Mooring in Paris

[Rita Bosaid]

We would like to move our 13.5m long, 4.1m beam motor cruiser from St Jean de Losne in France to Paris, in December this year, 2014.

 

We missed out on securing a berth at The Arsenal despite sitting on their waiting list since August 2013.

 

Does anyone know any other good mooring options for marina's in Paris where we can access the metro and enjoy Christmas there this year? The boat would then necessarily stay until the following June.

[Guest]

Welcome to the forum Rita.

 

There may be a small number of members who can help with your query but the number of French boating members on here is actually very small. You might wish to try asking your question on the Dutch Barges Association forum if you haven't already done so. I suspect you will stand more chance of getting responses there. (though somebody on here may know)

 

DBA web site

[Rita Bosaid]

Thank you for your prompt advice Dog House. I shall do that.

[magnetman]

There is a nice little port de plaisance at Nogent sur Marne which is near Paris. I haven't boated there (yet) but have walked about it seemed OK. Not sure its close enough to the smelly city for you though.

[John Williamson 1955]

There is a nice little port de plaisance at Nogent sur Marne which is near Paris. I haven't boated there (yet) but have walked about it seemed OK. Not sure its close enough to the smelly city for you though.

15 minutes by RER to the centre of Paris. Public transport in the Île de France is good, frequent and fairly cheap.

[magnetman]

And smelly

[cariad]

Port Clichy is worth a look, it is a lot cheaper than the Arsenal and is in easy access for the Metro. We stayed there for 1 night in august 2013.

[John Williamson 1955]

And smelly

Noseplugs. And guerilla deodorant.

[magnetman]

Good plan

 

Edited as I went off topic

Edited March 26, 2014 by magnetman

[Dream On]

Hello,

 

As written before, the moored is expensive and very difficult to find in Paris. I am on a waiting list for 3 or 4 years now.

Also have a location for a few months not very interested Marinas who prefer the certainty of annual rent

Maybe look a little further would be a solution: There is of course the subway you already know but there is also the RER...
So you could search further in the South for example, on the Seine, as Draveil / Juvisy (25 km South of Paris). There, the marina "Port aux Cerises" is nice, and more easily accept the passing boats, if there is space. It is only big fifteen minutes from the center of Paris.

 

http://portauxcerises.ucpa.com/espaces/port-plaisance/presentation/

 

 

If you are interested, I can make you a small list of Marinas of this style with the coordinates for contact ...

 

Best regards,

Laurent

Edited May 20, 2014 by Dream On

[Rita Bosaid]

There is a nice little port de plaisance at Nogent sur Marne which is near Paris. I haven't boated there (yet) but have walked about it seemed OK. Not sure its close enough to the smelly city for you though.

 

 

15 minutes by RER to the centre of Paris. Public transport in the Île de France is good, frequent and fairly cheap.

Thank you, I have taken you up on that and booked Nogent Sur Marne.

Hello,

 

As written before, the moored is expensive and very difficult to find in Paris. I am on a waiting list for 3 or 4 years now.

Also have a location for a few months not very interested Marinas who prefer the certainty of annual rent

Maybe look a little further would be a solution: There is of course the subway you already know but there is also the RER...

So you could search further in the South for example, on the Seine, as Draveil / Juvisy (25 km South of Paris). There, the marina "Port aux Cerises" is nice, and more easily accept the passing boats, if there is space. It is only big fifteen minutes from the center of Paris.

 

http://portauxcerises.ucpa.com/espaces/port-plaisance/presentation/

 

 

If you are interested, I can make you a small list of Marinas of this style with the coordinates for contact ...

 

Best regards,

Laurent

Hello Laurent

What excellent information! I do thank you for your offer to help with contact details..... But your link provided me with the FFPP website.Very informative with all of it's marinas listed and mapped geographically. This will be our constant resource. My limited french is able to glean most facts....except I REALLY do wish the marinas would list their email addresses. Phoning with such poor language skills makes it more difficult than it needs to be. Google translate enables us to communicate easily by email.....As it happens.... We ended up booking Nogent sur Marne. "Port aux Cerises" however looks better. Next time!!

Hello,

 

As written before, the moored is expensive and very difficult to find in Paris. I am on a waiting list for 3 or 4 years now.

Also have a location for a few months not very interested Marinas who prefer the certainty of annual rent

Maybe look a little further would be a solution: There is of course the subway you already know but there is also the RER...

So you could search further in the South for example, on the Seine, as Draveil / Juvisy (25 km South of Paris). There, the marina "Port aux Cerises" is nice, and more easily accept the passing boats, if there is space. It is only big fifteen minutes from the center of Paris.

 

http://portauxcerises.ucpa.com/espaces/port-plaisance/presentation/

 

 

If you are interested, I can make you a small list of Marinas of this style with the coordinates for contact ...

 

Best regards,

Laurent

Hello again Laurent....Forgot to address the 3-4 year waiting time you mentioned...THAT puts it all in perspective! Now I know what to expect....thanks!!!!

[pquinn]

Noseplugs. And guerilla deodorant.

Why? are there hordes of guerillas roaming the streets of Paris? If so i would suggest you arm yourself with something more effective than noseplugs and deodorant.

 

Try some bananas or tea bags.bound to be more effective..

[Dream On]

We ended up booking Nogent sur Marne.

 

The port of Nogent is nice and near Paris.

You'll be fine.

The highway is too close for me and always noisy but being moored in the country, I became sensitive

Nice trip on French rivers