A quick walk to town to get some croissants for breakfast, and a few minor requests from the boat rental place, and we are off. The boat rental is on a little side channel, so within our first 100’, we have our first lock to negotiate. We are getting instructions from the lock keeper, and the manager from the boat rental place. At least, we fared better than the boat behind us, they had to have one of the boat rental employees get them into the lock.
Once on the canal, we join the convoy…five boats all travelling together, bunching up to go through each of the ten locks for the day. We stay with the convoy until we reach Gurgy. Our first restaurant, “Nous vous désolé!” For the rest of the day we were in a convoy of two.
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| In the weeds! |
There appears to be no place to tie-up in Auxerre. I suggest a place by the boat ramp, it’s shallow, and covered with reeds, but buried in the reeds are some relic bollards, unused for years. Finding the bollocks Our lock-mate ( the ones that needed help) have searched endlessly for a mooring, but have come up empty. They finally asked to raft up with us.
Tomorrow off to Crevant.
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