Canal Boat Hire Firms - Europe

These are the ones I know of that have a web presence. Many firms are now on the web, but there are probably still some that are not; I have not attempted to list those. Boats are hired (rented) from boatyards. Hire is usually by the week, though some 3/4 day hires ("short breaks") are also offered by some firms.

Many ads can be found in the pages of canal and waterway-related magazines.

See also hotel boats.

When contacting any firm, please tell them you saw them listed on the internet on "George’s Canal Pages" at www.canals.com.

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Multi-base Hire Firms - Europe

• Locaboat Holidays France, Holland, Germany, Ireland. (site in English, Français, Deutsch)
• Friesland Boating Holland. (site in English, Nederlands, Deutsch)
• Le Boat: - US-firm that operates Crown Blue Line, Connoisseur, and Emerald Star. France, Germany, Italy, Ireland, Belgium, Holland, England, Scotland - (site in English, Français, Deutsch, Italiano, Español, Nederlands)
• France Afloat
• Cardinal Boating - its previous link now goes to Locaboat

Smaller Hire Firms - Europe

France

Germany

• Marina Lanke-Berlin - cruiser-style (deutsch)

Netherlands

• Yachtcharter De Drait - my previous link to Jachtcharter Klompmaker now points here - Woudsend, Netherlands (en) (nl) (de)
• Olympia Charters - Warmond, Netherlands (en) (nl) (de)
• Zijda Yachtcharter - Sneek, Netherlands (en) (nl) (de)

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