Large family boat with 4 cabins
Boat equipped with a bow thruster
A spacious terrace
Outdoor steering position
Terrase with bimini top
Tarpon 42
The Tarpon 42 is a spacious and friendly licence-free cruiser, ideal for families and larger crews thanks to a particularly well-designed layout, both inside and outside. Designed to accommodate three couples with three or four children, it offers generous living space and excellent onboard comfort.
The sleeping areas consist of a forward cabin fitted with a double bed and a single bed, as well as three aft cabins: a starboard aft cabin with three single beds, two of which are bunk beds, a port aft cabin with a double bed, and a port central cabin also fitted with a double bed. The boat features two shower rooms with toilets and four washbasins, ensuring a good level of comfort and practicality for all passengers.
One of the Tarpon 42’s key strengths is its large upper deck, a true outdoor living space. Protected by a bimini, it includes a deck lounge for outdoor dining as well as an external steering position, allowing the entire crew to enjoy the sunshine and scenery while cruising.
Highlights and equipment of the Tarpon 42
Two steering positions: one interior and one exterior- Spacious aft deck with deck lounge and bimini, plus a forward sun deck
- Fully equipped kitchen with large refrigerator, oven and hob
- Complete sanitary facilities: 2 showers, 4 washbasins and 2 electric flush toilets, including 1 separate toilet
- 12 V socket usable at all times, even while cruising (220 V converter available for hire for small electrical devices)
- 220 V socket on board (usable only when connected to shore power)
- Headroom: 1.93 m in the saloon and 1.86 m in the cabins
- Bow thruster facilitating mooring and lock manoeuvres
Sleeping arrangements
- Forward cabin: 1 double bed (130 × 200 cm) and 1 single bed (70 × 200 cm)
- Starboard aft cabin: 3 single beds, including 2 bunk beds (70 × 190 cm)
- Port aft cabin: 1 double bed (140 × 190 cm)
- Port central cabin: 1 double bed (140 × 190 cm)
- Saloon: Convertible bench forming a double bed (140 × 190 cm)
This licence-free boat is available for a river cruise on the Canal du Midi / Camargue, in Brittany, Burgundy, on the Lot, the Charente, in Alsace, and on the Mayenne and Anjou waterways.
Two steering positions
Bow thruster
220V socket
Electric toilets
Bimini Top
Comfort level : 
12 people maximum
Boat deposit : €2,500
Hourly fuel rate : €15.30/h of navigation (to be paid on return of your rental, unless you take a Pack including unlimited fuel)
Bed linen (sheets and pillowcases) are included.
Important: For all boats, a minimum of 2 adults on board is required.
- 2 double bed cabins
- 1 single and double beds cabin
- 1 3 single beds cabin
- 2 bathrooms
- 2 wc
- Length : 12.93m
- Width : 4.20m
- 12v socket (car lighter)
- 220V outlet if plugged in at the dock
- Heating
- Diesel engine
- Bath ladder
- Outdoor dining terrace
- Bimini/Sunshade
- Inside steering position
- Outside steering position
- Bow thruster
- Electric toilets
- Bed linen (sheets, pillowcases,...)
- Blankets/duvets
- CD player/radio
- MP3/USB
- Freezer
- Oven/broiler
- Gas cooking plate
- Manual coffee maker (coffee pot + filter holder)
- Extractor hood
4.1/5
(based on 41 opinion)
Score Awarded
"Great design, needs a refresh."
"Very good. Nothing to say."
"A little out of date."
"Good."
"Functional boat."
"Nice."
"A boat that is beginning to feel the impact of its years of navigation."
"Nice and well thought out."
"Spacious and well equipped."
"We were upgraded so it was a real treat!"
"Excellent."
"auto-translation :''Old but well maintained and very clean''"
"Comfortable"
"auto-translation :''No restoration of the boat following the previous shocks''"
"auto-translation :''Boat quite suitable for 8 adults''"
"auto-translation :''A little old, aps bad of problem (heating, water inflitration)''"
"auto-translation :''Well arranged''"
"auto-translation :''Very well arranged''"
"auto-translation :''Very comfortable, all passengers are delighted.''"
"auto-translation :''We appreciated the Tarpon 42 N newer than last year''"
"auto-translation :''Very good level, volume and layout''"
"auto-translation :''Old and not waterproof in the front cabin''"
"auto-translation :''Aging boat''"
"auto-translation :''Aging boat''"
"auto-translation :''Quite dilapidated overall''"
"auto-translation :''Old enough''"
"auto-translation :''A little aging …''"
"auto-translation :''Spacious and comfortable. The table of the square is a little too big and deserve to be more maneuverable or with extensions rétractables''"
"auto-translation :''For 6 adults and 3 children it is good !!!''"
"auto-translation :''Great houseboat''"
"auto-translation :''Houseboat pleasant and spacious''"
"auto-translation :''Houssboat pleasant''"
"auto-translation :"Very spacious for 8 people""
"auto-translation :"Boat to the right size for 4 couples""
"auto-translation :"Soon to be a bit old""
"auto-translation :"Good""
"auto-translation :"But well designed for 8 people . Maybe just for 10-12 people.""
"auto-translation :"Very comfortable""
"auto-translation :"Comfortable enough with large bathrooms""
"auto-translation :"Very well arranged""
"Les étraves ne marchaient pas. Pas de gilet de sauvetage pour les enfants."