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Un projet fou comme on les aime: Près de Dunkerque, un navire de guerre de Louis XIV prend forme grandeur nature Entre transmission des savoir-faire anciens et défi technique, le chantier du Jean-Bart poursuit sa lente progression dans le Nord. Une aventure humaine qui attire chaque année des milliers de visiteurs curieux de découvrir les secrets de la construction navale d’autrefois. https://www.epochtimes.fr/completement-fou-pres-de-dunkerque-un-navire-de-guerre-de-louis-xiv-prend-forme-grandeur-nature-3351890.html #sailing #sail #boating #history #histoire

French craftsmen build full-scale replica of Louis XIV-era warship For around two decades, craftsmen and volunteers in northern France have been building a full-scale replica of the Jean Bart, a large warship from the navy of Louis XIV. https://news-pravda.com/world/2026/09/20/2606209.html #sailing #sail #boating #history

Letter: uniform ; Meaning: Standing into danger #sailing #sail #boating

Letter: quebec ; Meaning: My ship is healthy and I request free practice #sailing #sail #boating

Never have I dropped a 🔑 key in the canal. Should it happen, each key ring has a cork ball to keep the keys at the surface of the water. Theoretically, that is. I have no idea how many keys one cork ball will hold at the surface. I suppose I should test it — I mean in a bucket, not in the canal. #CanalLife #canal #BoatingLife #boating #BoatLife #boat #narrowboat #key #keyring #float #cork

A sailing club or regatta just rounded Shaw Island. This one came close enough for a good shot. Nothing like seeing a dozen or more sailboats under sail power! #boating #Sailing #PNW

Definitely not the kind of floating log you'd want to run into at 8 to 10 kn. I'm not sure, but I think it's stuck on the mooring ball.🙄 #boating

The boat is at a high point of the canal network. From here, all the locks descend. All the water from up here flows away — 100,000 litres (22,000 gallons) each time a lock cycles. Next to the boat, a pipe steadily feeds water into the canal. I don't know which reservoir feeds it — could it be the Knypersley wildlife refuge? — or whether it's being pumped back up from below. #CanalLife #canal #WaterLevel #BoatingLife #boating #BoatLife #boat #narrowboat #water #reservoir #wildlife #UK #drought

@mlanger@mastodon.world Yes. Numerous locks are closed due to water shortages. Last year CRT closed most of the Midlands with only a week notice. During that week, locks were restricted to a narrow band of hours. There was frantic #boating that week—at 3 miles per hour—as people got their boats to the right places for winter. Last month, as water levels dropped, I could see it coming. I make a 150-mile detour around closed locks to reach the section that has my winter marina. #CRT #stoppage #UK #drought

A lower water level of 2 inches (5cm) made a difference in the middle of the Harecastle tunnel. Even keeping my head down in the dark, I still scraped my raincoat hood on the ceiling. It was 40 minutes in the dark, with that pinpoint of light getting gradually larger. It's hard to estimate the distance. When it looks like 30 seconds to the exit, it's actually still four minutes. Toward the end I took this photo. #CanalLife #canal #BoatLife #boat #BoatingLife #boating #narrowboat #tunnel #CRT

#OldPeopleOfMastodon I need your help. I'm on a canal boat trip, lots of walking, lock working etc. Every night I get woken several times with terrible leg cramps. Anyone got any tips? (Youngsters can contribute too). #Boating #Canals #Cramp #BoatsThatToot

How will this end? Three coot chicks, still in the black fluffy stage, have lost their parents. They were panic-peeping, tightly grouped and paddling away from a lock. Other boaters heard from pedestrians that the adults are above the lock with a fourth chick. After a half hour, the three chicks eventually settled on some reeds (see photo). They have food, but without an adult to protect them they're too young to make it. #CanalLife #canal #waterfowl #coot #bird #wildlife #UK #boat #boating

Tomorrow another guest arrives for an overnight stay. Two weeks ago our guest took a famous person on a semi-private tour, and we're hoping for a full report of how that went. And if not, it's always good to have extra hands on board. We'll have some locks to do, and there's the water tank to fill. Of course, a lovely stretch of waterway to boat through, and some meals to share. #CanalLife #canal #BoatLife #boat #BoatingLife #boating #narrowboat #BoatHands

Although the San Juan Islands is an amazing cruising grounds, I think a lot of people overlook the area south of Anacortes, including Skagit Bay, Puget Sound, and South Puget Sound. It has a whole different feeling to it, with lots of little town marinas, gorgeous scenery, and its fair share of Marine Parks. The boaters down here are real boaters; charter guests simply don't come down here. They won't know what they're missing. #boating #Seattle #PNW

Under way by around 6 AM this morning. Water is dead calm with hardly any wind. I set up my autopilot to follow the track I laid down on Monday when I went from Anacortes to Coupeville, but backwards. Whidbey Isalnd is close by on my port side. Getting about 9 knots at 2400 RPM with a tiny current against us. I'm letting the Autopilot drive but am keeping a sharp lookout for new crab traps along the way. #boating #PNW

Look who is putting in an appearance this morning in silhouette: Mr Baker. #boating #PNW

This is huge, translate it to your language Ceci est super important, traduisez et lisez ! 1.500 barcos llevan seis meses parados en el estrecho de Ormuz. Cuando zarpen, van a esparcir una plaga por todo el planeta El estrecho más vigilado del mundo también podría ser el mayor exportador de especies invasoras de la historia https://www.xataka.com/ecologia-y-naturaleza/1-500-barcos-llevan-seis-meses-parados-estrecho-ormuz-cuando-zarpen-van-a-esparcir-plaga-todo-planeta #sailing #sail #boating #danger #news

@aegir@toot.wales Damp, yes. Cooler, yes. In the much deeper cuts, 20 minutes before this photo, much of the towpath was muddy. The walls of the cut are stone, there. Given the drought, where was that water coming from, I wonder? Was it being released by the earth, after 1½ months of dry weather? Or was it leaking from a river, up above? #SUC #CRT #UK #boating #boaty #narrowboat #canal #water #shortage #WaterShortage

Green tunnel effect. The canal here is cut into the land, and the trees reach for the light. #CanalLife #canal #cutr #BoatingLife #boating #BoatLife #boat #narrowboat #UK

Someone here — and please forgive me if I don't remember who! — told me that there is a parking area somewhere near the Ballard locks so if I decide to go through I could use that as a destination on the way in or out. Maybe a fish market there? I hope whoever you are is reading this and can refresh my memory. I have had very little success with mastodon's search feature. #boating #Seattle