NEW AND UPDATED INLAND WATERWAYS GUIDES FOR EUROPE

New and updated, print and digital editions of the Cruising Association’s six main European Inland Waterways Cruising Guides covering Belgium, France, Germany and the Netherlands have been published for 2023, together with a series of 16 guides to moorings on France’s inland waterways.

Authored and edited under the auspices of the CA’s European Inland Waterways Section, all guides are written from expert firsthand experience.

They are available in A4 size full colour print or PDF digital format via the CA online shop at www.theca. org.uk/catalog. CA members can download the guides free of charge in PDF format.

Cruising the Inland Waterways of France and Belgium - described as their ‘Bible’ by those planning passage to/from the Mediterranean, this guide is packed with information on routes, preparations, supplies, equipment, licences, documents, useful addresses, books and websites and lists around 250 mooring places.

Through France via the Inland Waterways - aimed at moderate draught vessels (up to 1.8m), this guide contains the information and preparations required to transit any of the four principal routes to the

Med, including equipment, licences, documentation, sources of navigation, managing locks, supplies, moorings and more, along with 100+ hyperlinks to port/marina/boatyard and other websites.

Through the Netherlands via the Standing Mast Routes - provides detailed navigation information on 14 different transit routes in the Netherlands, spanning nearly 1,000kms of waterways from Vlissingen near the Belgian border to Delfzijl close to the German border.

50 Great Cruising Routes in the Netherlands - this presents 50 cruising routes across the Netherlands, with detailed information and step-by-step navigation details, bridge and lock, moorings and facilities, along with sources of information on every aspect of Netherlands cruising.

Cruising the River Moselle/Mosel - covering the 394kms of the river from Neuves-Maisons in France through Luxembourg and Germany, to join the Rhine at Koblenz, this guide includes step-by-step navigation details for the river, including distances, bridge heights, lock dimensions and VHF channels, descriptions of moorings and facilities and information on visitor attractions enroute.

The German Rhine - covers about 725km, from the start of the navigable reach of the river at Rheinfelden to Nijmegen, just inside the Dutch border. Covering hazards and highlights, the guide includes a detailed list of mooring points, fuel stations, ports and harbours, useful websites and sources of commercially published information.

French Inland Waterways Mooring Guides

Spanning both rivers and canals, the comprehensive EIWS mooring guides cover the Canal du Centre, Canal du Loing and Canal de Briare, Canal Entre Champagne et Bourgogne, Canal Latéral à la Loire, Canal Latéral à la Marne, the River Marne, the Upper Moselle, Canal du Rhône au Rhin, Canal du Rhône au Rhin (Nord) and Canal de Colmar, Canal de la Marne au Rhin (Est), Canal de la Marne au Rhin (Ouest), Petite Saône, Canal de la Sarre and River Saar, Canal de l’Aisne à la Marne, Canal de l’Oise à l’Aisne and Canal Latéral à l’Aisne and River Aisne.

Details are provided on all the marinas, haltes and other mooring points along the waterways, together with information on facilities, shopping and nearby attractions. Each mooring point is illustrated by a colour photo, making the current guides the only detailed pictorial reference available for cruising on the French rivers and canals.

YOU ARE INVITED: The CA runs a comprehensive autumn/winter lecture and event programme from October to April. All lectures are open to members and to support the wider cruising community and many are open to ‘non-members’ too. The calendar is really interesting, so take a look and book at www.theca.org.uk/events/all

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