Flooded Canal

June 14th 2016
Cruising We are on the Canal du Rhone au Rhin, the canals are closed due to flooding and we are in a halte nautique at Ranchot. It was exciting getting here with the River Doubs in flood making conditions tricky especially as a large charter boat tried pushing us over the barrage as we came out of a lock. They would not give way but they ended up losing control and ended up heading s ... read more

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Peter Hatchard

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Peter, Margaret and our new dog Yeti the Tibetan Terrier.We are currently living on our canal boat, Vintage Cru in France . we have left our yacht Swara II in Langkawi Malaysia. We have lived on our yacht Swara II for 28 years, have sailed around the world, which took eleven years, including a couple of years in the French canals. We have cruised the east coast of Australia for many years and left Australia in 2013. We spent six months sailing through Indonesia,sailed to Thailand and Malaysia. Currently Swara II is planned to be on the hard in Malaysia for the next couple of years,whils... full info

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