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- BOATS ON
THE CANAL DES DEUX MERS -
Right now,
only boats less then 30 metre can sail on the Canal du Midi
Canal's Old boats
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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.
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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.
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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
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Sapinettes
L 23
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.
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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
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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.
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