An interesting site with a listing of various river outing and vacation cruises on the European canals. Several of these look like a lot of fun.

From outlandish to sedate, from commercial to redneck and everything in between.

Includes home builds, dutch barges and converted aircraft.

A recent comment points out that Ledgard Bridge Boats have added some build videos and a "build cam" with live views of the build process. Looks to be night when I'm writing this, but might be worth a look :-)

Another designer with some neat designs...

Andrew Wolstenholme has produced a wide variety of designs ranging from award winning production powerboats to classic launches and traditional craft for sail and oar, with several thousand examples of these boats to be seen around the world. read more »

The Association for everyone owning or interested in barges

Welcome to DBA The Barge Association and our new website. 

• Our aims are to bring together people interested in barges and barging.
• To establish and maintain contact with other relevant societies and clubs, navigation authorities and trade associations.
• To represent the interests of barge owners in areas such as moorings rights, navigation permits and charges, provision and maintenance of barge navigations and navigation safety regulations.
• To seek benefits for members in the form of discounts on barge-related goods and services.

DBA the Barge Association is a 'not-for-profit' limited company run by volunteers and open to everybody, with or without a boat or barge, who is or would like to be living in, cruising in, converting, or just relaxing aboard.

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

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A broker of dutch barges in the U.K.
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Interesting details of a man with a 1928 "original" dutch barge who is converting it to live-aboard use.

Pretty boat.

Jason King lives on a 55' Dutch Barge style narrowboat on the English Canals.

I'm excited to find his blog to learn more about his lifestyle, the boats, and the canals.
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