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Themes Homepage > Boat hire   Enjoying the river Boat hire previous sectionnext section It has been possible for at least 100 years to hire a range of rowing boats on the non-tidal Thames for day trips or holidays. The old established firm of Salters used to offer for hire boats which the tourist could return to any of a number of participating boat yards along the river as far downstream as Teddington; the boat yard would then return the vessel to Oxford. Thames Ditton   Excursion rates A wide range of boats was available: canoes, dinghies, gigs, shallops, skiffs and whiffs. Accessories such as tent covers and mattresses could also be supplied. In 1889, one-man canoes, whiffs and dinghies could be hired for £1.10s.0d per week, and 10s per week thereafter, double canoes and dinghies for £2, and larger boats holding four people with tent cover and mattresses for £3.15s.0d per week.   previous sectionnext section     Themes Homepage > Boat hire

   

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