Shangri La back in water at St Jean-de-Losne Shangri La in the water again – I like it when a plan comes together! Back from my 2 week stint in St Jean-de-Losne, and Shangri La is back in the water, sporting her new underwater coating, and a brand new generator....
Boats at St Jean-de-Losne Hurry up and wait! The tenet of a mariner’s existence I seem to be doing a lot of that lately – hanging around St Jean-de-Losne, waiting for the weather or something to happen. Fast flowing River Saone! The weather...
Start of the 2016 European Waterway Cruising Season Lock at St Jean-de-Losne Well here I am, beginning of June, in a rather chilly and rainy St Jean-de-Losne! It has been a strange year so far – my work contract fraught with delays to it’s start time....
Barging in France – Paris Shangri La in 2014 – on the River Amstel It has been quite a trip: 1274 kilometres, passing through 3 countries. We negotiated 299 locks, up and down the mountains, and going through 5 tunnels, the longest being 5 km and in the...
2015 European waterway trip – St Jean-de-Losne – End of the trip Saone River near St Jean-de-Losne After a short easy passage with only one lock, we arrived at St Jean about 12.30. We headed straight for the H2O marina but it was such a tight harbour, the...
My love of boats goes back to my early years when I went on holiday with my parents to Knysna in the Cape.
We stayed at a hotel on stilts, and I played in rowing boats and little motor boats on the lagoon.