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THE BOAT SHOP GIFT SUGGESTIONS FOR THE SAILOR IN YOUR LIFEhere   GONE SAILING NO ORDERS CAN BE DISPATCHED BEFORE MAY 15TH  ON THIS PAGE YOU WILL FIND: Sailing Books- click on line for detailed information French Canal Routes to the Mediterranean   Living Aboard Around the World   Navicarte - French Canal & River Charts   EUROPEAN INLAND WATERWAYS   USA INLAND WATERWAYS   Charts of the World When you arrive in the Mediterranean at the end of your canal trip you have a very big area of sea to cruise. The same is true if you are coming North from the Med to the English Channel and North Sea or from the Red Sea at Suez. This Charts of the World CD contains C-Map type charts of the entire world including passage charts and detailed harbour charts for the Mediterranean Sea and all the other adjoining seas. You can plan your passage in detail to or from the Channel Ports and then to or from Port St Louis, Sete etc to anywhere in the Mediterranean or indeed the World - for more info HERE   Sailing DVD's Blue Water Cruising    Blue Water Destinations  part one   Blue Water Destinations  part two .     Other Items  La Rochelle Guide Book as a download     buy it as an Ebook for £1.95 (US$4) - CLICK HERE             Customers from the USA - Canada - Australia or other Non EU countries please add extra postage of £3 to all orders by pressing this button Customers from the USA - Canada - Australia or other Non EU countries please add extra postage (£3) Qty after you have made your selection -  The postal charge is actual cost with no extra for 'handling'... Thanks,       Michael THE FRENCH CANAL ROUTES TO THE MEDITERRANEAN 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! Bound with a wire spiral so you may keep  THE FRENCH CANAL ROUTES  in the cockpit and refer to it as you motor through the canal system. FOR FULL INFORMATION GO TO FRENCH CANAL ROUTES £15.95 THE FRENCH CANAL ROUTES TO THE MEDITERRANEAN (£15.95) Qty Or you can buy it as an Ebook £11.25   (approximately US$22.50c)   Click here 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  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   If you are looking for the river and canal charts for the trip go to NAVICARTE   LIVING ABOARD AROUND THE WORLD Just published! - June 2006 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  you can purchase the Ebook version for £4.95 - HERE       Charts of the World When you arrive in the Mediterranean at the end of your canal trip you have a very big area of sea to cruise.   The same is true if you are coming North from the Med to the English Channel or North Sea.   This Charts of the World CD contains C-Map type charts of the entire world including