A friendly crew at your service

All experts in canal holidays, our four-
member English-speaking crew will make
your cruise the best ever. Our captain is
seconded by a «matelot» who is also a
well-versed guide and driver for the
minibus. A competent stewardess and
an accomplished chef complete the team.



A shared passion for barging

Berend, owner of Clair de Lune, has been
«mucking about» with boats since he was
seven years old and has thirty years
experience in the barging industry. He
and his wife, Barbara, met in France at
lock “le Gatain” in 1978 and have been
barging ever since; in Holland for the
springtime tulip season, Paris and the
Moselle, the Rhine, Nivernais and Burgundy
during the summers and winters.

Berend has built many barges, including the sister barges Anjodi and Stella Maris (their first barge) which he outfitted in 1982. Barbara and Berend then plied the waterways of Alsace with Stella Maris for several years, with Berend spending winters designing and building boats, from wooden dinghies to barge conversions for friends.

In 1996 the couple cruised to the South of France and decided to finally drop anchor a few locks down from Béziers Port where Clair de Lune is now based. Barbara and Berend designed, built and decorated the Clair de Lune to be the practical and spacious luxury boat that she is. Winters still find Berend busy boat building as well as operating a brokerage and ship surveying business, and Barbara pursuing her artwork.