Everyone likes boats. We have been on 5 different boats while we have been here. The InSEA dinner cruise was aboard the Europa, easily the nicest boat we were on, it was a gem and I didn't bother to look for the life jacket storage compartment. The other boats were a little edgy and I did look for the life jacket storage compartment, made sure one would fit me and then hid it in a bathroom stall. I also made sure I knew how to man the life boats and take over the helm, just in case. I saw several other wary passengers doing the same so I felt fairly comfortable. Most of the crews seem to be German so that in the event of a problem you know they would be the first ones in the life boat, capacity 10.
Anyway...the boats were old and cool. Here are a few pictures I took of various Danube craft. The medium sized freighter was at anchor above Budapest. The large boatel, which are common up and down the river was docking at Visegrad. There are several of these moored in Budapest that do not cruise, just moor. Most of the pleasure boats are of US production, the European pleasure boat manufacturers are high line and can't touch the mass produced American brands. You see a lot of Mercury and Honda outboards. We have seen a couple of sail boats motoring thru, the 9 kph current and the Buda hills make sailing difficult. I deducted the current speed while we were on the Visegrad trip. There was a monitor that showed the speed of the boat, 15.5 kph going up, 24.5 coming back. I think that's right. Mitchell, please confirm. If a boat leaves Budapest at 9 am....you get the picture.
Enjoy the boats
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