This guide covers the Canal de la Marne au Rhin (Ouest), which rruns for 131 kms from the town of Toul, where it joins the canalised River Moselle, to the town of Vitry-le-François, which lies at its junction with the Canal Latéral à la Marne and the Canal Entre Champagne et Bourgogne. Minimum normal depth in the canal is 1.8m and air draft 3.6m.
Details are provided on all the marinas, haltes and other mooring points (even picnic stops) along the waterway, together with information on facilities, shopping and nearby attractions. Each mooring point is illustrated by a colour photo, meaning that the guides are currently the only detailed pictorial reference available for cruising on the French rivers and canals.
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.