Right now, only boats less then 30 meters can sail on the Canal du Midi
Canal du Midi
bateau ponté L = 26,50 à 27 m width = 5,3 à 5,4 m Tunnage = 120 à 130 Tonnes
This type of boat makes up the greater part of the trade fleet on the Canal du Midi.
Gabarres
bateau ponté L 20m l 5 à 6 m T 50 à 60 tonnes
This boat was specialized in the transport of half -hogsheads in the port of Sete and its region.
Sapine
L 29 à 29, 5 m l 5, 30 à 5, 40 m T 145 à 170 tonnes
Frequent boat navigating on the canal lateral to the Garonne.
Sapine scheme
Sapinettes
L 23 m l 4, 50 m t 50 à 60 tonnes
Ponds and waterways small crafts transported all kind of merchandises.Some were equiped with small keels for sea navigation.
Coutrillon
Made out of wood and flat-bottomed the coutrillon's differences with the sapine are the squareness, the longish stern and the rounded sides.
Sapines and Coutrillons were waterways boats. The seafaring boat was a small boat with a horizontal keel and a classic lateen sail.
Coutrillon scheme
Boatmen :
Name given to the boat owners on the canal du Midi.
Bargee
Name used in the northern waterways and given to the Canal du midi barge workmen.
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