{"id":2040,"date":"2008-10-03T13:20:21","date_gmt":"2008-10-03T17:20:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/frenchbychoice.com\/?p=2040"},"modified":"2014-04-14T13:25:43","modified_gmt":"2014-04-14T17:25:43","slug":"soane-river-friday-3-october-2008","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/frenchbychoice.com\/?p=2040","title":{"rendered":"Soane River, Friday 3 October 2008"},"content":{"rendered":"

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We left St Jean de Losne about 9:45 AM after multiple rain showers.\u00c2\u00a0 Before we left Carol ventured into town to mail her postcard and to get a croissant for herself and Mike.\u00c2\u00a0 The skies were so threatening that she even took her umbrella.\u00c2\u00a0 W got underway with minimal chaos and headed downstream.\u00c2\u00a0 We had planned a full day of cruising, and needed to head out regardless of the weather.<\/p>\n

We cruised through some bucolic countryside.\u00c2\u00a0 The difference between the Midi and the Soane is that so much of the land is dedicated to farmland \u00e2\u20ac\u201c grazing cows and crops, few vineyards.
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\nWe entered the BIG Soane at the big gauge lock at Seurre.\u00c2\u00a0 From here downstream the river becomes wider and according to the cruising guide we have a better hance of running into commercial traffic.\u00c2\u00a0 We did not encounter big barges and almost felt we had the river to ourselves.\u00c2\u00a0 The first commercial lock was very different from previous locks, it was not automatic, it was manned by a lockkeeper, and the bollards were so far apart we had barely enough line to feed around the bollards to secure our boat while it dropped almost 12 feet.This part of the river is well marked with many markers all along the way. \u00c2\u00a0There ended up being many diversions (straight canal areas to shorten the overall traveling distance).\u00c2\u00a0 Our second commercial lock was not exactly what we expected.\u00c2\u00a0 We hoped that Shoe and I would step off onto the side of the lock, loop our lines around a bollard, and get back on the boat.\u00c2\u00a0 Unfortunately, the walls of the lock were too high, and the bollards too far apart and we were only able to secure one line.\u00c2\u00a0 We kept asking ourselves \u00e2\u20ac\u201c why were the bollards so far apart \u00e2\u20ac\u201c and then suddenly realized it was set up for commercial barges not pleasure craft.<\/p>\n

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The Big Soane River<\/p><\/div>\n

We left the Soane and entered the Doubs River where we moored (backed in, very competently I might add) at the municipal dock at Verdun-sur-le-Doubs. We made great time and arrived about 2 PM, going through 2 locks and covering about 37 kilometers. The dock fee included a refill of water this afternoon and tomorrow morning, and WI-FI access.<\/p>\n

After we arrived, we ate lunch and then toured the town.\u00c2\u00a0 The town was established by the Romans in the 1st century AD.\u00c2\u00a0 The town is very picturesque and we enjoyed walking through the old part of town.\u00c2\u00a0 We found 4 bakeries and many shops \u00e2\u20ac\u201c all closed until later in the afternoon.<\/p>\n

When the captainerie opened at 4 PM, we paid our slip fee and obtained the key to fill our water tank.\u00c2\u00a0 More showers in the afternoon as Mike prepared traditional Beef Bourginone in the galley.<\/p>\n

A \u00e2\u20ac\u0153tres jolie\u00e2\u20ac\u009d boat, Dutch-made, pulled in adjacent to us at the mooring dock.\u00c2\u00a0 It had a dark blue hull, its bumpers were actually a wound rope.\u00c2\u00a0 The captain and his wife were from Switzerland and sailing with their grand-daughter who was 5 years old.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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