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Through the French Canals : The Complete Planning Guide to Cruising the French Waterways

Through the French Canals : The Complete Planning Guide to Cruising the French Waterways

Author: David Jefferson
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Publication Date: 22 Jun 2021
ISBN-13: 9781472981769
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Description


Through the French Canals has probably tempted more people to explore the beautiful waterways of France than any other book. First published in 1970, it's been the key authoritative title on cruising the French canals ever since.
The revised new edition is the essential comprehensive planning guide for anyone wanting to cruise through the French waterways or take their boat from the English Channel through to the Mediterranean via the inland route. It includes: over 50 routes fully described and illustrated, with positions of locks, towns and villages through routes from the English Channel and Atlantic to the Mediterranean, plus distances, and assessment of suitable boats for the canals. It also provides dimensions of locks and operating times, details of bridge heights, canal depths, fuelling points, waterway signals, a guide to the cost of living, shopping and stores, sources of weather information, haltes for overnight stops, and ports de plaisance.
As well as new photography, the new edition is updated throughout with new information on local facilities, new haltes and ports de plaisance, new VNF License fees, revisions to cruise hire companies, updated references to holding tanks, the availability of diesel and costs of cruising and much more.


Table of Contents


Introduction to the 14th edition
Part 1
1 Summary of route details, with map
2 Through routes to the Mediterranean
3 Cruising the inland waterways
4 Choosing the right boat
5 Equipment
6 Planning the cruise
7 In the waterways of France
8 Locks
9 Cost of living, shopping and stores
10 Useful information
Part 2: the routes
Section One: The Lower Seine (la Seine aval)
Section Two: Bassin de la Seine
Section Three: Bassin du Centre-Est
Section Four: Rhone - Saone Basin
Section Five: The Northern Region
Section Six: Bassin du Nord-Est
Section Seven: Le Bassin du Rhin
Section Eight: Brittany and Pays-de-la-Loire
Section Nine: Entre Deux Mers - the Atlantic - the Mediterranean and the Rivers Baise, Lot and Charente
Bibliography
Index


Author Description


David Jefferson has researched the French waterways extensively, both in his own boat which he kept in France for many years, and in Le Boat cruisers. He has written for leading sailing and motorboat magazines in the UK. He has updated the previous six editions of this book.






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