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 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...)

Living Afloat seen through a camera I have a big collection of photos from houseboats, mainly taken in Europe. These pictures and a few others are categorized by type of vessel and can be found here. As far as I know, I believe this collection is 's world's larges library of houseboats, mainly concentrated on Dutch and Belgian barges. If you own a ship not mentioned in the library, please send me a picture and some information. I kindly add it to the database.

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...)