Reprinted 2008

Essential reading for anyone taking the CEVNI qualification. A new colourful format with user friendly illustrations and text enabling the reader to find information quickly. A perfect learning tool and reference.

Pb. 72pp

By Marian Martin

2008

A Pleasure Boater's Guide to CEVNI
This book has been written especially for pleasure craft users, setting out the rules in an easy-to-follow format. It covers waterway signs, signals, flags and lights, markings on vessels, procedures in tunnels, locks and weirs, overtaking rules, berthing, and explains buoyage and landmarks. It forms the basis of the RYA test for the International Certificate of Competence and is accepted by European countries as the obligatory rules book that must be carried on board all small craft.

Pb. 72pp colour line drawings, 210x148mm

RRP £6.99 OUR PRICE £5.75

By S. Faure
A tempting insight into the delights of travelling "in the slow lane" along the canals, rivers, and waterways of Holland where over 5,000 miles of navigable water routes are available to those who explore this delightful country.
Freed from the noise and pollution of travel by road or rail, and the frustrations of journeys where time is of the essence, the author and her husband have spent long hours afloat discovering the hidden treasures that perhaps only those with time to spare may find.

300 sketches and paintings

The Canal du Midi is probably the most popular canal in France. Linking the Bay of Biscay with the Mediterranean, it is not only renowned for its beauty and picturesque sights, it also performs the invaluable service of saving boaters the long (and arduous) trip around Portugal and Spain to reach the Med.

It provides cruising and background info on the Canal plus distance maps of each stage showing locks, bridges and yacht havens, and enticing photos.

Paperback, 144pp, 220x120mm, 2009.

RRP £12.99, OUR PRICE £10.99

By Derek Bowskill

Written by the well known French waterway enthusiast, this book gives detailed coverage of the main inland routes from the Channel to the Med. The 80 maps illustrate the routes, show locks, stopping places, hazards and points of interest.
General info. on choice of routes, gear, regulations, licences, and practical hints.

192p 297x210mm Pb

by Brian Navin

Describes 21 of the best routes in Holland plus details of the main ports and harbours and their approach from the sea. Data regarding water levels, locks, bridges, heights and opening times. Full colour throughout.

Paperback, A4, 190pp, 4th edition 2004

By Rod Heikell
1991
This compendium of information and detailed guide covers the Danube fropm Bavaria to the Black Sea.

A5 Hb. 200pp b/w

3rd Ed.
A detailed map with concise directory designed as a first source of information on the inland waterways of Europe from Spain to Russia and Sweden to Italy.

Scale 1:1,850 000 - 1:4,700 000
Bilingual edition. Directory 61 pages with essential information.

By B. Euser
2006

An anthology of travel essays and poetry that capture the spirit of the Canal du Midi.

Pb. 204pp

By LTC Rolt, updated by David Edwards-May
A historical guide, the story of the extraordinary engineering feat of the Canal di Midi, an inland water route between the Atlantic and Med through Southern France.
A5 200p

By Jacqueline Jones
Imray
This waterway-by-waterway guide provides all the essential details for navigation, as well as things to do and places to see in Belgium's historic cities. Fully illustrated with clear maps and the author's photography, this book is a must for anyone cruising Belgium or en route to the French or Dutch canals. Includes a folded map of the Belgian Waterways system.

A4 176pp Pb. Full colour

By Barry Sheffield
1995
This is a reference to all the navigable waterways of Germany. A general introduction to the area, details of German formalities and cruising notes. Each river is also described in detail and supported by a table of distances and mapping.

A4 200p Pb. Colour plates

1:1,000,000

by Louise Busby & David Broad
Imray
2007

With 6,000km of navigable waterways, the Netherlands offers one of the most extensive yet compact cruising grounds in Europe. This book is a user's guide to the whole network, covering all the mast-up routes and excluding only those waterways which offer less than 3.5m bridge height.

Navigational details are provided for each waterway; comprising dimensions and obstacles to be expected, including service arrangements for bridges and locks. This is followed by details of over 300 stopping places across all twelve provinces; some which are large or popular harbours, and others which are well off the beaten track.

Pb. A4 280pp 2007.

Compiled by K. Nussbaum.

1:1,500,000. Includes principal routes in Belgium and Holland. Distances, Locks, and max. draught shown.

Netherlands Waterway Map

by Derek Bowskill

A commentary to the Seine from Le Havre to Paris and the associated canals in the Paris region. There is currently no other guide in English and Bowskill's work is an excellent companion not only for the trip to Paris but also to the Mediterranean.

With two-colour maps and colour plates

A5, 85pp, soft cover

by David Jefferson
12th Ed.
2009
Essential planning guide for anyone wanting to cruise through the French waterways, or travel from the Channel to the Med. via the inland route.

Over 50 routes described and illustrated, with positions of locks, towns and villages
Through routes from the English Channel and Atlantic to the Mediterranean, plus distances
Suitable boats for the canals, and dimensions of locks and operating times, Bridge heights, canal depths, fuelling points, waterway signals, Cost of living, shopping and stores, Weather information, haltes and portes de plaisance.
Packed with photographs and updated information on local facilities, distances, heights and depths, tunnel lengths etc.

Pb. 328pp 210x148mm colour throughout.

RRP £19.99 OUR PRICE £15.99

J. Cumberlidge

This map has been designed for boats makiing the trip from the English Channel to the Med. through the French canals. Broken into clear geographical areas, the mapping is annotated with text describing the routes, canal dimensions, distances, long stay mooring places, some waterway features. Photographs set against the map.

Folded. 700x1000mm 1st ed. 2006

By The Cruising Association
a co-operative effort, with inputs from a large number of Cruising Association members who have reported their discoveries and experiences. It is continuing surveillance by many members that makes these notes so useful, and members are asked to submit Cruising Reports especially in instances where they have found information to be out of date, inaccurate or incomplete.