It is prohibited to cross through Paris by sailboat (without engine) or rowboat.

● Every boat must be equpped with a VHF radio facility on board. Channel 10 must be kept on standby.

 

● Leisure navigation between the Mirabeau and Tolbiac bridges is done under transit conditions, without tacking or remaining stopped in the channel.

 

● The maximum authorized speed is 18 km/hr, on condition that the boat is more than 20 m from the banks.  Otherwise, the speed is only 12 km/hr.

- Overtaking is forbidden between:

- Bir Hakeim bridge and the Debilly footbridge

- Solférino footbridge and Invalides bridge

- Pont neuf and Austerlitz bridge.

 

● The Monnaie arm is forbidden to leisure navigation as soon as the water height reaches 2.50 m at the Austerlitz scale.

 

● Boat traffic between the Saint Louis and Cité islands is controlled by shuttling.

 

● Green and red lights are installed on the Sully and Change bridges.
Vessels traveling upstream may pass from the hour to the hour + 20 minutes, and those going downstream from the hour + 35 minutes to the hour + 50 minutes.

 

● Except under exceptional circumstances, the minimum speed of vessels:

 

● in the Grand Bras is 6 km/h with respect to the bank for boats going upstream, and 8 km/h for boats going downstream;

 

● in the Monnaie arm: 6 km/h with respect to the bank.

 

● Navigation on the left: left mandatory between Saint Louis and Notre Dame bridges.

 

 

Turning is prohibited:

- for boats going upstream by the Monnaie arm, at the upstream point of Ile de la Cité, to turn around and go back downstream;

- for boats going downstream by the large arm at the downstream point of Saint Louis island, to turnabout and go back upstream;;

● Turnabouts are prohibited:

for upstream boats that want to take the Marie arm, from Mont Sully up to 40 meters downstream of the exit from Saint Martin canal.

 

 

AUTHORIZED DIMENSIONS
From the upstream beltway bridge to the downstream beltway bridge:
Draft:  3.00 m (except Monnaie arm at 2.40 m), air space 5.50 m.

 

● NAVIGATION INFORMATION
2 quai de la Tournelle – 75005 Paris
Phone: 01.44.41.16.80 – Fax:  01.46.33.36.32

 

● Attention: The Saint Denis, Saint Martin and Ourcq canals are not part of the network under the care of Voies Navigables de France but are the property of the city of Paris.  If you want to navigate there, you have to get the Paris river network yachting guide from the Canals service.