Nick Dixon

Review of Starline Narrowboats

Great experience. Our boat, the Western Star was m...

Great experience. Our boat, the Western Star was mechanically sound, safe and clean. After a short but thorough walkthrough we set sail. We opted for a short 5 day break and turned round at Kinver. Beautiful scenery and lovely local people. Nothing beats the sound of a Lister engine plodding along at tickover with the wildlife around you.
Upon returning our boat with a heavy heart, we had a good chat with the owners who didn't even ask to see the boat. Overall it was delightful the whole time from start to end.

Ignore reviews regarding people commenting about only being able to cook one pizza at a time or the fridge not working, check the thermostat inside is set to 3 and not 1, this is so not to flatten the onboard electrics.

The boat itself was easy to drive and operating the locks becomes second nature - so don't stress.

10/10