My wife and I have lived on boats before (8+ years on a 30' sailing boat with 2 children!) so we were looking forward to spending two nights at the "intimate boat in the city" in Galway harbor. The harbor location seemed to be ideal for exploring Galway, however, our experience was clearly not ideal.

The description on the AirBnB posting reads "A high quality private cruiser boat fitted out just for two with everything you would expect in a house" and located in a private dock area. Clearly an overstatement!

It is not a high quality cruiser, actually it is a converted party boat with only basic amenities. The private dock area is "private" but its condition is unacceptable.

Here are some of the issues we experienced:

- The private dock area has piles of old tires and your view of the harbor is actually of an area of scrap metal storage.
- The boat has only one water faucet with drinkable water, we were advised not to use any other facets in the kitchen, bedroom and bathroom for drinking.
- There is no refrigerator, you have use of an ice chest.
- The boat only has solar batteries and we were cautioned to use the electricity sparingly.
- The wifi did not work on the day we arrive, it did not work on day we departed.
- The sleeping area in the photos looks great, however, the bed is very uncomfortable - we struggled finding any position without feeling the springs. The quality and cleanliness of the sheets are suspect.
- There are several boats attached to the "Intimate Boat". A person lives on one of these boat and uses the "Intimate Boat" as a means to get onto his boat. We were awaken at midnight and 2:30 AM apparently when he returned, walking/tripping on our deck next to our sleeping area.
- We had no desire to use the deck area for meals or drinks considering the condition of the boat slip and views of scrap metal.