19.08.07 2003
Up early this morning again (0730) but still couldn’t contact the lock on the vhf. In the end Mayuri walked around and he told us 20 minutes and also that we were on the wrong vhf channel! We cast off at 0835 into the lock. It was a really hot day again and I was reduced to trunks by 0900 although Mayuri kept on her jeans & fleece. After the last big lock of the trip, we stopped at Arles at 1300 even though it’s only another 40km to the med, as there’s no where to moor in between and lots of different information about the times of the very last lock that lets you into port St Louis Du Rhone. Before we got to Arles, an old guy in a canoe came next to us and asked if I minded him using our wave to help him along. I said ok and he stayed next to us for an hour doing over 7kts. He’d come from Chalone and said he’d done the same trip 30 years ago in a motor boat.
We went into Arles to see the sights and although there’s some good Roman buildings, it’s a bit of a dump. The marina consists of one pontoon that we just squeezed onto in the last available gap, that’s tilting as though it’s about to sink any minute. The guy next to us said it’s 12 euros a night although there’s no one collecting any money. We have electric & water.
The most impressive sight of the day was a barge carrying lorry containers that came past. Not really one barge but two 2600 tonne, 79m barges, joined together and being pushes by a separate 20m (ish) pusher barge. The guy must need binoculars just to see the front, but was still flying past around the bend that were berthed next to.
Up early this morning again (0730) but still couldn’t contact the lock on the vhf. In the end Mayuri walked around and he told us 20 minutes and also that we were on the wrong vhf channel! We cast off at 0835 into the lock. It was a really hot day again and I was reduced to trunks by 0900 although Mayuri kept on her jeans & fleece. After the last big lock of the trip, we stopped at Arles at 1300 even though it’s only another 40km to the med, as there’s no where to moor in between and lots of different information about the times of the very last lock that lets you into port St Louis Du Rhone. Before we got to Arles, an old guy in a canoe came next to us and asked if I minded him using our wave to help him along. I said ok and he stayed next to us for an hour doing over 7kts. He’d come from Chalone and said he’d done the same trip 30 years ago in a motor boat.
We went into Arles to see the sights and although there’s some good Roman buildings, it’s a bit of a dump. The marina consists of one pontoon that we just squeezed onto in the last available gap, that’s tilting as though it’s about to sink any minute. The guy next to us said it’s 12 euros a night although there’s no one collecting any money. We have electric & water.
The most impressive sight of the day was a barge carrying lorry containers that came past. Not really one barge but two 2600 tonne, 79m barges, joined together and being pushes by a separate 20m (ish) pusher barge. The guy must need binoculars just to see the front, but was still flying past around the bend that were berthed next to.
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