While at anchor aboard Distant Shores III in the Bahamas, we talk about our favourite sailing destinations from 30 years of cruising. In this episode, we take you into Paris by sailboat and under the city streets in old tunnels that you can navigate with a boat. We show how to prepare a boat to travel through the French Waterways and provide resources to help you plan your own voyage.

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Resources for cruising the French Waterways:
https://distantshores.ca/canals.html A summary of our 10week voyage through the French Waterways from the north coast, south to the Mediterranean Sea plus links to blogs and videos that we created about this wonderful adventure through France by water.

http://www.vnf.fr/vnf/home.vnf?action...
The official site for Voies Navigables de France. This is where you buy your permit and check for closures on the French Waterways and other navigational information.

https://www.frenchwaterways.com/
An informative English language website run by experienced cruising sailors on all aspects of the French waterways. A great place to start to learn how to prepare for a trip through the canals whether on your own boat or chartering.

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Principal photography by Paul and Sheryl Shard.

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About
Paul and Sheryl Shard are awardwinning travel documentary television producers and videographers and have been cruising internationally since 1989 documenting their global adventures for television, social media, in books and sailing publications. They have sailed over 110,000 nm including 9 ocean crossings and are the producers and presenters of the Distant Shores sailing adventure TV series which is broadcast to 47 million households in 24 languages around the world. Through their TV programs, YouTube videos, articles/blogs and popular cruising seminars, the Shards help anyone dreaming of setting sail to get out on the water and experience their own adventure safely and comfortably.

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