Living afloat

Living Afloat is a website with lots of information and ideas, maintained by Frederic Logghe. It contains the (hi)story of the Luxe Motor Watergeus and the publications on how to buy and convert a Dutch barge... Furthermore it contains a small list of several house boats.

Luxe Motor Watergeus The Watergeus is my home. It's an old Dutch Luxe Motor, build in 1929. She was lengthened in 1961 and continued sailing dry cargo until 1989. She was later converted to a water supply vessel, to be one of the most beautiful vessels of the fleet. (more...)

Living afloat: tips & tricks Living Afloat gives you free ideas on what you need to know about barges, how to buy them, how to convert them, etc.. (more...)

Like a good book? Read the story of Valerie Poore and her first year of living on a Dutch barge / houseboat in Rotterdam's Oude Haven. (more...)