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THE FRENCH CANAL ROUTES
TO THE MEDITERRANEAN
BRAND NEW 13th
REVISION - UPDATED TO JUNE 2026
Important update:
You can no longer have your mast taken
down in Rouen. You must use the facilities at Le Havre
Yacht Club marina 2026
If you are thinking
about using the French canals to passage between the UK
and the Mediterranean then this book 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'
throughout, the distances, dimensions & main stopping
places and is the only publication to list ALL the possible stopping places on the Rhone River!
THE CHAPTER HEADINGS
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 - cooling and overheating problems
in the canals
Taking down & stepping the mast
Gas, Fuel, Plank, Warps etc.
4. LOCKS
Opening times
Manual Locks
Automatic Locks
Oval Locks
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
BRAND NEW 13th REVISION
- UPDATED TO JUNE 2026
£10
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