We have wintered Courlis in three ports now.
2004 and 2005 - H2O, St Jean de Losne - English speaking.
River Saone in Gare de l'eau
This port is very big and used by a lot of English, New Zealanders and Australians. It can be reached by taking a TGV to Dijon then a local train to St Jean de Losne. The town has many restaurants, banks and shops with two large grocery shops close to the port. It has proved a safe port, though the fees are quite expensive.
2006 - 'Navig' France hire boat port, Lagarde - English speaking.
Canal Marne au Rhine .
This port can be reached by TGV to Nancy then local train to Lunieville 10 k from Lagarde. The owner of the hire boat company said he will arrange a lift to Lagarde from the train. Large supermarket for provisions alongside the canal with places to moor near Nancy.
This port is in a small village, proved to be safe and is very well priced.
2007 - Maubacq Boatyard, Pont a Bar - French speaking, some English.
Canal Des Ardenne.
Port can be reached by TGV to Reims then train to Sedan or Charleville Meziers. You need to arrange transport from the station to boatyard. This port is in a small village. The boatyard changed hands early 2008 owing to a sudden illness of one of the partners.
We have found out it is important to have all transactions which have been paid for written down so there are no misunderstandings about what is included. At this boatyard we paid a fee for coming out of the water and one to go back in whereas in other places the one fee has covered both.
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