aboard. Stair gates convertible double bed. easy access. This leads to two further the lounge at the rear, with seating that are provided so that a toddler may be The forward lounge is equipped with cabins, each with a fixed double and converts to an additional double, and restricted to the saloon/lounge and still comfortable chairs plus a dinette, which en-suite shower room. galley next to that. There is then a double supervised from the rear deck. There is can be converted to a double bed. bed, a bathroom, and then a cabin with also a removable rear cover around the two singles. One of the single berths can back deck for additional safety and a convert into a handbuilt drop-sided cot, locker at the front of the boat provides with a full cot mattress, suitable for a secure housing for storing a baby buggy. 6 For more information, visit www.kateboats.co.uk baby or small infant. Back to contents Just some of our happy customers... Great holiday for 4 of What a wonderful 1st timers Booked a weekend Fabulous weekend us and 2 dogs. week it has been! holiday for my break This was our 1st time we had husband’s 40th. The boat was great, we had Robert The staff was extremely taken a narrow boat out. We On our arrival our boat Henry Our first kid-free vacation in 7 and more importantly everything accommodating and couldn’t be throughly enjoyed our short break James was modern, spotlessly clean years. It was incredible! Colin at worked as it should. Boat was more helpful. The boat was well from Monday to Friday on Amy and ready to go. The quality of the Kate Boats taught us everything clean and comfortable. We spent 2 prepared for us and we had a very Clare weather was kind to us no boat far exceeded our expectations we needed to know. They were nights in the centre of Birmingham comfortable stay on ‘Robert’. We rain. Kate Boats’ guys were very and had every mod con. Tuition EXTREMELY helpful as we before going on and completing really lucked out with the weather good with the instructions for the was very good and clear but we planned our trip from the States, the Warwickshire Ring.