The European Waterways, 2nd Edition
A User's GuideBy Marian Martin
192 pp. 2nd edition. 20 b&w photos, 106 diagrams. 2003. Paperback. $26.50
ISBN 1 57409 176 X
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Anyone unaccustomed to the bewildering array of European waterway signs, symbols, rules, and regulations will find this book a blessing. Marian Martin demystifies this new world for the visitor, eliminating the potential for problems arising from being unfamiliar or unprepared.
The book explains:
- ideal ports of entry to the continental waterways
- what the various waterway signs and symbols mean
- European and UK rules and regulations
- permits and documents required and where to obtain them
- how much to budget for mooring and fuel costs
- techniques for coping with lift bridges and swing bridges, circular locks, fast fall locks, canal elevators and tunnels
- how to moor alongside commercial barges
- coping with one-way systems and giant barges
- mooring and cruising equipment for the waterways
- and more...
About the Author:
Marian Martin is an experienced journalist who has written for major boating consumer and industry magazines in both the US and UK. In 2001, she became editor of the internet magazine Boats, Yachts, & Marinas; by 2003, the site had reached over half a million hits.