We're DONE cruising Canal du Midi at the ROUND lock - our last day on inland waterways of France
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- Опубліковано 8 лип 2024
- Ep28: Just 12km to the sea via Canal du Midi and we're done with cruising the French canals. After motoring more than 2850km to get here, where next? Cruising The Long Way Down becomes Sailing The Long Way East. How far will we get before our time runs out? Can we remember how the mast and sails should be rigged?
It was always our intention to travel from our home in Yorkshire through the middle of France to the Mediterranean Sea on our sailboat OPTIONS. It is a fantastic journey with many good and not so good bits - but would the mast arrive and would it still be in one piece after transport from Dunkerque? Time to turn left . . .
Acknowledgments and links:
Canal du Midi UNESCO: whc.unesco.org/en/list/770/
Da Vinci lock gate: civil.lindahall.org/mitergate...
King Francis: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis...
Pierre Riquet: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pierre-...
Boatloads International mast transport: www.boat-loads.com/
Allemand Shipyard: www.chantier-allemand.com/en/...
Grau d'Agde: www.capdagde.com/en/le-grau-d...
Fluviacap Route Planner: www.fluviacarte.com/en/fluviacap
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...
Navionics: www.navionics.com/gbr/navioni...
Hurray! Can't wait to see you work your way east.
Thanks for watching and stay tuned. It’s sooo good to make way without engine noise;)
Great to see you back.
Thanks Patrick - our greatest supporter 🎉
Really enjoyed this episode, and looking forward for the upcoming journey 👍🏻
Thanks for watching and glad you enjoyed it 🎉
what an accomplishment well done thoroughly enjoyed following your journey thank you
Hi Hillary! Thank you for following our travels to the inland waterway exit, we hope you will check in on our progress heading east. Stay safe. JnS
Congratulations, great journey and great video.
Thanks for watching and hoping you liked and subscribed 😀
I’ve never sailed, never had any interest in holidaying in France, but UA-cams algorithm got me hooked and I’ve spent the last 2.5 weeks watching your channel back to back. Fantastic content not for likes or endorsements but for real people. You are living a dream that one day I might follow. Please keep uploading If not only for the fantastic wine and restaurants you’ve encountered along the way. Keep the white rose flag flying!
Thank you very much for your kind comment and for watching our videos too. Glad you like them. Have a good festive season. JnS.
Great stuff.. good luck guys fair winds and following seas 🤙🤙😎
Thanks for watching and for the good wishes.
Well done. Didn't take too long lol. Happy days . Hope your enjoying the med.
Thanks for watching Andrew and stay tuned for some new adventures under sail. 🎉🎉🎉
Fantastic! Really enjoyed following your trip as I hope to do it next year only, instead of turning left, Im going to go right into Spain a bit then back to got up the Canal du Midi
That sounds a good plan and we know for certain you will enjoy it!
Keep us posted on your journey . . .
JnS xx
thank’s a lot to sharing your jurney. As I wrote you once in a other video. I plan to travel down the saon and rohne river. How where the current on the rhone. Do you think the way up is ok with a sailing vessel and a normaly powered engine.
it give me a better idea to be prepared than. it’s nice for watching your films. i like it mutch.
one more time, thank’s and keep enjoye
I’m not sure how to answer this. What I can say is that a 40 horse power engine with a good propeller will allow you to control a 11 metre long 7000kg boat DOWNSTREAM through the locks. I hope that helps you but more information about your plans and your boat will help to provide a better response.
Thanks for watching our video and for sharing a relevant question in which I’m sure other people will be interested.
with the 90 day rule ,how did you spread it through the year 3 on 3 off 3 on , 2 on 2 off 2 on ?
Thanks for watching 🎉
The Schengen shuffle is an annoyance, but we tend to split the months before and and after summer. August is mad and hot, the UK is cooler (usually). We’re restricted to 3 months a year in reality.
Hi. Love the videos. We are planning a similar trip next year on our motor boat. How are you dealing with the 18 month VAT limitation on UK registered boats in the EU? Also, interesting that you brought your car along for the ride. Would you recommend that as a good strategy? Good luck on the next phase of your adventure. Noel.
Hi Noel, thanks for watching and we hope you've liked and subscribed! 👍To your questions:
Boat restriction - OPTIONS entered Europe in October 2020, when the UK was still in the EU, so we just think about bringing her back to the UK from the EU without VAT concern, when and if that happens. If boats have entered after the transition period and they are in the MED, we know boaters visit North Africa or other non EU countries briefly to avoid EU VAT.
Check out the forums on Cruising Association and RYA websites for up to date information.
www.theca.org.uk/
www.rya.org.uk/
The car - we had some large items to get over to OPTIONS and wanted to explore some areas further away from the canals, so the car gave us that freedom BUT ... this was only for the duration of one of our 8 week trips to the boat. The logistics involved the car retrieval shuffle on bicycle - which I enjoyed mostly, as a nutty cyclist!
Best wishes, safe cruising and stay tuned 😀
JnS
Not interested
Thanks for the feedback, I'm sure you'll find something you like on YT :)