This guide covers the Canal de l’Aisne à la Marne, which runs for 58 kms from its junction with the Canal Latéral à l’Aisne at the village of Berry-au-Bac southwards to Condé-sur-Marne, where it joins the Canal Latéral à la Marne. Completed in 1866, the canal heads south for 46 kms through 16 locks and the major city of Reims before arriving at the 2,302m long Billy Tunnel. The tunnel, which is transited under one’s own power, takes around 45 mins at the recommended 3-4kms/hr. From there the canal winds through attractive countryside for a further nine kms and eight locks down to Condé-sur-Marne. Minimum depth is 1.8m and air draft 3.7m.
Details are provided on all the marinas, haltes and other mooring points (even picnic stops) along the waterways, together with information on facilities, shopping and nearby attractions. Each mooring is illustrated with a colour photo.
The guide is available for purchase in printed or digital format (PDF, which members can download for free from the members' EIWS web page). Reports on all the moorings are also included on CAptain's Mate, the CA's proprietary app, enabling them to be regularly updated by CA members posting online reports using the app.
This guide is one of a series of 17 full colour guides to moorings on the French inland waterways, produced and edited by Gordon Knight, based on a series of annual cruises along these beautiful inland waterways.