It's on the website, but, well unless any latest edition is better than ours (c.2003) I can't say it's that great.
You need to get Navicartes for the journey, them or the new A4 size colour guides (French, but with English and German translated bits) whose details escape me for the moment. I will try to remember to look 'em up and return to this thread in the next couple of days. They both detail every kilometre of the waterway, similar to a nautical chart, with brief notes about places and info. such as fuel, pontoons, shopping etc. (not always accurate or up to date). Some people use Guides Vagnon but I don't like them, they put the waterway details into an odd sequence that I can't get on with.
The best guide that tells you about the waterways, the history, the places, is undoubtedly Hugh McKnight's book "Cruising French Waterways". Not for navigation (although it is quite detailed) but should have you drooling and impatient to get floating through the French countryside, towns and villages . . . .
Oh, and thanks for the compliment. I've got a bunch more material that needs to be put on, and make some updates, which has prompted a re-think about the site, which means I haven't done the changes, which means the site is not quite as I'd like it to be, but I somehow need to put in the time to do the work, but other things get in the way, dee, dah, dee, dah, dee, dah . . . .
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