Living afloat

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

Measurement of the boat by the Belgian Government for the official paperwork

Today, two employees of he Belgian Government came to measure my boat, so I could register it again as a Belgian boat. The whole operation took three hours. It was a kind of a joke, they re measured the boat three times and had three different dimensions.

After they measured the boat, the new BR-number was bashed into the hull on four locations, twice on the side, one on the bow and one on the back.

A month later I received my paperwork. According to the paperwork, their was no history available of the boat, neither did I have rudders... I send back the papers and a few weeks later I received the correct paperwork.

Measuring where to mark the BR-number in the hull

Bashing the number in the hull on starboard

Bashing the number on the bow

Bashing the number on the back