Everand Logo

Welcome to Everand!

  • Practical Boat Owner

    In good Compiègne

    May 16, 2019 4 minutes

    One of the truly delightful surprises of our cruise last summer through the inland waterways to the Med was the Compiègne Yacht Club. Historic Compiègne (pronounced Compienne) is just 30 minutes by train from Paris Nord, but the Yacht Club offers waterway travellers idyllic safe harbour at extremely reasonable prices.

    The town is famous for being the location of the Compieègne Wagon, the train carriage where German military commanders were brought to sign the armistice in November 1918, which marked the end of World War I.

    Then, in June 1940, Hitler brought the French military to the same location to sign the

    You’re reading a preview, subscribe to read more.

    More from Practical Boat Owner

    Practical Boat Owner10 min read
    Collecting French Marinas In A 23-footer
    Having decamped from leafy Cheshire to Sovereign Harbour, Eastbourne, in my semi-retirement I considered buying a motorbike but my wife vetoed the idea. “But I wooed you on a Norton 600!” I said. “You’ll never get me on your pillion again at our age,
    Practical Boat Owner6 min read
    Evolution Of The Electric Winch Winder
    After I bought my 50ft schooner Britannia in 2010 I decided to fit as many systems as I could afford to make handling the big 20-ton boat easier. I also converted all five sails to roller-furling and routed 12 control lines back to the centre cockpit
    Practical Boat Owner5 min read
    Regional News
    A boat owner who drove a rigid inflatable boat (RIB) around 18 knots – almost three times the speed limit – in Falmouth’s inner harbour on a busy summer’s day has been ordered to pay £3,061 in fines and costs by Magistrates in Truro, Cornwall. David

    Related Books & Audiobooks