When I cruise on the French canals and rivers, I sometimes have a hard time navigating VNF’s website to get current information about the stretch I’m going on. Are all locks open? Is the water depth as it is supposed to? Maybe you feel the same way? Then VNF’s app for iPhone and Android will […]
There are boaters who give “good advice” such as pouring gasoline or sand into the water or firing cannon shots to scare the orcas when they approach or attack. But now there is also a legal “pinger”, which you can tow behind the boat. The pinger emits a sound signal that orcas reportedly do not […]
I guess that it’s not every day that someone embarks on a long boat trip in a small 5-metre speedboat, let alone when it involves a father-daughter duo. But my daughter and I were pushing our boundaries and the river’s current as we set out on an odyssey down the River Danube. From the majestic […]
If you are planning a long trip, you probably know roughly what the trip will cost you. In that case, you can use this simple trick to make it much easier to save money for it.I expect that our next trip will cost € 18000 all inclusive for a year. If I divide it by […]
…in winter What they call a river in France, they modestly call a stream in Sweden 😀. And there is plenty of water in the Swedish streams – and the nearest ones are not far away from my house. But fortunately (or unfortunately for us river sailors), there are many hydroelectric plants, but not many […]
“Were you safe?” several people asked when we sailed to Morocco a few years ago. For a month we sailed in the North African country and moored among others, in industrial ports and small fishing villages. The fishermen took their catch ashore over our boat when they moored on our side. We saw sheep get […]
Are you also worried about diesel prices for your boat? I have calculated it, and the result is surprisingly positive! I have sailed to the Mediterranean several times on rivers and canals and the cost of diesel and petrol has been the absolute biggest item on the journey. Every time. It can of course make […]
As soon as the boat comes down to a river, with green mountains rising on both sides, everything is entirely different. It is exciting and varied. It is an adventure! I’ve said it before: I love sailing and being on the open sea, but there’s something special about river sailing too. In my videos about […]
Can you sail on Europe’s rivers and canals to the Mediterranean in a sailboat? That’s only possible with a flat-bottomed motorboat, isn’t it? No, that’s nonsense! “When you sail into France, you will be asked about your draft. If it is larger than 1.6 m, you will not be allowed to enter, ”I have heard […]
“The last idiot is not born yet,” people said when I told that I wanted to sail to the Mediterranean in a 17-foot boat from the ’70s. But I managed to get all the way through Europe to finally drop anchor off the coast of France. Now you can follow along in a series of […]
