Subj : Re: Someday
To   : Ed Vance
From : TheCivvie
Date : Sun Jul 27 2025 16:05:58

-=> Ed Vance wrote to TheCivvie <=-

>> I am hoping to buy a small yacht in the next year or two, sail to
 >> france and
>> do the french canals, then head slowly to Turkey before heading up to
 >> Romania
>> and then the Danube. After that I have no clue :)
 EV>
>> TC
 EV>
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 EV>
 EV>
 EV> Your writing about canals in France had me thinking of when I worked at
 EV> Lock and Dam 43 Ohio River
 EV> The older employees there told me that the idea to do that in the USA
 EV> came from what the French did to control their waterways for nsvigation.

That was an interesting read, so much so that I saved it to cross reference. We have some canals in Ireland but they are very restricted as to what you can do, and they don't like live aboards

TC


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