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Our Incredible Tiny Home: How we sail though the middle of a mountain range! Ep 103
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 sun (we promise!) plus there...
SAILBOAT VS BRIDGE: The Lowest Bridge on the French Canals! | Ep 102
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 the Cité of Carcassone 09:19 Find out about t...
Living On A Sailboat In The French Canals | Boat Life | Ep 101
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 days on the canal du midi, negotiating bri...
THE STAIRCASE LOCK- Our Biggest Challenge Yet! | French Canals | Ep 100
For our 100th Episode we're celebrating with the biggest challenge we've faced since crossing the Atlantic Ocean: a 7 Lock staircase on the French canals. The Canal du Midi is full of challenges, but nothing quite like this staircase lock. Check out the video to see how we manage it! Ch...
CANAL BOAT Life: THIS Is Why We Chose An Adventure Through The Canals! | French Canals
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 festival! Hope you enjoy this week'...
BOAT LIFE: We Took Our TINY HOME Into The French Canals!
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 sailing boat (now converted into a canal boat...
Welcome to Distant Shores
Distant Shores is a sailing television series about the cruising life, with lots of tips for sailors planning to sail away plus destination information to help you make your cruising plans. We have been sailing and filming for over 30 years, and know the fun and challenges of the cruising life. Dest...
How We Turned Our Sailboat Into A Canal Boat: Preparing For The French Canals | Sailing Ruby Rose
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, sails and wind generator, and make everythin...
Sailing Through The Middle of France | Series Trailer
Welcome to the trailer for our upcoming series where we sail the french canals. The problem is that we have. 12m sail boat with a 16m mast. This means we have to remove the mast and carry it on deck. 250 miles, 120 locks through historic locks and canals. All done in one month. Enjoy and subscribe s...
Sailing Through Wine Country in France – Favourite Sailing Destinations Part 3
We complete the journey through the French Waterways traveling the large rivers in Southern France all the way to the Mediterranean Sea. In this video, we face an electrical problem and learn how helpful the cruising community can be on the canals, cross two rivers using famous aqueducts, leave the ...
Sailing South through France
Favourite Sailing Destinations Part 2. We take you into the small historic waterways of France, demonstrate how to set up your boat to transit the many locks, show you the different types of locks in the system and how to operate them, discuss the options for docking your boat along the route south...
Sailing Destinations – Paris and the French Canals
While at anchor aboard Distant Shores III in the Bahamas, we talk about our favourite sailing destinations from 30 years of cruising. In this episode, we take you into Paris by sailboat and under the city streets in old tunnels that you can navigate with a boat. We show how to prepare a boat to trav...![Cruising French Canals On A Sailboat!! 2/2 [Ep. 5]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi_webp/qkkEo-DSO_E/mqdefault.webp)
Cruising French Canals On A Sailboat!! 2/2 [Ep. 5]
In perhaps the most exciting episode to date we: • Get woken up by a hot air balloon • Cruise under a castle • Cruise through a love tunnel • Weather a storm • Avoid a dangerous collision • Celebrate France's world cup win in a tiny village in the middle of nowhere • Watch a 6 year old boy brea...![Cruising French Canals On A Sailboat! (Part 1/2) [Ep 4]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi_webp/BTOWrKqMNQI/mqdefault.webp)
Cruising French Canals On A Sailboat! (Part 1/2) [Ep 4]
In this episode: Basel, Switzerland to Montbeliard, France. This was the bucket list item I never knew I had: Cruising through the inland waterways of France on a gorgeous sailboat. We navigate locks, rivers, and narrow canals –– all on board our beautiful (and newly restored!!) Vindo 32 sailboat....![On our way to the Mediterranean! [Ep. 3]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi_webp/KKMrD7GTUPU/mqdefault.webp)
On our way to the Mediterranean! [Ep. 3]
After four years in the boatyard following her tragic accident, Magic Carpet sets sail once again! Now that she can float, we transported her to Basel, Switzerland, where we will start the long canal journey through France out to the Mediterranean. I didn't have as much time to make this epis...
Goodbye Distant Shores II
A retrospective of the voyages we made aboard Distant Shores II, the Southerly 49 sailboat we owned for 7 years, and the story of what happened to her during Hurricane Irma in Sint Maarten / St. Martin. Information on insurance coverage in the hurricane belt. 0:37 History of Distant Shores II 4:13 ...
Season 9 Trailer – French Canals, Morocco and Sailing Transatlantic with the ARC
Join global adventurers, Paul and Sheryl Shard, on one of their most diverse voyages ever starting with small historic canals, a Mediterranean cruise, a transatlantic passage and island-hopping in the Caribbean. The voyage begins on the north coast of France as they sail up the River Seine to Paris ...