"4 u" wrote in message
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Hi There

I would like to know if their is anywhere I can hire a boat to see if me
and
the family get on with it.

ideally east Anglia area east coast / north coast

Hire for a week on the Norfolk Broads, it will give the family a gentle
taster, ok a lot of the hire boats are the forward drive houseboat things,
but some are available that look like real boats.

Also the area around Yarmouth/Breydon Water is a good taster for estury
cruising as there is a strong tide to take account of & places you can run
aground if you don't keep to the channel etc.