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Navigation bucolique assurée sur le Canal du Midi pour découvrir le paysage audois avec les yeux du XVIII siècle à Castelnaudary
Pour découvrir le paysage audois avec les yeux du XVIIIe siècle, bienvenue à bord de la flotte Le Boat ! Navigation bucolique assurée sur le Canal du Midi, ce long chemin de pierre et d'eau, construit en 1667 par Pierre-Paul Riquet. Les hédonistes curieux découvriront à leur rythme les paysages locaux typiques grâce à la location de bateaux sans permis.Un tourisme fluvial doté d'un écosystème diversifié entre végétaux, écluses, ouvrages de pierre et d'eau, et le grand bassin (le plus grand de la voie navigable), singularité de la ville de Castelnaudary.
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I have driven ships and boats for over thirty years, and I was challenged, at times, to navigate my Le Boat boat. I had a Clipper boat with no bow thruster. A thruster would have only complicated the situation. The first two days of our trip we saw winds in the 30 mile per hour range. Sometimes this was a headwind and sometimes it was a sidewind while navigating a low bridge. We managed and had a wonderful time. If you are considering renting a boat and navigating the Canal du Midi, my advice would be to always put your locking assistant ashore on the windward side of the canal. I always did and I was able to get underway and get way on before being blown to the leeward side of the canal. If I'd been blown to the leeward side, I would have had a heck of a time getting off as the wind would have pinned me to it. These boats lack the power to back into the wind.
Other advice I would give is, don't try to do to much. When I first reserved the boat, we planned to go from Castlenaudry all the way to the Mediterranean. I did the math and there were not enough hours in the day to make it all the way, so we decided to spend about five hours each day navigating and the rest of the time exploring. We would tie the boat up by three pm each day and jump on our bicycles. The bikes provided are single speed folding bikes. They are completely adequate for riding in the towns surrounding the canal. If you want to head up to the walled city in Carcassonne, either take the bus or walk. The bikes will be a headache. Also - go as early in the day as you can.
We booked an end of March/early April trip to avoid the crowds. We succeeded in every way except one -- Carcassonne gets over five million visitors each year. If you are in the walled city after eleven am, it will be crowded.