The European Waterways: A User's Guide

by Marian Martin (Author)

• Used

  Paperback
  2003

  $4.49

  Anyone who admits to a sense of confusion when confronted with the bewildering array of European waterway signs, symbols, rules and regulations should find this book useful. The author demystifies this world for the visitor, thereby eliminating any problems that may arise. This second edition includes chapters for Americans considering cruising the European waterways and for Med-bound sailors.

• Used

  Paperback
  1997

  $3.25

  This is a guide aimed at the newcomer to continental canal cruising. Among the topics explained are ideal ports of entry to the continental waterways; what the various waterway signs and symbols mean; European and UK rules and regulations; permits and documents required, and where to obtain them; how much to budget for mooring and fuel costs; techniques for coping with lifting and swinging bridges, circular locks, fast fall locks, canal lifts and tunnels; how to moor alongside commercial barges; coping with one-way systems and giant barges; and mooring and cruising equipment for the waterways.