Michael Porter wrote:
I have just built (well, built in the sense that Caesar conquered
Gaul) a boat to do just that, among other things. The French canals
are still largely useable, and the reunification of Germany has opened
up LOTS of unspoiled (for the moment) cruising grounds in the north.
see www.mp-marine.com

Cheers,
Michael Porter

mcamirand wrote:

Hi group,

I've just reread Weston Martyr's "The 200# Millionaire". It's got me
dreaming about cruising the inland waterways of Europe.
Thing is, the story was written in the 1930s. It claims that you can
get pretty much everywhere in France and central Europe through
inland waterways, even all the way to Budapest, Prague, etc. Is this
still true? Are these inland canals still in operation or have they
been abandoned in the last 70 years? If there are still as many
possibilities as Martyr talked about, what kind of draft is
acceptable?

Anyone done it?

Regards,
-Maxime Camirand

Hope you have also read "The Improbable Voyage" by Tristan Jones. A more
recent account of the author's journey through the Rhine/Danube rivers,
before the canal was completed.

Dennis.