Through the canals of northern France in a small sailboat | Ep. 15

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In this episode, I'm joined by Anne Lene, and together we cruise through the canals of northern France on my Maxi 68 sailboat, from Lille to Reims via the Saint Quentin canal.

Avoiding the commercial shipping on canal du Nord was the right call, even though the river weeds proved way more challenging than I expected.

You can follow Anne Lene's adventures on snapchat @vimto
and @vimtolive here on youtube


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00:00 - Intro
00:18 - The lock finally opens
01:30 - Lille
01:51 - Citadelle de Lille
02:32 - Canal de la Deûle
03:25 - Captain calamity and his barge
04:16 - Keel has its cons
04:42 - Douai
05:22 - A cruise around town
06:20 - Canal du Nord
06:47 - A change of course
07:24 - New challenges
07:52 - Remote controlled locks
08:21 - Cambrai
08:47 - Double trouble
09:07 - First jammed lock
09:26 - The scary lock monster
09:54 - Amanita ferritis and the gas generator
10:38 - Lumberjack and carpenter
11:21 - The failed Viking raid
11:47 - Jungle expedition
12:24 - No drinking water
13:00 - Gas generator failure
13:28 - Souterrain de Riqueval
15:16 - The land of the river weeds
17:13 - Lock failure number two
18:00 - Saint-Quentin
18:44 - The pilgrim
19:25 - The race
20:11 - Danger ahead!
20:40 - Lac de Monampteuil
21:38 - Tunnel du Chemin des Dames
23:04 - All good things must come to an end
23:38 - Reims, and goodbye
23:54 - In the next episode
24:04 - End credits