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La Rochelle Guide Book as a download
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Contents
1 – Planning the voyage
2 – South coast to
Chenal du Four
3 - Chenal du Four to La
Rochelle
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- La Rochelle to Spain overview
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- La Rochelle to Coruña
6 - Coruña to Gibraltar
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Why not take your boat to the Mediterranean next
summer?
There are
several ways of getting your boat to the Mediterranean. On the back of a
lorry, via the French canals, four or five day’s non stop across the Bay
of Biscay then down the Portuguese coast or spend the summer or two,
gently coasting southwards, enjoying the harbours, cities, towns and
villages of France Spain and Portugal.
This is not a pilot book, rather a passage plan and guide to the nicer
places between the South Coast of the UK to the beautiful
Mediterranean Sea. It can all be done in easy stages, to suit a lightly
crewed boat, with perhaps only a couple of people on board who are
without ‘offshore’ experience. Actually, it is a lovely way to explore
a lot of delightful foreign places.
The E-book version is available now £4.50
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Specially
drawn charts of:
Cherbourg to L’Aber-Wrac’h.
Chenal du Four to La Rochelle
La Rochelle to Spain
La Rochelle to Coruña
Coruna to Gibraltar
+
illustrations, pictures, paintings
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(Balearic,
Sardinia, Corsica, Sicily, Malta, and Greek Islands)
A guide
on how to get to the main Mediterranean Islands from Gibraltar or the
French Canals.
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Chapter one: Mediterranean
Overview
Chapter two ‘A’ From
Gibraltar to the Balearics
Chapter three B’ Fast route through the Balearic’s (but still
nice)
Chapter four :‘C’ French Canals - Port St Louis & Séte to the
Balearic Islands.
Chapter five:‘ D’ Port St Louis to Corsica & Sardinia
Chapter six ‘E’ Mahon to Sardinia and Scilly
Chapter seven: F’ Mahon to Scilly via Tunisia
Chapter eight ‘G’ Sicily to Greek Islands
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If you are thinking about using the
French canals to passage between the UK and the Mediterranean then this
booklet contains all the information you need.
It
describes the Routes,
 the regulations the paperwork - How where and when
to get the qualifications and license, the depths, air heights, locks
and a whole lot more.
There
are 'charts/maps' throughout, the distances, dimensions & main stopping
places and is the only publication to list ALL the possible stopping
places on the Rhone River!
FOR FULL INFORMATION GO
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FRENCH CANAL ROUTES
£15.95
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1.OVERVIEW OF THE ROUTES
The ‘fast’ classic route
The ‘slow’ classic route
The Calais or St Valery sur Somme Route ‘scenic route’
Canal Du Midi route.
2. FORMALITIES
ICC - International Certificate of Competence
CEVNI – canals and rivers qualification for France
VIGNETTE - French pleasure boat licence
3.PRACTICALITIES
Engine
Taking down & stepping the mast
Gas
Fuel, Plank, Warps etc.
4. LOCKS
Opening times
Manual Locks
Automatic Locks
Oval Locks
1) It is available as
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2) as a
Epub file -
to be read on an IPpad - Sony Reader and others
3) In
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5. THE ‘FAST’& ’SLOW’ CLASSIC ROUTES
TO PARIS
The Seine to Paris
6.THE CLASSIC FAST
ROUTE
Canal du Loing
Canal du Loin
Canal de Briare
7. THE CLASSIC SLOW ROUTE
River Yonne
Canal de Bourgogne
8. THE SAÔNE
9. THE
RHONE
to Port st Louis & Sete
10.THE CALAIS OR ST VALERY SUR SOMME
'SCENIC' ROUTE
11.TO PARIS FROM NOYANS
–
alternative to Calais/St Valery ‘Scenic route’
12.CANAL DU MIDI
13.
SETE
to the Classic Routes
14.
Belgium & Netherlands Route
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If you are looking for
the river and canal charts for the trip
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 LIVING ABOARD AROUND
THE WORLD
If you are thinking about going
long distance cruising then
this is the book for you!
CHAPTERS:
1.
Which Boat and what equipment?
2.
The canal route to the sun.
3.
The sea route to the sun.
4.
Cruising the Mediterranean
5.
Crossing the Atlantic
6.
Cruising the Caribbean.
7.
Panama and Pan Pan
8.
The Canal and into the Pacific
9.
South Pacific Islands
10.
Tahiti to New Zealand
11.
Helicopter Rescue
12.
The Great Barrier Reef
13.
Pirate Attack
14.
Tragedy in the Red Sea.
15.
Homeward Bound
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Sailing DVD's
 
The entire series of Blue Water DVDs were shot by a
professional film and television director during a circumnavigation. They
illustrate the experiences of a world cruising yacht crew - the places they
visit - the countries and most importantly give a feel for the life style.
Many
of the places are only visited by cruising yachts - sometimes impossible to get
to in any other way -
The Blue Water Destinations part one DVD is shot on board a yacht transiting the canal system
and is the only professional film, shot from the point of view of a yacht using
this facility in existence! It really does show exactly what is involved and will greatly
help those planning to use this huge commercial stretch of water, joining the
Caribbean with the Pacific Ocean.
It
is almost impossible to visit many of the Pacific Islands except by yacht so
much of these DVD's contain images and information impossible to source else
where. Even the Australian episode has material many Australian sailors have
never seen including a live helicopter rescue in a big blow with yachts on the
reef and the crews in serious trouble.
The
Asia DVD has visits to islands that seldom see strangers and dug out canoes are
the local method of transport. The entire series was shot by a sailor for
sailors or those planning to experience the great adventure.
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PLANNING ON MAKING A CIRCUMNAVIGATION?
THE FOLLOWING THREE DVDs WILL
HELP YOU DECIDE WHERE TO GO
These DVD's are what
dreams are made of - if you are a sailor or planning to be a sailor
 the original production
Blue Water Cruising
was
shot entirely in the
Caribbean
on board 'Bambola' a Moody 36.
It
shows what living in a small boat and blue water cruising is really like.
The equipment you need to make the boat comfortable and safe.
If
you want to know the how, what and where of long distance cruising, particularly in the
Caribbean,
then this is the perfect guide.
Visits the Dominican Republic,
Martinique, Antigua, as well
as the main islands. It describes and demonstrates what sort of equipment
is useful in a live aboard cruising boat.
Details of how to contact HERB for Atlantic weather
and CARIBWX for Caribbean weather.
Available from
http://www.bennettmarine.com
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The start of the dream is
BLUE WATER DESTINATIONS
- part one
An essential
planning aid for anyone thinking of sailing from the Caribbean to the
Pacific Ocean
This DVD covers the Panama Canal
transit as well as
the passage from Trinidad via 'Angel Falls' canoe visit in Venezuela,
the deserted nature reserve islands all the way to the ABC's - Aruba, Bonaire &
Curacao.
The passage to the Galapagos Islands with visits to all
the places yachts are allowed in this very special group of 'Darwin'
islands.
Then
3200 miles, landfall at the
Polynesian
island
of
FATU-HIVA
. Sailing
North via the beautiful but isolated
TAHUATA
to visit the graves of
PAUL
GAUGUIN and JACQUES Brel
–Wonderful ancient Polynesian tiki and Meae. From
UA-POU to the capital
island
of
NUKU-HIVA
with
Comptrollers
Bay
where
HERMAN MELVILLE (Moby Dick) landed as a young man from a whaling ship. The
very dangerous
Tuamotu
Islands
and a BLACK
PEARL FARM.
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AT THE OTHER END OF
THE WORLD IS-
BLUE WATER DESTINATIONS
- part two
Sailing the
magical Pacific Ocean from Tahiti to Tonga and Fiji to Australia and the
far East
Anchored
in same Lagoons Bligh in 'Bounty' and Cook in the 'Endeavour' we explore
the magical Polynesian islands including –
Tahiti
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The fascinating ceremony of the 'crowning of the kings son' performed by
Polynesian warriors. The island of
MOOREA and
cockfighting, Bora-Bora then on to the very special Cook Islands. In
TONGA Bambola sails into Vavau and visits
TONGATAPU,
the burial sites and flying foxes. The culture shock of
FIJI
with its international hustle and bustle and kava markets.
- I was so excited and
proud to sail my own boat Sydney
harbour. Visit Bondi Beach and Kings Cross' then northwards,
to the lagoon of
LADY
MUSGRAVE
ISLAND,
where 60 knot winds drive two yachts onto the reef. The
ensuing
HELICOPTER RESCUE.
The WHITSUNDAY’S & NARA
INLET and the fishing town of
BOWEN
with its murals.
COOK
TOWN
and the islands of the
GREAT BARRIER REEF
to
DARWIN.
West Timor and into
the myriad of
islands that is Indonesia - along the little visited north coast
of
Flores visiting the villages where they fish from dug out canoes.
To Rimini and Komodo home of the giant dragons. Bali and 1000 mile up
across the
equator to Singapore. The Malacca straights with luxurious stops
in Malaya
and it's tax free island. Into Thailand and the cruising
live-aboard
centre of Phuket. Finally across the Indian ocean to Galle in Sri
Lanka.
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