Merlijn bike and barge walkaround.

join me on the Merlin meet the crew corn and Christina the corners madelina the housemaid Paulina the barmaid June the deckhand and Therese the guide not forgetting Sasha the ship's dog the Merlin was a cargo barge built in the 1930s now converted for luxury passenger operation up the front is an open sun deck and where the bikes are stored in the middle is the bar lounge and dining room with bedrooms underneath and at the rear is the bridge and Captain's Quarters up in the bar is the main anchor winch below that are the generators above that is the Gangplank crane we used to lift the Gangplank into place at the front is a pool anchor which drops a metal post down into the riverbed at the front of the open deck area is the bicycle storage and then we have the main social area [Music] crew equipment is stored in the crew lockers and off one side is the entrance to the galley the main entrance to the lounge kept closed to keep the cooled air in lead you to the reception and at the front is a toilet and a small shop section a coffee machine provides various types of coffee and chocolate and then into the bar [Music] here we meet Paulina the mermaid doing a quick video walk around okay [Music] the main dining area for Christina's excellent cooking [Music] in the mornings breakfast is served at the breakfast bar and then out the rear door to the AFT Sun deck the upper part of the control house or Bridge can be dropped down to get under bridges thank you behind the bridge is the Captain's Quarters no doubt very luxurious the bridge controls the ship on the left side of the bridge is Sasha's toilet with a drain overboard foreign side of the ship is the outside Promenade back in the reception area there's a display screen for the day's activities and a map of Europe showing the various routes that the Merlin takes stairwell down to the forward cabin and a stairwell down to the AFT cabins oh we'll take a look into our cabin comfortable twin beds with air mattresses small desk a safe in a Cupboard small cupboard and a wardrobe a well laid out bathroom a visit with kundan Sasha in the bridge a lot of modern electronic surveillance equipment and navigation steering is by a small lever in Coon's right hand the wheel is only a backup foreign we are now entering a lock we must wait at the Lock Landing for a ship coming out the sluice is open to let the water out of the lock and then the lock gates open and the ship exits this is a very large cargo ship and it exits very slowly taking approximately six minutes to pass us thank you now we can enter the lock foreign climbs up to attach the Rope it looks very dangerous ah at last he can come down the AFT gates close together and the forward sluices open this raises the water level the forward gate drops down so allow the boats to pass over and then we can exit the lock at the higher level another ship heading Downstream the rule on the waterways is keep right passing Portside to port side if a ship coming around the corner cannot keep to this rule and has to pass on the right side then it will raise a blue signboard on the right side of its Bridge shown here you can see the signboard now dropping a ship re-establishes its normal course coming in for a quick stop to pick up some cyclists June is using the crane to lure the gangplank will use the post anchors to hold the ship steady coming in for a normal docking where we will tie off to the Bollard it's the Egyptian geese being chased off the dock [Music] and that is the end of a wonderful week cycling and barging up the Rhine musel and SAR Rivers

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Length: 12min 49sec (769 seconds)

Published: Sat Sep 02 2023