November 12, 2014

Part 8 of Anne & Barrie’s Life Afloat on-board their converted Watson Class Life Boat. Part 1 is here. Paris, we are on our way… Now we had some serious boating to do.  We had decided to winter in Paris and my son was getting married in Coventry in four weeks’ time. Earlier in the year when we had delivered […] Read More...

November 5, 2014

Part 7 of Anne & Barrie’s Life Afloat on-board their converted Watson Class Life Boat. Part 1 is here. Back to France late July.  The river was still in flood, but two days later we cast off the pontoon, made our way gently through the long tunnel under the city and came after three and a half hours to Deluz.  We […] Read More...

October 29, 2014

Part 6 of Anne & Barrie’s Life Afloat on-board their converted Watson Class Life Boat. Part 1 is here. The Holiday Season We cast off and bade farewell to Saint-Jean-de-Losne and headed for the Canal du Rhône au Rhin which is a little way up-river from the town.  Even though it was early July there was still a lot of […] Read More...

October 23, 2014

Part 5 of Anne & Barrie’s Life Afloat on-board their converted Watson Class Life Boat. Part 1 is here. 2007 – A Premature Departure and A Late Season Trip to Baumes-les-Dames and Paris Auxonne Here We Come…. Be warned, Dear Reader, the next part is not an example of good boating and is a cautionary tale about going on the […] Read More...

October 15, 2014

Part 4 of Anne & Barrie’s Life Afloat on-board their converted Watson Class Life Boat. Part 1 is here. Thursday, 7th September saw us weighing anchor, cruising down river to Seurre and back through the lock onto the canalised part heading back up stream past Saint-Jean-de-Losne and on to Auxonne.  Just before reaching Auxonne we reached the first of the […] Read More...

October 8, 2014

Part 3 of Anne & Barrie’s Life Afloat on-board their converted Watson Class Life Boat. Part 1 is here. We left Lyons with some reluctance on 15th August 2006 after filling with water at the wall across the river from the moorings.  The bollards in the Saône locks differ from those on the Rhône.  Although the locks are still deep […] Read More...

September 26, 2014

Part 2 of Anne & Barrie’s Life Afloat on-board their converted Watson Class Life Boat. Part 1 is here. Thence onto l’Ardoise in very hot weather in which followed three days of thunderstorms.  We spent two nights in l’Ardoise.  During the intervening day it continued to be very hot so we had a long swim in the river.  L’Ardoise was […] Read More...

September 19, 2014

‘Love at Fifth Sight’ Join us as we share with you the first hand experiences of Anne & Barrie on-board their converted Watson Class Life Boat; enjoying ‘Life Afloat’ & their intimacy with ‘Charlie Dee‘ while they explore new grounds afloat! My wife, Anne, and I were wintering on our sailing catamaran in Port Napoleon on the Mediterranean coast of […] Read More...

September 11, 2014

Looking To Sell or Get Afloat? Brighton Boat Sales are positioned in a unique location within Brighton Marina to best offer your boat for sale.  Our dedicated sales pontoon along the board walk in the marina, offers a substantial advantage to you in getting your boat seen by the many visitors to the marina.  Along with continually monitored internet displays […] Read More...

August 9, 2014

Access Our Boats For Sale On All Mobile Devices! It is important to us that our buyers & sellers are able to access our boats for sale on all mobile & desktop devices which is why our website has been optimised for all these viewing mediums.  This will allow our customers to view all boat details on any platform without […] Read More...