Through the French Canals

Bloomsbury Publishing 2021 The Complete Planning Guide to Cruising the French Waterways 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: Rhône - Saône 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 Baïse, Lot and Charente