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This week, we're in La Rochelle, a favourite port for sailors for hundreds of years! The sun is shining, the beer is flowing and it's time to party like a pirate (or, ya know, an Aussie and a Brit!). Life is good! On top of that, the Greenpeace ship, 'Rain...
01:28 What experience level is necessary for this kind of adventure?
04:45 Are French people friendly!?
08:40 What was your favourite stop?
09:32 What were the easiest and hardest things about doing the french canals in a sailboat?
13:41 What did you wish ...
How to do the French Canals by sailboat?! Before we journeyed from the Mediterranean to the Atlantic side of France by sailboat, we had a LOT of questions. Plenty of boaters choose to unstep their mast and transit the Canal de Garonne and Canal du Midi, bu...
2019 saw France experience its hottest June since records began. The French media dubbed it "an extreme weather event" a "killer heatwave" & warned people to stay indoors. We however had no choice than to motor through it and try to find some respite f...
Sometimes we find the Secrets of France that no one tells you about. Boating on the French Canals is an adventure like no other! We're now taking our sailboat through the canals on the Canal de Garonne and are loving the serenity, beauty and gentle pace of...
Boating and boat life is about freedom and getting away from the constraints of city life. However when we take our floating home into a city, things take a turn for the worse. This week in our canal boat life series, we're passing through the centre of To...
Boat life isn't always about sunshine and drinking cocktails, you know. What do we do when the weather's bad and we're living on a boat in the french canals? Well, we soldier on, of course! The Canal du Midi is just as beautiful in the rain as it is in the...
We tackle the lowest bridge on the French Canals this week, and find out if all our calculations are correct! We also explore the ancient city of Carcassone, situated on the Canal du Midi in France and are rather surprised at what we find!
04:22 Explore t...
Living on a sailboat in the french canals is a completely different experience to sailing and coastal cruising. In a lot of ways this type of boat life is easier; but in many ways, it's far more challenging. This episode we show you a typical couple of day...
This week we're enjoying our canal boat life in the town of Beziérs on the Canal du Midi. The French canals are definitely living up to our expectations as we wander historic, medieval towns, admire the amazing scenery and stumble across a beer and food f...
We finally made it into the French Canals on our tiny floating home!
Boat life is occasionally extremely stressful. Taking our tiny floating home through 100 stone sided locks would make any boast owner stressed.Upon entering the Canal du Midi with our s...
How did we turn our sailing yacht into a canal boat for our journey through the french canals? This week we demonstrate the process of preparing our Southerly 38 for the french canals. We had to build a frame for transporting the mast, take down the boom, ...
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