EuroCanals Guides CD-ROM 2008 Edition is now available, the eighth annual update for this comprehensive e-book of waterway maps and guides useful for planning a holiday or live-aboard cruise at the helm of a barge or canal cruiser on the inland waterways of Europe.

Hundreds of large maps & photos are included:
The CD-ROM is in PDF format, for use on PC/Windows or Mac computers. The 746-page e-book contains more than 100 maps showing details of the European waterways and over 500 photos. Photos are sized for optimum display on a computer screen (800X600 pixels); they show sights along the canals and rivers, but more importantly they display waterway details and specialized cruising techniques, such as locking, mooring and operating manual lift-bridges.

All significant waterways are shown on maps of the individual countries; the waterways are indexed to tables of important dimensions: Length of waterway (kilometers), Number of Locks and Lock Size, Draft and Height. This information is essential in planning a cruise aboard a particular vessel, e.g. will the size of the vessel be compatible with each waterway along the route? Also included are articles on buying a barge or canal cruiser in Holland or France, as well as tips on traveling in Europe: passports/visas, money & banking, taxes, vessel registration, skipper’s licenses, traveling with pets and other personal advice.

New and Updated Guides added to the 2008 edition

Waterways of France (see sample pages below)

Waterways of Southwestern France; Baise river, Lot Aval & Lot Amont rivers, Canal lateral a la Garonne

Canal de la Marne a la Saone (newly renamed as Canal entre Champagne et Bourgogne)

Saone river; Petite (upper) Saone and Basse (lower) Saone

Rhone river and the city of Lyon

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Waterways of France
A completely new 79-page guide for 90 waterways in France. The waterways are shown on ten regional maps with dimensional data listed in a table on the same page; each waterway is indexed to the map by color and an index number (see sample page Map E below; the red dots on the map indicate the location of hire-boat bases.)

Waterways of France is included in the CD or is now available as a printed book:

Softcover, 9 inches wide X 7 inches high, 79 pages.
Coil bound, opens flat for ease of use onboard. Includes
chapters describing the history and design of the canals,
buying a canal boat in France and a directory of hire-boat bases, with locations shown on the maps.

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Waterway maps &
Data tables are
indexed by Region:

Region E page:

Through-Route tables:
Typical through-routes are shown on an index map, with dimensional tables detailing the suggested route and distance (see the sample table below for routes from the English Channel to Paris.)

Sample through-route page:

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Waterways of France

These are just a few samples of the information available in the CD-ROM and book.
All graphics on this page are copyrighted. © Copyright Tom Sommers. EuroCanals, 2007