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Well, we did it! the final stretch to the sea. There's been highs and lows, it's been nothing short of epic, but now its time for chubby old good tidings to get out sailing in the Mediterranean. Well not before some mildly extensive work in the boat yard o...
We start of in the heart of the burgundy region of France, home to some of the worlds best red wine, then head to the treat of a place called Tournon then on to Viviers, A beautiful little town on the River Rhone. This is boat life at its uncomplicated and...
What happens when your first mate is only little, but she needs to do all the rope work. She likes to get the rope on the top bollard which isn't always easy, as you'll see. These are not the tallest locks, however, they are difficult to get onto due to th...
After some gruelling days on the canals, the sun came out and we made some pretty relaxed progress. Nadiyana, The Yunnan Cowgirl, showed of some of her (ahem!) skills. and Mark walks you through some of France's most wild locks.
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Weed in there water intake, Overheating engine, white smoke, stuck in the canal. what do we do? find out in this video.
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Well well well. No showers available due to Covid 19. then not a bad little trip up the canals, until arguments break out, the water becomes way too shallow, the boat can't hardly mood because of the weed. some extremely tall locks, Nadiyana gets injured, ...
In this episode, we head out of Meaux in Northern Central France and head to a nice little spot called La Ferte Sous Juarre. We passed through 2 river locks. This was just a typical day cruising on the French Canals on a budget (Well, rivers in this case!)...
Picture yourself on a boat on a river... We weren't expecting the water to flow this quickly through the Marne. We didn't do our research, and that's what you get!
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01:28 What experience level is necessary for this kind of adventure?
04:45 Are French people friendly!?
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09:32 What were the easiest and hardest things about doing the french canals in a sailboat?
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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...
This week we're so close to finishing our journey through the french canals by sailboat. Only a few kilometres to go, when things start to go horribly wrong. A series of problems lead to us losing our engine and becoming stranded in the canal... Watch the ...
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...
On a bleak winters day, we head out of Paris Marina and on to the river seine, it was SO cold! especially for Nadiyana working those big Locks.
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Welcome back with a 20 minute special! In this episode we fix 2 big leaks that have been making life a little difficult this Winter! We repair our leaky hatch, fill in our broken samson post and get a new gas solution, not before complaining about our new ...
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...
Enjoy the sights and sounds aboard our little boat in the heart of Paris. In this video we do the mundane, exploratory and ordinary. enjoy!
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In this video we pass through 2 locks and straight into the heart of Paris, just next to the Bastille. It was quite busy for a time with all the tourist boats but generally an easy passage for us on this sunny autumn day. There's a fine mixture of nice sce...
It's a really difficult thing to talk about as we're not the real victims, we also wondered whether to even share this event, but we felt we couldn't just sweep it under the carpet. unfortunately this is a fact of life and just because we don't see it does...
We're back on the Canal du Mid on the French Canals- and this week we reached the summit! Traveling the french canals on a sailboat between the Mediterranean and the Atlantic isn't always easy, but life does get a bit more manageable this week with the int...
They were only trying to help us and looking back, it's probably my fault for not controlling the tension at my end. instead I just looped the rope around. but that's all part of the learning curve. it's not terminal damage but really could have been.
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Big Sea Locks into the Big River Seine with the BIG boats!! some of the craziest shipping we've experienced in the fastest flow we've ever been in. This really was not a place to be messing about in!
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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...
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