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Located in Cholet in France and specialising in the transformation of plastic materials, the Nicols boat building yard<\/strong> was founded in 1986. Alongside the production of canal boats Nicols opened its first base in Dole (in the Franche Comt\u00e9 region) in 1990, before creating a reservations office the following year \u2013 which would market and manage the bookings of both French and overseas customers who wanted to hire a boat and explore France by water. Now, nearly 40 years later and with many more bases and many more boats, Nicols expertise continues with the three complementary offerings of the very best in boat building, marketing and promotion of boating holidays and the operation of a network of bases across Europe.<\/p>\n In addition to utilising a highly skilled and experienced team of boat builders<\/strong> one of the reasons Nicols has continued to raise the bar in boat building innovation is due to ongoing engagement with the very people who use their boats \u2013 the customers. Suggestions on improvements to comfort and aesthetics have been adopted and is one of the reasons how, over the years, generation after generation of boat has been developed. First, we saw Marina and Riviera models before the easily recognisable \u2018sea yacht\u2019 style of the Sedan range was born. Then, aimed more at smaller crews, arrived the Confort range of boats before in recent years we have seen the Estivale and Fly ranges added to the fleet. This complete range of boats were all produced by the Cholet boat building yard with the constant desire to always adapt and better meet customer expectations<\/strong>.<\/p>\n Since 1986 there has been a total of 25 models across 6 ranges of Nicols boats \u2013 with a total of nearly 700 boats leaving Cholet for a life on the waterways.<\/p>\n