Episode 7: What do you need to know before cruising the canals and rivers of France in a sailboat? Which sea port to enter the inland waterways? Which boat set up is best? Which route to avoid grounding or crashing bridges and tunnels? Which is the shortest, or longest route?
We had a thought - take a sailboat from Hull, England to the Mediterranean Sea through France, via Paris and some very small canals. Research material to prepare for this journey included websites, books, RU-vid and Facebook. In all of this we found lots of information scattered across the different platforms, searching unsuccessfully for one pivot point providing a central star around which all the planets fell into reliable orbit. We had questions; we wanted answers; and greatly appreciated the experienced postings and videos presented by like minded people. But, we felt there was a gap; where were the visual experiences linked with offering answers?
I'm not sure how this video will be received, if at all, by people with a desire to take a sailboat through the inland waterways however, this is our attempt to fill the gap we thought existed. If you have more essential, relevant questions that you're not able to find an answer to from the links below, then please ask and we'll try and answer it for you. The next video will answer the remaining 6 questions of the 12 we asked.
Here are the links to the information we found useful to answer the 6 questions in this video:
VNF Main Site: www.vnf.fr/vnf/
VNF Route Planner: www.vnf.fr/calculitineraireflu...
French Waterways Main Site: www.french-waterways.com/
French Waterways Routes: www.french-waterways.com/prac...
European Waterways, best 6 canals: www.europeanwaterways.com/blo...
Dutch Barge Association: barges.org/9-uncategorised/34...
Fluviatcarte: www.fluviacarte.com/en
Fluviacap Route Planner: www.fluviacarte.com/en/fluviacap
Editions du Breil: editionsdubreil.com/en
Navionics: www.navionics.com/gbr/navioni...
Wildlings Sailing: • We Have A Problem... |...
Sailing Ruby Rose: • Living On A Sailboat I...
Sailing Magic Carpet: • How to CRUISE THE FREN...
Sailing Seabird: • RAFTED UP - Getting re...
Mast Transport: www.boat-loads.com/Mast-Transp...
Dunkerque storage: www.bleumarine-fr.com/
RU-vid Music:
Blue Danube: Strauss
Can-Can: Offenbach
Thank you to all those people who helped us along on our dream journey - you know who you are and we are eternally grateful. The journey continues . . .
11 июл 2024