Private Boats In Chao Praya?

[chivo]

if someone wanted to have a private boat in bangkok, would it be permitted?

your own dinner cruise.... a night out on the boat up the river having a few drinks with friends while watching the twinkling of the city... take your visitors for a leisurely ride up to ayuthaya...

may not appeal to all, but the question is simply does anyone know if it would be legal or not?

[bkkjames]

if someone wanted to have a private boat in bangkok, would it be permitted?

your own dinner cruise.... a night out on the boat up the river having a few drinks with friends while watching the twinkling of the city... take your visitors for a leisurely ride up to ayuthaya...

may not appeal to all, but the question is simply does anyone know if it would be legal or not?

one would think it would be legal - assuming you weren't competing with the boats that already do this. However, me thinks those that can afford nice boats, keep them in Phuket and Pattaya, where the waters are blue-ish and where you don't run the risk of having it dissolve in front of your eyes.

[Boksida]

I had a locally built boat and kept it in the Chao Phya for a few years and I don't recall a lot of trouble getting licences etc. It was quite a while ago though and things might have changed. Had a lot of fun with it.

[chivo]

yeah its definately a different pastime than cruising the islands, but for someone based in bangkok for job reasons, seemed an interesting way to spend a sunday...

nice pic, boksida... tho i'm sure theres a question where one would dock such a boat that was safe....

[Boksida]

yeah its definately a different pastime than cruising the islands, but for someone based in bangkok for job reasons, seemed an interesting way to spend a sunday...

nice pic, boksida... tho i'm sure theres a question where one would dock such a boat that was safe....

We hired a full time boatman who was one of the "river people" and he kept it tied up outside his family's house (in the picture). They had a telephone and we could call him and tell him where to meet us - more often than not at the Oriental wharf. It was also berthed at the American operated Colorado Eastern boat builders for quite a time. We originally bought the boat from the Irish Consul for 60,000 baht.