French Canals: Boat Handling in TIGHT QUARTERS

French Canals: Boat Handling in TIGHT QUARTERS | EP 225

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Distant Shores TV

Күн бұрын

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@jorgeconcheyro Жыл бұрын

What a wonderful video guys!! Thanks for sharing!!!!

@DistantShoresTV Жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it, Jorge! Thanks for your comment.

@Abc-kf4qx Жыл бұрын

Fabulous! Can’t wait to go myself. Fair winds!

@ChrisDraussen Жыл бұрын

Vivre comme Dieu en France. Nice video and music. Really fallen in love with those canals in France as I do live just 40 mins drive from French border.

@Iliveinthepresent Жыл бұрын

Greetings from Ellicottville! I think we were doing the Warwickshire Loop out of Stratford-upon-Avon while you were in France! The boat we had was only 6.5’ wide and 65’ long. They vary in length from 40-70’ long. We had great weather for the most part and had a marvelous time. The French canals are on our bucket list!

@PhilWinch-ir1is Жыл бұрын

Did this trip a few years ago and it's still high on the list of our bareboat trips. Thanks for bringing back those memories. Phil in Vancouver

@nooneanybodyknows1321 Жыл бұрын

Fantastic trip through the meandering channels of France. Truly a ride through history. 👏👏

@jenniferAdamek Жыл бұрын

Damn.. at 3:13 you took off like a bat outta hell all's the boat needed was a pair of tires you would have left peel outs!! 🤣😜✌🏼❤️🙏🏼Luv U TWO!!! HAPPY SAILING INTO 2023 and FAIR WINDS MY FRIENDS!! I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOUR NEW BOAT!!! If it's the ORION I'm thinking of, she is a 😍⛵ ⚓ 😍🙏🏼🧿🕉️🎀🎄🎀

@stanb.5517 2 ай бұрын

I took six different groups on week long canal trips. All totally loved the experience because I let others (mostly female) drive the boat most of the time. That’s part of the enjoyment…

@windrider65 Жыл бұрын

Great video, I love the water so if I ever get to Europe I would first need to sail across the Atlantic. I hate flying but if an emergency comes up I guess I'll climb onto the big aluminum bird. Take care stay safe and fair winds to you. From Charlie

@felixtheswiss Жыл бұрын

Cruise ships travel from the caribean to the med in spring and return in autumn.

@DistantShoresTV Жыл бұрын

Canal boating is a fun way to see inland France and bareboat chartering means that no transatlantic passage is required. 😊 Thanks for your good wishes!

@windrider65 Жыл бұрын

Just have to remember traveling and seeing everything in between makes it a journey. I'm now living in a travel trailer and spending time at each area is interesting because every place is unique. I just don't like flying, so an ocean Crossing is more to my liking. Stay safe everyone and take care.

@maxdavies9327 Жыл бұрын

Another gem from Paul and Sheryl... The Nivernais is a beautiful canal I have seen lots of Vlogs on trips on the Nivernais and yours is right up there. And Sheryl looks as gorgeous as she did in 2012 on your last trip. Keep up the good work guys. Max. Australia.

@user-od1dt3sd8h 8 ай бұрын

All those extra line handlers/ helmsmen and no mast to bonk your head on or keel to ground, that's a great way to travel 🙂 thanks for the video. I haven't been to France since before covid. I miss it

@christopherharry5818 Жыл бұрын

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@charleshickman1290 Жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing - as always a nice mix of boat handling and wonderful travel ideas.

@leospassn Жыл бұрын

Great animations, and arial views of squeezing into those narrow locks. Must've been a bit tense for the captain, but the scenery is so bucolic! Thanks for the great tips for a leisurely motor boat ride through the countryside!

@Peterbsullivan Жыл бұрын

wow

@andr0373 Жыл бұрын

So good - we've done some houseboating in BWCA, but I think its time for a canal trip. Nice to see them letting folks bareboat it.

@sandrabell9043 Жыл бұрын

We did this trip in 2017 and was a wonderful experience. Thank you for sharing this

@sailingmorningstar4036 Жыл бұрын

Life is simply better on a boat.

@bobsails9750 Жыл бұрын

Thank you

@giampaologiardina3203 Жыл бұрын

What a lovely episode!!! You gave me a new idea for next summer holiday!

@kurdiansyahsiauw8202 Жыл бұрын

Wow great video. I don't know how to sail. I like to watch your video. French canal awesome.

@garethgoodchild2643 Жыл бұрын

Great video folks. Looks like a lot of fun!

@DistantShoresTV Жыл бұрын

Thanks Gareth 🙏🏻

@andrewjames7616 Жыл бұрын

Thankyou 👍

@LondonCarnaval Жыл бұрын

Awesome video 👌👍👏🥰😍 Thank you for sharing with us and inspiring us and giving us ideas 💡 for our next holidays. This is awesome 👌 👏 😎 🙌 ✌❤🍀 🌬⛵

@DistantShoresTV Жыл бұрын

Have fun!

@Lannie1948 Жыл бұрын

Wish we could have joined you! Great video.

@DistantShoresTV Жыл бұрын

It was a great trip

@paulvlug812 Жыл бұрын

Locks of practice 👍

@cantycanvas4150 Жыл бұрын

Question: Will you show the insulation process? I am super curious to see how the insulation of aluminium yachts is done. Also - Great channel. I especially appreciate this boat build series. Awesome stuff!

@MonkPetite Жыл бұрын

Nice report ❤ I hope all channels are 2 meter deep so I can get my sail boat back for the med toward Holland

@DistantShoresTV Жыл бұрын

Here is a chart of the water depths of the various French Canals. Hope this helps. www.french-waterways.com/practicalities/canal-depths/

@DistantShoresTV Жыл бұрын

Basically you need to draw no more than 1.8m 😅

@marcellebaudry5786 5 ай бұрын

le nivernais le plus beau canal de france pierrot de paris

@DistantShoresTV 5 ай бұрын

I’m sorry we haven’t seen the Nivernais yet… hopefully sometime 👍

@victorfebo2672 18 күн бұрын

How much did you have to pay for the boat rental?

@charleswindsor1184 11 ай бұрын

At 4:08 you're setting up something on the table below the bimini. Obviously you were able to navigate with bimini up, but could you tell me what the height was from the waterline to top of bimini & was there ever a height restriction to be concerned about?

@DistantShoresTV 11 ай бұрын

Height is 3.5 meters MAX and indeed we had to remember to take down the bimini to go under most of the bridges!!! Height with bimini on that boat was 3.8m or so!

@charleswindsor1184 11 ай бұрын

Cheers

@seandenny1553 Жыл бұрын

That seems like such a cool trip ballpark what is something like that cost for two weeks just the boat rental?

@DistantShoresTV Жыл бұрын

Check out Locaboat website here www.locaboat.com/en/pricelist/ We had the very biggest (and costliest) of their boats. For just 2-4 people you might look at 11 meter craft. www.locaboat.com/en/boats/penichettes-aft-deck/p1120r/

@EuroNeuro Жыл бұрын

Very nice, but the obligatory accordion music with anything French is maybe a bit used up. You might also want to consider holding the shots a bit longer to give time to absorb everything. We got more than 15 minutes.

@brentfriedland Жыл бұрын

Those French, and English especially, canals are a great way to see the country and interact with the locals way off the tourist path but so tiny that it seems apparent the renting is the only way to go. I'd lose my mind if I bought a nice $1M+ boat and some gin or vin swilling local on holiday banged his barge off my baby.

@DistantShoresTV Жыл бұрын

Thanks Brent! You’re right that I had much less stress with the rental than when we took our own boat.