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The story of the Luxe Motor MS Watergeus and how to convert a Dutch barge into a houseboat

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The Watergeus is my home. It's an old Dutch Luxe Motor, build in 1929.
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List of Luxe Motors

This page contains a list of the Dutch built Luxe Motors and their fate. If you click on their name, you go to the page with their specifications and a picture, if one is available.

Do you own a Luxe Motor that is not mentioned in the list, please contact me and I'll add your boat.

Vessel Built Status Location
Actief 1928 In service The Netherlands
Admiraal Tromp House boat Brentford (London), UK
Arkervaart III 1932 In service (excursion vessel) The Netherlands
Avontuur 1927 In service The Netherlands
Beethoven 1929 Motor yacht / House boat Rotterdam
Bianca 1923 House boat Gorinchem
Content 1930 In service The Netherlands
Coraja 1929 Motor yacht / House boat The Netherlands
De 4 Vaargetijden 1924 In service (excursion vessel) Oudenaarde, BE
De Hoop 2 1928 Scrapped in 1995 N/A
Dolfijn 1927 In service (Sport fishery) Friesland
Energie 1921 House boat Amstelveen
Excelsior 1924 House boat Schiedam, NL
Fiat 1938 In service The Netherlands
Gelria 1931 House boat Hamshire, UK
Hinderika 1930 House boat Arnhem
Hoop Op Welvaart 1923 In service (excursion vessel) The Netherlands
Horizon
Hydra 1930
Joma 1935 House boat Isle of White
Kolibri House boat United Kingdom
Lanikai 1929 House boat France
Le Gerfaut Motor yacht / House boat France
Martha 1932 In service The Netherlands
Merlijn 1930 In service (Hotel vessel) Scheveningen
Neeltje 1930
Niets Bestendig 1923
Nieuwe Zorg House boat Amsterdam
Norman 1929 In service Lough Neagh (Ireland)
Onrust 1932 In service Rotterdam
Prinses Irene 1932 In service Romania
Ria 1924 In service The Netherlands
Saint Louis In service (Hotel vessel) Burgundy (France)
Smal*agt IV 1926 In service (excursion vessel) Friesland
Spes Secunda 1926 The Netherlands
St. Antonius 1931 Germany
Trawant 1933 In service Amsterdam
Varne 1926 House boat The Netherlands
Verandering 1929 In service Lough Neagh (Ireland)
Vertrouwen 1927 In service The Netherlands
Victor Motor yacht / House boat Enkhuizen
Vijf Gebroeders 1924
Viod II In service The Netherlands
Watergeus 1929 House boat Sluiskil
Waterland 1928 House boat The Netherlands
Zeelands-Luister II 1934 Motor yacht / House boat St. Jean de Losne (France)
Zes Gebroeders 1929 House boat Zoetemeer

 

 
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