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2024 Catharina along the Bourbonnais

2024 Catharina along the Bourbonnais

2023 Renewing Catharina

2023 Renewing Catharina

2022 Restoring Catharina

2022 Restoring Catharina

2019 Trapped on the Nivernais

2019 Trapped on the Nivernais

2018 Painting Catharina

2018 Painting Catharina

2017 Catharina’s Mystery Tour

2017 Catharina’s Mystery Tour

2016 Hergé’s Adventures of Catharina

2016 Hergé’s Adventures of Catharina

2015 Returning Catharina

2015 Returning Catharina

2014 Finding Neo Vita

2014 Finding Neo Vita

—  By Helm and CrewMarch 23, 2017

Taking Catharina to the limit: 8/08 – 9/08

<Dinant – Heer-Aigmont – Chateau Freyr> At the doorstep of France The next morning, we set off again, on our way towards Givet and the border with France, although we did not plan to enter France from here, as we did not have time to…
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—  By Helm and CrewMarch 2, 2017

Highs and Lows in Dinant: 7/8

Up the Meuse As we did not have far to travel to get to Dinant, we had time for a stroll through the Namur Sunday market that was set up across the river from our mooring. It is always interesting to see what bric-a-brac is…
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—  By Helm and CrewJanuary 13, 2017

Hergé’s Adventures of Catharina Elisabeth

Namur Namur is the administrative centre of Wallonia, thoroughly French, set in the impressive and strategic junction of the Sambre and Meuse rivers. The city is dominated by the citadel built on an escarpment overlooking the two rivers. Our first order of business was to…
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—  By Helm and CrewDecember 28, 2016

La Louvière to Namur: 1/8 – 5/8

Repairs? So,  the generator had utterly ceased working while in Mons and our basic troubleshooting had failed to establish the fault. Our ‘genny’ is a combination of a Stamford alternator and a two cylinder Deutz diesel motor. The alternator is rated at  5 KVA, but…
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