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The French canals - 2008
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Planning is quite complex
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Into the RhoneFrance’s biggest riverCurrent 2-4 knots (against us)12 vast locksUp to 0.5M wide
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Arles
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The Zigmundo van Dogs
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Le pont d’Avignon
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Rhone lock - montant
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Rhone lock – half full
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Rhone lock - full
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Rhone lock - departure
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Canopy half-rigged
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The peniches are a tight fit in the locks
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The mighty Bollene is 23m deep
We were in and out in 15 minutes
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Lyon
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Our lock
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The Saône
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Into the Canal de la Marne à la Saône
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… now renamed
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Canal locks – smaller, but harder work
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Thedonglers
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Turbulence as the lock fills
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Ben helping with the gates. Many locks fill to the brim…
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The Zigmundo van Dogs
…so a couple of doormatscome in handy (€2.50 each)
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Lunch stop 12-1.30pm
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Into the Balesmes tunnel – 4km
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Every ecluse has a cottage
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The ‘Freycinet’ barge exactly fits the locks – 38.5 x 5.2m
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Froncles – electricity, hot showers, car boot sale, supermarché
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Through Reims to the north…
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Overnight escape from the Grand Gabarit at Corbehem
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Canal statistics• 650 miles (1200 km)• 315 locks• 24 days on the move• Left Arles 31 July, arrived Calais 27 August• Most locks in one day: 24• Longest distance in one day: 47M (86km)• Shortest distance in one day: 18M (33km)
(including Balesmes tunnel & 17 locks)
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14 September 2008 – back to SYH27 months after we left
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Altogether…• 3,700 miles• Worst weather at sea: F6-7 (Cabo Gato,
Mallorca)• Biggest swell: 4-5m (Porto to Lisbon)• Highest temperature: 36ºC (Spain)• Fastest SOG: 8kt off Tarifa (with current)• Deepest water: 3km in Biscay & off Portugal• Shallowest: -0.4m in Reims