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History

Boats of the Canal

Only the boats of less than 30 meters can sail on the entirety of the Canal. The classification in 1996 with the inheritance world of UNESCO prohibits today any enlarging of the 40 locks limited to 30,90 meters.
The part from Toulouse to Castet-en-Dorthe can accomodate boats of less than 39 meters (locks with 39,90 meters), the Toulouse part to Villefrance-de-Lauragais being also adapted to this size.
From the Mediterranean sea, only the locks until Bézier are to the Freycinet standards.

Canal's Old boats

Bateau d'etang

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.
Gabarre

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

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
Sapinette

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.

Coudrillon Agrandir l'image

Sapines and Coutrillons were waterways boats. The seafaring boat was a small boat with a horizontal keel and a classic lateen sail.

Coutrillon scheme

Name given to the seamen on the Canal du Midi

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.

More boats schemes...

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