What started as a routine journey turned into an unexpected adventure. A stuck bridge delayed us for 3 hours and by the time it was fixed we faced the challenge of navigating through the canal lock under the cover of darkness.
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Another day of our lives on the French canals and another unplanned stop, this time in Donjoux.... Our engine bracket snapped and we can't go anywhere.... To our rescue comes Marc! :) and our home is on the move once again :)
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We are cruising through the heart of France making steady progress to the Mediterranean Sea.
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We sail through Balesmes Tunnel. What should have been a unique and peaceful journey becomes one of our most time consuming passages.
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Join us as we cruise the last leg of the French canals and through the final canal lock where we return our remote control for the locks before entering the river Saone.
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In this episode with give a no nonsense guide to paperwork and documents needed for cruising the French Canals.
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Motoring through thick fog, the visibility narrows to a small bubble. We visit a French market and a fishing shop.
Chaos strikes, a brush with a crazy woman leads us to flee the marina.
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On our journey through the French canals we take a break and visit Chalon-sur-Saone. Reaching a lock that is closed for a public holiday, we make a new friend.
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Cruising the French canals, free mooring at Lyon before we join the river Rhone and search for our next stop in the dark.
On our journey through the French canals we take a break and visit Chalon-sur-Saone. Reaching a lock that is closed for a public holi...
Heading south along the river Rhone we find another free mooring where we fix our mast trestle and our boat gets surrounded by debris. Entering a lock behind a large passenger cruiser we get thrown about by the wake from it's huge propellors.
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Cruising down the river Rhone in our liveaboard Westerly Berwick, dodging huge driftwood, we find another free mooring and visit enchanting Viviers.
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A visit to the vet uncovers an underlying condition with our liveaboard cat PJ.
Turns out he has Hyperthyroidism.
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Join us in this unforgetable episode as we tackle the 24m deep Bollene lock, the deepest lock on the Rhone river! With dramatic water levels of this engineering marvel this episode captures the thrill of sailing though one of the most iconic locks in Europ...
In this episode we show you our route from Heuilley-sur-Saone, where we join Saone river, all the way to Port Saint Louis, our last leg on the French waterways. We also visit the amazing Arles.
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Putting our mast back up at Port Saint Louis after 9 weeks cruising the French canals and rivers. At the same time we have our hull repaired and new gooseneck fitting made. Karolina slides up the mast.
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We leave Port Saint Louis for a first sail out into the Med. Stopping over at Isles de Frioul where we go sightseeing before setting sail once again to a very rolly anchorage at Bandol Bay.
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We leave Bandol Bay from where we sail east along the Mediterranean coast of France to beautiful island of Porquerolles. Where we explore and go wild mushroom picking for our supper.
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In this episode we go through the equipment and items needed for the French Canals and waterways.
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Our rescue cat PJ goes back to the vet for follow up blood tests, where he is sedated before receiving his follow up prescription.
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After reaching Porquerolles we decide to head for Corsica, our longest passage so far. 34 nautical miles and 7,5 hrs later the weather conditions force us to turn around and head back to the marina.
On the way back in rough seas our engine fails and we ar...
In a month of December we move our boat from the island of Porquerolles to Hyeres to obtain spares for our broken engine. While there we take a train to Toulon and visit the Christmas market. Two of our very first subscribers and now good friends, Rod and ...
In this episode we set out to clean up a local grass verge, add some much needed anchor chain and somehow we end up in a hilariously messy situation.
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Join us as we move along stunning French Riviera, navigating from Hyeres to Le Lavandou.
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Join us as we answer your questions on the French canals. Including fuel costs, marina costs, food and other expenses.
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