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.
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.
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!
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… Read more…
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