Marine

Como Private On The Water

The marine desk handles charter, transfers, moorings and the care of members' boats.

Based in Lake Como

It writes everything here about boats, jetties and getting around the lake by water, including which restaurants you can genuinely tie up at, and which you cannot.

Writes about

Charter and skippered hire
Moorings and berthing
Water transfers

Guides by this desk

Lake Como by BoatThe lake was laid out to be travelled on the water, and it still works better that way, provided you understand the wind, the timetable and where you are actually allowed to land.

The Boat Owner's GuideKeeping a boat on this lake is less about the boat than about the berth, the winter and the two or three people who look after both.

Journal pieces

Where to Lunch by Boat on Lake ComoLunch reached by water is the thing everybody wants from this lake and the thing most people get wrong, because it is not a restaurant booking. It is a small piece of seamanship with a table at the end of it.

The Riva Owner's Guide to Lake ComoA classic mahogany runabout is the most photographed object on this lake and the least understood: a boat that asks for a covered berth, a varnish schedule and an early start, and repays all three.

Lake Como Makes More Sense From the WaterThe drive, the parking, the village you can see but cannot reach: everything that seems awkward about this lake stops being awkward the moment you stop using the road. The lake was laid out to be approached from the other direction.

Why the Riva Still Belongs on This LakeThe boat is not a beautiful object that happens to have ended up here. Its proportions are an answer to a particular kind of water, which is why it looks correct on a deep alpine lake and slightly misjudged everywhere else.