The Canal du Midi is probably the most popular canal in France. Linking the Bay of Biscay with the Mediterranean, it is not only renowned for its beauty and picturesque sights, it also performs the invaluable service of saving boaters the long (and arduous) trip around Portugal and Spain to reach the Med.

This handy-sized guidebook has all the information boaters need to navigate the canal, and is packed with cruising and background information about each stage. There are enticing colour photos and distance maps of each section, showing locks, bridges and yacht havens. This book will accompany sailors and motorboaters all the way, enabling them to make the most of their journey down one of the most famous canals in the world.

The chapters cover the following:

Technical data on the waterways Canal d'Arles a Fos-sur-Mer Petit Rhone Canal du Rhone a Sete Lez Etang de Thau Canal du Midi Herault Canal de la Robine

Through the French Canals has probably tempted more people to explore the beautiful waterways of France than any other book. First published in 1970, it's been the key authoritative title on cruising the French canals ever since.

The revised new edition is the essential comprehensive planning guide for anyone wanting to cruise through the French waterways or take their boat from the English Channel through to the Mediterranean via the inland route. It includes: over 50 routes fully described and illustrated, with positions of locks, towns and villages through routes from the English Channel and Atlantic to the Mediterranean, plus distances, and assessment of suitable boats for the canals. It also provides dimensions of locks and operating times, details of bridge heights, canal depths, fuelling points, waterway signals, a guide to the cost of living, shopping and stores, sources of weather information, haltes for overnight stops, and ports de plaisance.

As well as new photography, the new edition is updated throughout with new information on local facilities, new haltes and ports de plaisance, new VNF License fees, revisions to cruise hire companies, updated references to holding tanks, the availability of diesel and costs of cruising and much more. Part 1 1. Summary of route details, with map 2. Through routes to the Mediterranean 3. Cruising the inland waterways 4. Choosing the right boat 5. Equipment 6. Planning the cruise 7. In the waterways of France 8. Locks 9. Cost of living, shopping and stores 10. Useful information Part 2 - The Routes Section 1: The Lower Seine (la Seine aval) Section 2: Bassin de la Seine Section 3: Bassin du Centre-Est Section 4: Rhone - Saone Basin Section 5: The Northern Region Section 6: Bassin du Nord-Est Section 7: Le Bassin du Rhin Section 8: Brittany and Pays-de-la-Loire Section 9: Entre Deux Mers - the Atlantic - the Mediterranean and the Rivers Baise, Lot and Charente

Anyone who admits to a sense of confusion when confronted with the bewildering array of European waterway signs, symbols, rules and regulations should find this book useful. The author demystifies this world for the visitor, thereby eliminating any problems that may arise. This second edition includes chapters for Americans considering cruising the European waterways and for Med-bound sailors.

The second edition of Imray's Map of the Inland Waterways of Scotland has been updated. Contact details for the new Scottish Waterways body that replaces British Waterways have been added. The descriptive text has been improved with the addition of more photos.

'Imray are synonymous with nautical maps.... and Jane Cumberlidge is a much respected writer on canals throughout Europe. Together they make a formidable pairing and this excellent map reflects all their combined knowledge and expertise. Map is perhaps something of a misnomer, for a comprehensive text is provided, with superb accommpanying photos featuring the Caledonian, Crinan, Forth & Clyde and Union canals. This second edition has been brought right up to date with contact details for Scottish Canals, the new body that took over from British Waterways Scotland in July last year.' Keith Goss, Waterways World July 2013

This small book is intended principally as a help to leisure boaters who are not familiar with the Thames through central London. However, Part 2 may well help even the most seasoned of watermen.

The length of the river covered is from Margaret Ness in the east, to Putney Bridge in the west. This is the area for which a local knowledge endorsement is required for most commercial skippers. It is a very busy part of the Thames, with every conceivable type of craft likely to be encountered.

The book is divided into three parts:

- The first part gives general information and advice, and in passing, mentions local rules which will be relevant

- The second part lists many places the names of which you might read or hear on the radio

- The third part outlines the types of hazard you will encounter as you make your way up river on a fold-out chart

First published in the 1950s under the editorship of EE Benest and later Konrad Nussbaum, the Imray map of the French inland waterway system has always been regarded as the essential reference for planning a visit to France by boat. It is now superseded by this completely recompiled and redrawn edition by David Edwards-May, the leading authority on World canals and waterways.

The new cartography includes improved detail and presents essential information concerning distances and dimensions with a greater clarity than on previous editions. The map continues to cover the Low Countries and the western part of Germany and now also includes large scale insets of the Paris region and northeast France. The scale remains at 1:1,500,000.

This is a reference to all the navigable waterways of Germany illustrated by small scale mapping and photographs. After a general introduction to the area, details of German formalities and cruising notes, each river and canal is described in detail and supported by a table of distances indicating locks, bridges, mooring places and other features. It is the only work to cover all the German waterways in detail in a single volume. Barry Sheffield has spent five years exploring the continental waterways and this book is a result of painstaking research into the German system. With the assistance of Konrad Nussbaum, the acknowledged expert on German rivers and canals, he has produced the authoritative work on the subject.

A map and directory designed as a first source of information when planning a trip on the waterways of Europe.

Double-sided. Europe from Ireland and Portugal to the Caspian Sea, dimensions 1210 x 870 mm, Scale 1:4,000,000, enlargement on reverse, with unprecedented detail, covering Dublin to Bratislava on the Danube, Scale 1:1,500,000. Includes a brief description of waterways in each country, followed by addresses of waterway authorities, boating associations etc.

The directory describes the waterway network country by country and provides a mass of information of value to all those who are interested in inland navigation as a mode of transport, but also, for a growing number of enthusiasts, a way of life. The two maps (front and back of the sheet) cover the same areas as the previous edition, from Ireland and Portugal to the Caspian Sea and, on the other side, a significantly enhanced map covering the denser part of the network, from Dublin to Bratislava on the Danube. The booklet accompanying the map includes many colour photos and larger-scale maps of particular areas.

The map has a legend in English, French, German and Dutch (booklet in English only).

The River Thames Book, now in its 8th edition, is the best-selling guide to the non-tidal Thames from Teddington to its source in Gloucestershire. This complete guide covers the Barrier to Cricklade with the River Wey, Basingstoke Canal and the Kennet & Avon Canal to Great Bedwyn. Chris Cove-Smith's updated text describes the navigation with support of clear and detailed mapping. The River Thames Book also lists in exhaustive detail the facilities to be found along each section of the navigation.

The standard reference to the waterways of England, Wales and Scotland has been completely revised. The 8th edition retains the format of previous editions but, throughout, details are updated and the work has been widened in its scope to appeal not only to navigators but to all users of the waterways. Full colour throughout.