Andy and Lyn
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Currently in Carcasonne. Does anyone know of a reliable crane or boatlifter somewhere on the Canal that is capable of lifting my Westerly ( 9.8 metres) and ( 4.5tonnes) on to a low-loader? Upstream or downstream....
Crane or Boat Lifter Canal du Midi
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Sybarite
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http://reviews.uship.com/fr/sociétés-de-transport-en-bateau/languedoc-roussillon/carcassonne/
Don't know any of them personally.
The transport company would take care of the lifting.
Don't know any of them personally.
The transport company would take care of the lifting.
Andy and Lyn
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That's the point - the transport company do not know of any; hence my thread in an attempt to find out?
Grehan
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Talk to Bernard at Castelsarrasin - or better, his son Christophe who speaks English. 06 23 84 56 89
They have a crane and a low-loader.
https://www.french-waterways.com/waterways/south-west/canal-garonne/#fw-tab-content-0-2
PK56
The yard itself has been improved greatly in the last 2 years, now with much better yard area and facilities.
If Bernard/Christophe cannot help directly, they will possibly know those who can.
Another alternative would be the hire base fixed cranes at Homps and Argens-Minervois.
The news group Can2mers would also be a good place to ask the question - can2mers@yahoogroups.com - I'm not sure of the joining procedure.
As would Mike Ricketts who runs the Minervois base at Meilhan - kinsarvik@yahoo.co.uk - wide knowledge
And . . Good Luck . . sounds a bit serious?
They have a crane and a low-loader.
https://www.french-waterways.com/waterways/south-west/canal-garonne/#fw-tab-content-0-2
PK56
The yard itself has been improved greatly in the last 2 years, now with much better yard area and facilities.
If Bernard/Christophe cannot help directly, they will possibly know those who can.
Another alternative would be the hire base fixed cranes at Homps and Argens-Minervois.
The news group Can2mers would also be a good place to ask the question - can2mers@yahoogroups.com - I'm not sure of the joining procedure.
As would Mike Ricketts who runs the Minervois base at Meilhan - kinsarvik@yahoo.co.uk - wide knowledge
And . . Good Luck . . sounds a bit serious?
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Grehan
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Well I hope Andy's sorted himself out ok . .
blampied
Member
Second that.
Christophe is the one that speaks English . Very helpfull chap
We are there lifted out at the moment.
marina95
Member
We were exactly where you are a couple years ago with our 32ft ketch. We’d been advised that there was insufficient depth to continue (we draw 1.47m). We went through the process that you’re going through of trying to find transport, and I phoned around a number of providers. The best I found was a company with a hi-ab, but they were unable to do it in the timeframe we needed. In the end we decided to press on, and going south it did get better and we made it to the Med!
Grehan
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Yes, or rather no, we didn't hear back from Andy and Lyn, back in July 2017 and that seems to have been their last contact with YBW 