cimo
New member
Hi folks
first up - A quick note of appreciation to the following members (any others I'm not aware of yet?) for their extremely informative blogs on the french canals.
http://yachtvalhalla.wordpress.com/
http://www.french-waterways.com/
i would be interested in hearing from single handers who have or who may be planning to navigate the french system. I am currently contemplating a south (st. Louis) to North (LeHarve) navigation for August, via Lyon and Paris.
I have an LOA of 8.5m with a cruising speed of 5knots. I'm okay for draft at 1.2m. I intend carrying the mast on deck allowing for a max air draft of 3.5m (with a 1meter overhang both forward and aft). I will have crew joining me for parts (plenty of offers anyway!), but normally I tend to plan as a single hander.
Any single handers out there done this, would love to hear of your experiences. For those with crew, how feasible do you feel it would have been single handed? (are the smaller unmanned locks enroute going to be a show stopper?)
thanks & rgds
cimo
first up - A quick note of appreciation to the following members (any others I'm not aware of yet?) for their extremely informative blogs on the french canals.
http://yachtvalhalla.wordpress.com/
http://www.french-waterways.com/
i would be interested in hearing from single handers who have or who may be planning to navigate the french system. I am currently contemplating a south (st. Louis) to North (LeHarve) navigation for August, via Lyon and Paris.
I have an LOA of 8.5m with a cruising speed of 5knots. I'm okay for draft at 1.2m. I intend carrying the mast on deck allowing for a max air draft of 3.5m (with a 1meter overhang both forward and aft). I will have crew joining me for parts (plenty of offers anyway!), but normally I tend to plan as a single hander.
Any single handers out there done this, would love to hear of your experiences. For those with crew, how feasible do you feel it would have been single handed? (are the smaller unmanned locks enroute going to be a show stopper?)
thanks & rgds
cimo