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From: Jim Mitchell (no email)
Date: Fri Jul 01 2005 - 11:23:54 EDT
Lee -
We've gone from A'dam to Lyon on 'Santorini' who draws 4.7 feet without
running aground more than once or twice ...
There's a fairly well defined route south - basically from A'dam take the
Maas River SE to Maastricht where it dives into Belgium and becomes the
Meuse - wander through Belgium heading generally S-SE past Liege and Namur.
You enter France at Charleville, and sortly thereafter join the Canal du
Nord (O'est) which goes through Dinan and Verdun, basically using the
Moselle and short linking canal sections. The Canal du Nord is fairly long
and has something like 228 locks as I remember - but it will eventually drop
you on the Saone river which you can take S to Lyon where you join the Rhone
river which will take you to the Med.
Mast down is no issue as long as you are comfortable maneuvering in tight
quarters while carrying a spear on your boat - do get it high enough to see
and move under.
Bank moorage is typically free and open unless otherwise posted - rivers
allow for stern tying (it's considered polite to mark your anchor with a
small, red ball buoy) - many cruisers carry bank stakes and screw-in land
anchors to create their own moorage if bollards aren't available (tying to
trees and infrastructure is frowned upon if not forbidden in most places).
We use 2 stakes and a center screw-in for spring lines, which are critical
since passing barges can create very powerful standing waves.
The only time you pay for moorage is if a town has constructed dockage or
provides electricity - typically pretty cheap at 4-5 Euros/night. We pretty
much follow the 3-B's rule for canal travel - looking for spots which have a
Bank (so or 'deep' draft can get close), a Bar (so the Capt & Mate are
happy) and a Bollard (so we don't have to fuss with the damn stakes).
Hope this helps
Jim
----- Original Message -----
From: "Lee Haefele" <>
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"Live-Aboard at Crux dot Astro. Utoronto. Ca" <>
Sent: Friday, July 01, 2005 6:05 AM
Subject: lv-ab: Cruising Europe
> Can anyone tell me: Is it possible to cruise rivers and canals in Europe
> from Nice to Amsterdam? Is this a practical idea for a 4'6" draft
> sailboat,
> mast down? Would there be free anchorages, or would we be required to pay
> to tie up every night? Is there any other recommended route for a 1
> season
> trip that is a low percentage of open water passages? Where do I find
> more
> info?
> Lee Haefele
> Nauticat 33 Alesto
>
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