Uber Boat expands into Mediterranean yacht rentals with Click & Boat

Uber is trying to make boat booking feel as simple as hailing a car, and for catamaran and charter readers the real question is whether that changes access or just repackages inventory that already existed. The company said riders in Europe will be able to reserve an Uber Boat directly in the app, with the launch covering Portugal, Spain, Italy, France and Croatia and opening access to about 50,000 boats.

That puts the new service squarely in the Mediterranean charter market, where vacationers often search by destination first and hull type second. Uber said the routes and cruising grounds include the Balearic Islands, the Côte d’Azur and the Amalfi Coast, three places where multihulls already compete on space, stability and easy day-charter appeal. Every outing in the new service will be supervised by professional skippers, a detail that matters as much as the destination list because it lowers the barrier for travelers who want a quick day on the water without managing a boat themselves.

Click&Boat sits at the center of that pitch. The company said it offers more than 55,000 boats worldwide, including catamarans, and that its rentals can be booked with or without a skipper. Founded in 2013 by Edouard Gorioux and Jeremy Bismuth, the platform has spent the last few years consolidating the online boat-rental space through acquisitions such as Scansail and Nautal, which makes this Uber tie-up feel less like a one-off stunt and more like another step in the aggregation of charter supply.

For first-time multihull renters, the practical upside is not that new boats suddenly appear out of nowhere, but that the booking flow gets wrapped in a consumer habit millions already know. Uber described the service as part of its broader “app for everything” travel vision, and Click&Boat has framed the launch as an effort to make boat rental as simple and intuitive as a city ride. That could matter for families looking for a low-friction outing, travelers deciding on the fly, or skippers and operators trying to turn casual interest into a confirmed booking.

Uber’s track record on water gives the move a little more weight. Uber Boat by Thames Clippers launched in London in August 2020, the partnership was renewed in July 2025 through 2030, and Thames Clippers says the service now reaches 24 piers and carried its 50 millionth passenger in May 2022. But the Mediterranean test is different. European boating rules still vary by country, with the European Boating Association saying skipper qualifications are set by member states rather than one EU-wide license, which is exactly why skippered rentals can open the door for more holidaymakers. If this works, it will not just be a new logo on the dock. It will be a cleaner on-ramp into catamaran charter life.