Is your boat for sale? We have clients searching to buy your cruiser, barge. Contact us Your partner on the French Canals For barges, cruisers and houseboats since 1987

We provide ...

• Boat Brokerage
• Workshops
• Mooring
• Mooring in the Port Royal
• Chandlery
• Boat Insurance
• Boating holidays

How to ...

• Cruise the waterways
• Find the costs
• Learn about boat types
• Meet our team
• Find our location

Contact us by ...

• Phone :
• +33(0)380 392 300
• Fax :
• +33(0)380 290 467
• E mail :
• h2o@h2ofrance.com
• Request form

Charles GERARD

Charles Gerard is a french and english speaking German with 25 years experience in the hire boat business and is an authority on the technical side of boating and the waterways tourist industry.

Charles deals with our port infrastructures as well as our relations with the canal and local authorities. He is in charge of all future projects at H2O.

You can call him direct on 0 380 390 723.

Catherine RAULT

Catherine RAULT has been with H2O since early days and is in charge of our second hand boat and barge brokerage business. She is an expert on boat sales and can give you full details of all of the boats that we have for sale.

She is also one of the few people capable of navigating through the mounds of paperwork that buying a barge or a canal boat can entail. She can advise you on such complicated matters such as boat registration, driving permits etc.

You can call her direct: 0 380 390 809.

Phillippe GERARD

Phillippe GERARD is our chief technician and is solely in charge of the workshops and the technical staff. He speaks excellent english and french.

He is the person to contact for any jobs to be done on your boat from small break downs, all electrical installations, bow thrusters, heating, painting, haulouts, complete barge conversions etc.

You can call him direct on 06 82 30 80 01.

Max GERARD

Since he was 2 years old, Max GERARD has been involved with H2O and boats. He has worked abroad on large day-passenger boats and in new boat construction and has now returned to be a young and enthusiastic director of H2O.

Max is in charge of developing our websites and is involved in boat sales and marketing.

You can call him direct on 0 380 390 726.

Nicolas HUET

Nicolas has been with H2O for many years now and is the person to contact for Linssen Yacht sales.

If you are selling your boat please contact him by mail or by telephone direct 0 380 390 724.

Nicolas speaks fluent french, english, swedish and german. He is almost as tall as Phillippe.

Jean-Paul FORTIN

This is the face that most boaters get to know first. Jean Paul is our harbourmaster and our shop keeper. In the chandlery, Jean Paul will try and supply you with the strange and wonderful things that you need for your your boat. Here the unusual is usual.

Jean Paul will also find you a good mooring place for your boat.

He speaks english, french and german.

You can call him direct on 0 380 390 808.

Nathalie CARON

Nathalie is our accountant. Nathalie introduced a new analytical aproach to our accounting which permitts us to better understand our money flows and labour costs.

She understands the legal and financial aspects of our business very well and does a great job helping H2O working smoothly and she always does it with a smile!

You can call Nathalie direct on 0 380 390 725.