International Visits Archive

  • In 1999 Wilderness Boat Owners Club members were invited to Ireland by The Royal Canal Amenity Group to join the inaugural cruise on the reopening of the first 60 miles of the Royal Canal from Dublin to Abbeyshrule. Twelve years...019 October 2011

    Back to the Emerald Isle

    In 1999 Wilderness Boat Owners Club members were invited to Ireland by The Royal Canal Amenity Group to join the inaugural cruise on the reopening of the first 60 miles of the Royal Canal from Dublin to Abbeyshrule. Twelve years…

  • Written by Helen Huish and pictures by Peter Huish as publised in the March 2011 edition of Wilderness News. In 1999 Wilderness boats joined with the Royal Canal Amenity Group members as the first English boats to cruise the Royal...05 April 2011

    The Royal Revisited

    Written by Helen Huish and pictures by Peter Huish as publised in the March 2011 edition of Wilderness News. In 1999 Wilderness boats joined with the Royal Canal Amenity Group members as the first English boats to cruise the Royal…

  • I found this the other day in a Twitter posting from @InlandWaterways (if you are into Twitter you will know what that means) and thought it might be of interest. It’s from a Irish website clubpowerboat.ie and is a short...023 January 2011

    Towing and going to Ireland?

    I found this the other day in a Twitter posting from @InlandWaterways (if you are into Twitter you will know what that means) and thought it might be of interest. It’s from a Irish website clubpowerboat.ie and is a short…

  • This is the first of a series of republished reports of  WBOC  international visits, which were first reported on the original WBOC website in the year that the report took place. This was first published in 1998. The cry went...028 December 2010

    France 1998

    This is the first of a series of republished reports of  WBOC  international visits, which were first reported on the original WBOC website in the year that the report took place. This was first published in 1998. The cry went…

  • Back in 1998 we cruised the Marne au Rhin in France from Toul to Strasbourg, the Houilleres de la Sarre and the Saar over the border into Germany as far as Saarbrucken and then retraced our steps before going down...022 December 2009

    Voyage Sans Frontieres 2

    Back in 1998 we cruised the Marne au Rhin in France from Toul to Strasbourg, the Houilleres de la Sarre and the Saar over the border into Germany as far as Saarbrucken and then retraced our steps before going down…

  • The plan was simple, to cruise the Baise and Lower Lot that we had been unable to visit due to lack of time when we were last down south . We also wanted to visit the Upper Lot which is...028 January 2009

    Extreme Trailboating

    The plan was simple, to cruise the Baise and Lower Lot that we had been unable to visit due to lack of time when we were last down south . We also wanted to visit the Upper Lot which is…

  • As we discussed plans for last summer, Sandra realised that it would probably be the last time that Ian, our 16 year old, would be coming boating with us for the summer and as such we ought to do something...015 January 2009

    Way Down South

    As we discussed plans for last summer, Sandra realised that it would probably be the last time that Ian, our 16 year old, would be coming boating with us for the summer and as such we ought to do something…

  • In 2005 we visited Canada on a whistle stop train tour (pun not intended) taking in Halifax, Montreal, Toronto, and Niagara Falls. At Ottawa we did the usual city tour and a short boat trip on the Ottawa River where...016 October 2008

    Exploring the Rideau Canal in Canada

    In 2005 we visited Canada on a whistle stop train tour (pun not intended) taking in Halifax, Montreal, Toronto, and Niagara Falls. At Ottawa we did the usual city tour and a short boat trip on the Ottawa River where…

  • FRENCH CRUISE 2007 Distances travelled: RIVER SARTHE Le Mans to Angers 132k 20 locks LA MAINE Angers to Bouchemain 8k 1 lock LA MAYENNE Angers to Mayenne 124k 45 locks L’OUDON Lion D’Angers to Segre 16k 3 locks TOTAL 280k...03 December 2007

    France 2007 – Rivers Sarthe and Mayenne

    FRENCH CRUISE 2007 Distances travelled: RIVER SARTHE Le Mans to Angers 132k 20 locks LA MAINE Angers to Bouchemain 8k 1 lock LA MAYENNE Angers to Mayenne 124k 45 locks L’OUDON Lion D’Angers to Segre 16k 3 locks TOTAL 280k…