Talk:Main-Danube Canal
Add topicNew Canal itinerary - Main Donau Kanal
[edit]I took the liberty to create this itinerary as today the importance of this canal is largely touristic and there are paths along its banks that can be used by bikes and pedestrians as well as cruises along its entire length. de-wv also has an article. Please help with filling in POIs and whatnot. Hobbitschuster (talk) 15:53, 4 August 2018 (UTC)
- Perhaps a larger article concerning canal travel might be appropriate as well - There are many canals throughout the UK and Europe that one can almost get across Europe to the Mediterranean via barge or small craft. -- Matroc (talk) 16:03, 5 August 2018 (UTC)
- Inland_waterways_in_the_United_Kingdom needs massive expansion. I'm considering asking if this is something that needs to be moved back to userspace until someone has time to expand it.ShakespeareFan00 (talk) 10:30, 20 September 2018 (UTC)
- Existing canal itineraries include Rideau Canal, Erie Canal & Along the Grand Canal. Those might give you ideas. Pashley (talk) 19:01, 5 August 2018 (UTC)
- Well the Main Donau Kanal (the third attempt to link those two river systems and ultimately "Black Sea and North Sea") is actually sometimes described as linking the Rhine via its tributary Main to the Danube and hence crossing most of Europe. There were even - believe it or not - concerns that it would have to be opened as an international waterway even to "hostile" cargo shipping during the cold war... Well and nowadays it is mostly a place for cruises and other types of leisure only moderately disturbed by the occasional cargo vessel which once were supposedly the reason for building the whole shebang. Hobbitschuster (talk) 23:56, 5 August 2018 (UTC)
- Good addition. On the topic of articles about canals, there is the broader topic of Waterways for a start. UK canals would be a good topic. --Traveler100 (talk) 09:16, 6 August 2018 (UTC)
- Another thing, the markers as they are (unfortunately neither de-WV nor WP were all that helpful in identifying other sights along the canal) do a pretty okay job of identifying the route, but what about using Wikidata for a blue line where the Canal is, kinda like we do for subways? Oh and I think for those that offer generally accessible passenger boats of some kind (ferries, cruises) I think we should link to (some of) the operators... It however appears that the RMD (yeah I know, the abbreviation makes no sense, but is one of the most common shorthand forms) is not mentioned as prominently on the cruise brochures as e.g. the Panama Canal is... Hobbitschuster (talk) 15:38, 6 August 2018 (UTC)
- Good addition. On the topic of articles about canals, there is the broader topic of Waterways for a start. UK canals would be a good topic. --Traveler100 (talk) 09:16, 6 August 2018 (UTC)
- Well the Main Donau Kanal (the third attempt to link those two river systems and ultimately "Black Sea and North Sea") is actually sometimes described as linking the Rhine via its tributary Main to the Danube and hence crossing most of Europe. There were even - believe it or not - concerns that it would have to be opened as an international waterway even to "hostile" cargo shipping during the cold war... Well and nowadays it is mostly a place for cruises and other types of leisure only moderately disturbed by the occasional cargo vessel which once were supposedly the reason for building the whole shebang. Hobbitschuster (talk) 23:56, 5 August 2018 (UTC)
Spelling
[edit]Since this is English-language Wikivoyage, shouldn't the name be Main-Danube Canal, with the German name italicized in parentheses? Ikan Kekek (talk) 10:53, 28 February 2019 (UTC)
- I can't call one person's suggestion with no response a consensus, but I will plunge forward and make the change if no-one replies. Ikan Kekek (talk) 03:06, 3 March 2019 (UTC)
- Sure, I guess. It's just that "Main" sounds weird in English.... Hobbitschuster (talk) 23:23, 4 March 2019 (UTC)
- But that's the way it is. Gloucester also sounds weird in English. :-) Ikan Kekek (talk) 02:26, 5 March 2019 (UTC)
- I made the change. If anyone would like to argue for a change back to the German spelling, here's the place to do it. Ikan Kekek (talk) 08:43, 6 March 2019 (UTC)
By own boat
[edit]It is now suggested that you can use a canoe, row boat or "sports boat". I don't know what the latter is. What about ordinary yachts? I suppose you can enter by the connected waterways and perhaps rent one, and that you need the CEVNI certification and a CEVNI compatible vessel. Is the certification needed also for smaller vessels? Are there special issues in getting in or in bare boat chartering, or in getting canoes and rowing boats past the locks? --LPfi (talk) 11:05, 26 July 2020 (UTC)
- I cycled along the route of the canal on Saturday and I saw all manner of canoe, kajak, stand up paddle boats and so on. And there are signs near the locks that call for people in these to call ahead. I tried to find out more by googling the name of the canal and "Sportboot" but I couldn't and I do not own or plan to own a boat of any kind... Hobbitschuster (talk) 15:51, 27 July 2020 (UTC)
- Ah. Leisure craft with a hull ("Wasserfahrzeug mit mindestens einem Rumpf, das dem Freizeitvergnügen auf dem Wasser dient")? That seems like a legal definition, which for our purposes can be translated as just leisure craft, as it includs most normal boats. And I suppose then somebody else must answer the questions on CEVNI (perhaps me). --LPfi (talk) 16:57, 27 July 2020 (UTC)