Cruising the Canals & Rivers of the Netherlands, Paperback/Tom Sommers

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A guide for planning travels along the inland waterways of the Netherlands at the helm of a private canal cruiser, barge or rental boat. It not only shows where a traveler can go but also why you might want to go there, and gives details for use in planning an itinerary. Also useful for bicycling, walking or car travel following the many waterway routes of Holland. This 2018 edition includes 55% more pages than the previous version, with maps and itineraries of many suggested routes, and detailed city/town maps, along with three entirely new regional sections. See also the companion book "Cruising the Canals & Rivers of the Netherlands on Orion," a personal journey along these waterways with more details on the towns and provinces visited. About the Author: Tom Sommers began his canal-cruising avocation with a trip in 1966 aboard a classic wooden motorboat from Cayuga Lake, in the Finger Lakes of Central New York, through the New York State Barge Canal (Erie Canal) and the Oswego Canal to Lake Ontario and the St Lawrence River. Later canal trips included one across the length of the Erie Canal and down the Hudson River to the Statue of Liberty. After early retirement from an engineering career, Tom moved to coastal North Carolina where he boated on the Intra Coastal Waterway and worked as a boat broker and as an advertising sales representative for a boating magazine, visiting marine businesses from Virginia to Florida. In early 2000 Tom and his wife Carol acted on a longtime desire to live in Europe and cruise the canals and rivers. Their first year was in Paris, on the Canal St Martin, then on the river Seine near Conflans, and later on the northern coast of Brittany. During these years they have traveled extensively along the waterways and created cruising guides for the inland waterways of France, Belgium, Germany and The Netherlands.