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The Boatmen’s Pinasses
Perfect for a small group, meander your way through Arcachon Bay with the Boatmen’s pinasses.
Treat yourself to a unique experience: discover Arcachon Bay on an authentic wooden pinasse for a 2-hour, half-day or full-day trip. (12 or 15 or 22-seat Pinasse / traditional 25-seater boat)
Sail through Arcachon Bay on this iconic boat and discover an exceptional natural environment.
Boatmen’s pinasses can be booked for private use for a one-hour trip to the Île aux Oiseaux, or for a half or full-day.
Feel free to enjoy oysters on board or during a stopover with a glass of white wine. We offer a variety of à la carte options that give you the freedom to choose what best fits your tastes.
Total capacity: 12, 15, 22 and 25 people
Buffet/tasting capacity: 12, 15, 22 and 25 people
What you need to know
Boarding points
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6 oysters, 3 prawns, bread, butter, lemon, mayonnaise and aioli.
Country pâté.
Platter of charcuterie and local cheeses.
Dunes Blanches – Chocolate Moelleux
1 x 50cl bottle of water – 1 bottle for 3 people (Entre-deux-mers and/or Château Haut-Rian)
Please note: Minimum of 20 people – maximum of 30 or 40 or 150 people depending on the boats available.
This tasting includes: 6 oysters – bread – butter – lemon – 1 glass of white wine
Please note: Maximum of 35 people per boat depending on boat availability
The oyster tasting includes: 6 oysters – bread – butter – lemon – 1 glass of white wine
Duration of the stopover: Up to 2 hrs.
Access: 2 min. walk from the pier in Le Canon
Duration of the stopover: Up to 2 hrs.
Access: 2 min. walk from Bélisaire Pier, Cap Ferret
Menu for €42 per person
Choice of Starter
6 No. 3 Cap Ferret oysters (vinegar, shallots, lemon, butter and grilled sausage) or Fish soup (rouille, croutons, cheese) or Spanish-style grilled baby squid or Landaise salad with smoked duck breast and candied gizzards or Gravelax salmon with orange and dill, ginger and wasabi condiment or Asparagus risotto, foie gras cream, Parmesan shavings.
Choice of Main Course
Grilled sea bream or Grilled fresh cod steak, aioli sauce or Salmon steak, baby vegetables or Butcher’s cut, pepper or shallot sauce.
Choice of Dessert
Brown sugar crème brulée (less than 20 pax) or Chocolate fondant or Lemon meringue pie or Chantilly ice cream puff
1 pitcher of red, white or rosé wine (50cl for two people)
Coffee
Children’s Menu for €15 (under 10)
Salmon escalope/chips or Beef patty/chips
2 scoops of ice cream
1 drink
Duration of the stopover: Up to 2 hrs.
Please note: Landing by ladder
Skewer of melon & cured ham
Potato, boiled egg & red onion salad
Tomato Basil & Burrata Salad
Crispy chicken bun’s Thaî style
Apple crisp
Organic bread baked over a wood fire
Drinks: 1 x 50cl bottle of Abatilles water – 1 bottle of wine for 4 people
Optional extras
6 oysters, 3 prawns, bread, butter, lemon, mayonnaise and aioli.
Country pâté.
Platter of charcuterie and local cheeses.
Dunes Blanches – Chocolate Moelleux
1 x 50cl bottle of water – 1 bottle for 3 people (Entre-deux-mers and/or Château Haut-Rian)
Please note: Minimum of 20 people – maximum of 30 or 40 or 150 people depending on the boats available.
This tasting includes: 6 oysters – bread – butter – lemon – 1 glass of white wine
Please note: Maximum of 35 people per boat depending on boat availability
The oyster tasting includes: 6 oysters – bread – butter – lemon – 1 glass of white wine
Duration of the stopover: Up to 2 hrs.
Access: 2 min. walk from the pier in Le Canon
Duration of the stopover: Up to 2 hrs.
Please note: Landing by ladder
Skewer of melon & cured ham
Potato, boiled egg & red onion salad
Tomato Basil & Burrata Salad
Crispy chicken bun’s Thaî style
Apple crisp
Organic bread baked over a wood fire
Drinks: 1 x 50cl bottle of Abatilles water – 1 bottle of wine for 4 people
Duration of the stopover: Up to 2 hrs
Access: 2 min. walk from Thiers Pier, Arcachon
Menu for €23.50 per person
Choice of Starter
Sautéed shrimp with vanilla oil or Mussels in white wine or Crudités
Choice of Main Course
Hake fillet with green asparagus cream or Butcher’s choice cut with shallot sauce or Chicken fillet with mustard sauce
Pastry
Coffee – Wine
Children’s Menu for €12.50 (under 12)
Tomato Salad
Chicken nuggets or Beef patty or Fish
Ice cream
1 drink
Optional extras
6 oysters, 3 prawns, bread, butter, lemon, mayonnaise and aioli.
Country pâté.
Platter of charcuterie and local cheeses.
Dunes Blanches – Chocolate Moelleux
1 x 50cl bottle of water – 1 bottle for 3 people (Entre-deux-mers and/or Château Haut-Rian)
Please note: Minimum of 20 people – maximum of 30 or 40 or 150 people depending on the boats available.
This tasting includes: 6 oysters – bread – butter – lemon – 1 glass of white wine
Please note: Maximum of 35 people per boat depending on boat availability
Duration of the stopover: Up to 2 hrs.
Access: 2 min. walk from Bélisaire Pier, Cap Ferret
Menu for €42 per person
Choice of Starter
6 No. 3 Cap Ferret oysters (vinegar, shallots, lemon, butter and grilled sausage) or Fish soup (rouille, croutons, cheese) or Spanish-style grilled baby squid or Landaise salad with smoked duck breast and candied gizzards or Gravelax salmon with orange and dill, ginger and wasabi condiment or Asparagus risotto, foie gras cream, Parmesan shavings.
Choice of Main Course
Grilled sea bream or Grilled fresh cod steak, aioli sauce or Salmon steak, baby vegetables or Butcher’s cut, pepper or shallot sauce.
Choice of Dessert
Brown sugar crème brulée (less than 20 pax) or Chocolate fondant or Lemon meringue pie or Chantilly ice cream puff
1 pitcher of red, white or rosé wine (50cl for two people)
Coffee
Children’s Menu for €15 (under 10)
Salmon escalope/chips or Beef patty/chips
2 scoops of ice cream
1 drink
Duration of the stopover: Up to 2 hrs.
Please note: Landing by ladder
The oyster tasting includes: 6 oysters – bread – butter – lemon – 1 glass of white wine
Access: 2 min. walk from the pier in Le Canon
Skewer of melon & cured ham
Potato, boiled egg & red onion salad
Tomato Basil & Burrata Salad
Crispy chicken bun’s Thaî style
Apple crisp
Organic bread baked over a wood fire
Drinks: 1 x 50cl bottle of Abatilles water – 1 bottle of wine for 4 people
Optional extras
6 oysters, 3 prawns, bread, butter, lemon, mayonnaise and aioli.
Country pâté.
Platter of charcuterie and local cheeses.
Dunes Blanches – Chocolate Moelleux
1 x 50cl bottle of water – 1 bottle for 3 people (Entre-deux-mers and/or Château Haut-Rian)
Please note: Minimum of 20 people – maximum of 30 or 40 or 150 people depending on the boats available.
This tasting includes: 6 oysters – bread – butter – lemon – 1 glass of white wine
Please note: Maximum of 35 people per boat depending on boat availability
The oyster tasting includes: 6 oysters – bread – butter – lemon – 1 glass of white wine
Duration of the stopover: Up to 2 hrs.
Access: 2 min. walk from the pier in Le Canon
Duration of the stopover: Up to 2 hrs.
Please note: Landing by ladder
Skewer of melon & cured ham
Potato, boiled egg & red onion salad
Tomato Basil & Burrata Salad
Crispy chicken bun’s Thaî style
Apple crisp
Organic bread baked over a wood fire
Drinks: 1 x 50cl bottle of Abatilles water – 1 bottle of wine for 4 people
Duration of the stopover: Up to 2 hrs
Access: 2 min. walk from Thiers Pier, Arcachon
Menu for €23.50 per person
Choice of Starter
Sautéed shrimp with vanilla oil or Mussels in white wine or Crudités
Choice of Main Course
Hake fillet with green asparagus cream or Butcher’s choice cut with shallot sauce or Chicken fillet with mustard sauce
Pastry
Coffee – Wine
Children’s Menu for €12.50 (under 12)
Tomato Salad
Chicken nuggets or Beef patty or Fish
Ice cream
1 drink
Optional extras
6 oysters, 3 prawns, bread, butter, lemon, mayonnaise and aioli.
Country pâté.
Platter of charcuterie and local cheeses.
Dunes Blanches – Chocolate Moelleux
1 x 50cl bottle of water – 1 bottle for 3 people (Entre-deux-mers and/or Château Haut-Rian)
Please note: Minimum of 20 people – maximum of 30 or 40 or 150 people depending on the boats available.
This tasting includes: 6 oysters – bread – butter – lemon – 1 glass of white wine
Please note: Maximum of 35 people per boat depending on boat availability
The oyster tasting includes: 6 oysters – bread – butter – lemon – 1 glass of white wine
Duration of the stopover: Up to 2 hrs.
Access: 2 min. walk from the pier in Le Canon
Duration of the stopover: Up to 2 hrs.
Access: 2 min. walk from Bélisaire Pier, Cap Ferret
Menu for €42 per person
Choice of Starter
6 No. 3 Cap Ferret oysters (vinegar, shallots, lemon, butter and grilled sausage) or Fish soup (rouille, croutons, cheese) or Spanish-style grilled baby squid or Landaise salad with smoked duck breast and candied gizzards or Gravelax salmon with orange and dill, ginger and wasabi condiment or Asparagus risotto, foie gras cream, Parmesan shavings.
Choice of Main Course
Grilled sea bream or Grilled fresh cod steak, aioli sauce or Salmon steak, baby vegetables or Butcher’s cut, pepper or shallot sauce.
Choice of Dessert
Brown sugar crème brulée (less than 20 pax) or Chocolate fondant or Lemon meringue pie or Chantilly ice cream puff
1 pitcher of red, white or rosé wine (50cl for two people)
Coffee
Children’s Menu for €15 (under 10)
Salmon escalope/chips or Beef patty/chips
2 scoops of ice cream
1 drink
Duration of the stopover: Up to 2 hrs.
Please note: Landing by ladder
Skewer of melon & cured ham
Potato, boiled egg & red onion salad
Tomato Basil & Burrata Salad
Crispy chicken bun’s Thaî style
Apple crisp
Organic bread baked over a wood fire
Drinks: 1 x 50cl bottle of Abatilles water – 1 bottle of wine for 4 people
