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I had just stepped off a magnificent péniche Luxemotor Dutch barge, moored right in the heart of Paris and was still under it’s charm! Perhaps more accurately described as a luxury motor yacht this residential barge was once owned by the artis...

We love it when we receive feedback from buyers or sellers as it helps us to ensure that we are offering the best service that we can, below are some of the comments we have received recently.

Many owners think that their boat will not sell in winter. Many more think it will be difficult to get decent photos with their boat winterised and gear all over the place. Well here at Boatshed Midi Canals we are used to the challenges of listing...

Bidding has just begun for the December 2016 European Boatbid.

You can now see all 61 boats that are available to bid on in the next Boatbid auction which starts on Friday December 9th 2016.

The last day of the SINUO show at Decize started in bright sunshine and finished in fine form. A great turn-out for a first event and a credit to the organisers. Lots of interest in our displayed boats, lots of listing enquiries from which ...

Pleased to report an excellent start to the Decize weekend. Which the sun coming out to warm us all! A great presence here on the first day with Boatshed HQ team present and brokers from Boatshed Bourgogne, Boatshed Midi Canals and the new Boats...

Bidding has just begun for the September 2016 European Boatbid.

With over 50 lots, the September Boatbid boat auction has something for everyone. If you haven't taken a look at the online catalogue, you should do so now.

From an original article by Cathy Bouguereau

Bidding has just begun for the July 2016 Boatbid!

Your Boatshed France Team in Gosport for their HQ training course

LE PORT EN FÊTE LE DIMANCHE 1ER MAI 2016 En rive droite, côté Pont-de-Vaux, Marché aux Puces organisé par Anime Joubert.

The Loire River is considered to be the last natural (as in un modified by man) river in Europe. Always a difficult river to navigate, it was once the main highway of France but is now only considered navigable for a short distance from t...

The next auction commences on Friday 15th April at 9am and runs until Tuesday 19th April at 7pm. There are 55 boats for sale in sail, power, river and inland boats.

Everybody interested in French waterways knows about the famous Pénichettes® hire boats from LOCABOAT but what about the man behind the creation?

The next auction takes place between 15th to 19th April 2016, here's a preview of some of the boats entered into the auction:

Some of you will be polishing cleaning and dewinterising whilst others will be getting the itch to buy their next (or their first) boat. After a few seasons spent renting a hire cruiser or just talking to the boaters whilst strolling the ...

Worth a visit. Moret sur Loing has three small marinas to welcome passing pleasure boaters and a warm welcome it will be too. Marina "Capitaine" is Lorette Levis, formerly a bargee a mine of useful information. All services in the town and supp...

We want our customers to feel valued, informed and, well…… loved. Instead of us keeping all the useful information about boat sales to ourselves, we have developed some tools to allow our customers to keep themselves informed whilst selling a...