THE FRENCH CANAL ROUTES
TO THE MEDITERRANEAN.
£15.95
If you are thinking about using the French canals to passage between the UK and the Mediterranean then this booklet contains all the information you need.
It describes the Routes, the regulations the paperwork - How where and when to get the qualifications and license, the depths, air heights, locks and a whole lot more.
There are 'charts' throughout, the distances, dimensions & main stopping places and is the only publication to list ALL the possible stopping places on the Rhone River!
Bound with a wire spiral so you may keep
THE FRENCH CANAL ROUTES
in the cockpit and refer to it as you motor through the canal system.
'.....the boys say your book is great , don't know what they would have done without it .
Thanks a million.'
THE CHAPTER HEADINGS
1. OVERVIEW OF THE ROUTES
The ‘fast’ classic route
The ‘slow’ classic route
The Calais or St Valery sur Somme Route ‘scenic route’
Canal Du Midi route.
2. FORMALITIES
ICC - International Certificate of Competence
CEVNI – canals and rivers qualification for France
VIGNETTE - French pleasure boat licence
3. PRACTICALITIES
Engine - cooling and overheating problems in the canals
Taking down & stepping the mast
Gas, Fuel, Plank, Warps etc.
4.
LOCKS
Opening times
Manual Locks
Automatic Locks
Oval Locks
5. THE ‘FAST’& ’SLOW’ CLASSIC ROUTES TO PARIS
The Seine to Paris
6. THE CLASSIC FAST ROUTE
Canal du Loing
Canal du Loin
Canal de Briare
7. THE CLASSIC SLOW ROUTE
River Yonne
Canal de Bourgogne
8. THE SAÔNE
9. THE RHONE to Port St Louis & Sete
10. THE CALAIS OR ST VALERY SUR SOMME 'SCENIC' ROUTE
11. TO PARIS FROM NOYANS – alternative to Calais/St Valery ‘Scenic route’
12. CANAL DU MIDI
13. SETE to the Classic Routes
14. NETHERLANDS & BELGIUM ROUTE
Appendix. who can apply for
ICC & CEVNI, mast & boat transport companies, marine web sites for canals,
notes, updates, VNF 'vignette rates' and how to apply by email, via web
site, telephone and letter as well as in person
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FRENCH CANAL ROUTES
£15.95
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THE FRENCH CANAL ROUTES 'is the most informative and comprehensive book on the French canals I have found so far. Unlike other books it is totally devoted to the problems of sea going sailing and motor yachts using the canal systems' |
THE FRENCH CANAL ROUTES 'contains all the information you need in order to use the French Canals between the UK. Belgium and the Mediterranean. It only looks at the routes between the UK and the Mediterranean that can be used by sea going vessels.' |
By using the information in THE FRENCH CANAL ROUTES 'book you can save a fortune by only purchasing the canal charts that you actually need! beside the main routes it also lists licence fees, qualifications and what paperwork you will need' |
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Navicarte 21 This is a single sheet chart of the entire French waterway systems + French Canal Routes. With these two you can plan your trip in detail and see exactly which Navicarte you will need to suit your particular route It would be just possible to do the entire trip with only these two items. Please note you have to order separately as the come direct from two different publishers French Canal Routes only
Navicarte - Fluviacarte Waterways of France only
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THE
IDEAL PLANNING PAIR.A downloadable and printable version of the French Canal Routes in Ebook form is available for
£11.00
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ALL Navigable Waterways of France. This is a single sheet chart of the entire French waterway systems - Canals and Rivers.. in full colour
There are details of marinas and fuel places, canal dimensions, locks and it covers the entire country on one sheet.
Very useful for an overview and to decide which route you want to follow. If you are doing one fast trip, on a low budget, you could probably just but only just, use this chart and my book. It has all the canal - lock - bridge air height dimensions. It is in French, English & German. £10.00
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+ French Canal Routes. You can plan your trip in detail and see exactly which Navicarte you will need to suit your particular route It would be just, but only just possible to do the entire trip with only these two items. Please note you have to order separately as the come direct from two different publishers French Canal Routes only
Navicarte - Fluviacarte Waterways of France only
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for other books together with the DVD collection and special offer
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Contents 1 – Planning the voyage 2 – South coast to Chenal du Four 3 - Chenal du Four to La Rochelle 4 - La Rochelle to Spain overview 5 - La Rochelle to Coruña 6 - Coruña to Gibraltar |
Why not take your boat to the Mediterranean next summer?
There are several ways of getting your boat to the Mediterranean. On the back of a lorry, via the French canals, four or five day’s non stop across the Bay of Biscay then down the Portuguese coast or spend the summer or two, gently coasting southwards, enjoying the harbours, cities, towns and villages of France Spain and Portugal.
This is not a pilot book, rather a passage plan and guide to the nicer places between the South Coast of the UK to the beautiful Mediterranean Sea. It can all be done in easy stages, to suit a lightly crewed boat, with perhaps only a couple of people on board who are without ‘offshore’ experience. Actually, it is a lovely way to explore a lot of delightful foreign places.
The Ebook version is available now £4.50 |
Specially drawn charts of:
Cherbourg to L’Aber-Wrac’h. Chenal du Four to La Rochelle La Rochelle to Spain La Rochelle to Coruña Coruna to Gibraltar + illustrations, pictures, paintings |
