The marina, Port de Plaisance Isle-l’Adam, is new. On Google Maps, it’s just a hole in the ground.
The dirt path from the river to the water-filled basin is where the lock now is. That needle-like piece of land below and to the left of Isle-l’Adam separates the two big, parallel locks on the Oise river. The narrow bit of water on the right of that needle of land is where Chrisya (Chap. 223) was travelling after it exited the lock. The blue boat on the other side (about to enter the lock) is where Ocean Tundra was traveling as it left the lock. You can see that having Aleau hold position for two hours outside the Isle-l’Adam lock while waiting for the gate to open is not what we would want to do. We would be blocking a large part of the river. Chrisya and Ocean Tundra traveling side-by-side would need the entire width of the river. I’m glad we left Pontoise early in the morning and didn’t have to wait for the marina lock.
Port de Plaisance Isle-l’Adam is so new it doesn’t show up on the PC Navigo software that we use to navigate through France.
The yellow line shows our route out of the lock on the Oise. That small red cigar at the end of the yellow line and well away from any water is Aleau – where the Isle-l’Adam marina now is. Already ahead of us on the Oise (and no longer on our AIS screen), Chrisya came out of the lock to the right of us. You can see with the Isle-l’Adam lock so close to the main locks, how vulnerable we would have been if we had to hold position. (The yellow dot in the middle of the Oise shows that we did have to stay stationary for a few minutes. Too long in my mind.)
This aerial view shows what the marina is like now.
Aleau is moored on one of the finger pontoons at bottom of the marina – where the largest boat in the photo is tied up.
And it’s where we will be for awhile. The Capitaine phoned to say the lock is broken. We’re trapped.
We were supposed to stay two nights so we could finish our trip to Compiegne and be back in Paris on October 1. (And we absolutely must be in Paris on the first.) The Capitaine says it will be at least four days before the necessary part arrives. And then it has to be installed! We are not amused.
At least we won’t starve. There are a half-dozen restaurants along the edge of one side of the marina.
We walked by the restaurants above on our way back from dinner at La Table de Casson. As you can see, they were packed. Which left me wondering (and concerned) why are these restaurants full when there was barely a customer at one of the best restaurants we’ve been at in quite awhile? I have no answer.