dutch barge style cruiser 'Bon Viveur' on the Canal du Midi

Bon Viveur 1500

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'Dutch Barge' may be a convenient way of describing the Bon Viveur 1500, but, to be strictly accurate, it is neither Dutch nor a barge. It certainly has no pretensions to be, in any sense, a replica of a classic Dutch barge like, say, a Luxemotor.

We have conceived it more as an inland waterways/coastal cruiser with something of the flavour of a Dutch barge. By taking some of the more pleasing lines of a Dutch barge and then adapting them to create the maximum amount of useful space out of a 15m x 4m footprint, we hope we have come up with a design that is both stylish and practical.

You can judge for yourself whether we have succeeded in the matter of style, but we believe we have introduced a number of features which have certain advantages over a more traditional approach...more

 

 

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dutch barge style cruiser 'Bon Viveur' on the Thames
dutch barge style cruiser 'Bon Viveur' on the Thames
 

dutch barge style cruiser 'Bon Viveur' on the Thames

 
dutch barge style cruiser 'Bon Viveur' on the Thames