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Taking your pet aboard
Leaving your four-footed friend behind when you go on holiday can be quite a wrench. So why not take your pet with you on a waterborne holiday?
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There’s a knack to fishing on the canal
When they’re not going for a dip or a cycle ride, fishing is one of the favourite pastimes for our sailors who cruise the inland waterways.
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How do you use a bow-thruster on a self-drive boat?
Nowadays, almost all the self-drive boats available for hire from Locaboat, from the “Terrasse” to the “Flying Bridge”, are fitted with what's known as a “bow thruster”.
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What can you do on a boat when it rains?
Rain or fog… the weather’s taking a dive? Aboard your self-drive boat, bad weather doesn’t mean a bad holiday. Quite the opposite, in fact.
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Manoeuvring your self-drive boat: first steps
Florence Menguy, Operations Director at Locaboat, explains, all new skippers are shown the ropes from A-Z before they are put in charge of their Penichette.
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Barge trips: packing check-list
Before taking charge of your canal boat, make sure you haven't forgotten anything, even though there will be plenty of stop-offs at villages for shopping.
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Becoming the owner of a Pénichette®
To keep its fleet up to date, Locaboat regularly sells some of its self-drive boats. Fans of all-year-round boating holidays, here's what you need to know!
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Cycle trips along the canal
If you go for a bike ride when you reach a stopping-off point, your holiday will carry on at the same gentle pace as life aboard a canal barge.