Luxemotor Eleanor

Specifications

Boat Name	Eleanor
Type	Dutch “Luxemotor” Barge
LOA	22 m (72 ft)
Beam	4.2 m (13ft 9 in)
Draft	1 m (3ft 2 in) or less, except a 1.3 m (4 ft 3 in) skeg which protects prop and rudder
Air Height	3.35 meters (11 ft.) wheelhouse up; 2 meters (6 ft 7 in) wheelhouse down
Engine	1960 DAF 475/100 CV/Diesel, re-built (year unknown), keel-cooled
General Inventory	Vetus 10 KVA generator, Victron battery charger, Victron inverter, Avon VHF radio, diesel-fired central heating with radiators, fiberglass dinghy, aluminum gangplank, anchor with chain on windlass plus 2 extra anchors, 2 life buoys, all required life jackets, lines, fenders
Reg/Doc.#	BR37403B (Brussels,Belgium)
Year built	1921
Builder	H. Haring, Wilnis Netherlands
Hull	Riveted steel with overplating
Topsides	Steel
Wheelhouse	Mahagony with fiberglass roof panels (collapsible)
Fuel Tanks	2 stainless steel—600 liters red diesel (for heating and generator) 800 liters white diesel (for engine)
Water Tanks	2 stainless steel, 2,000 liters
General Furnishings	Wood stove, 220v/212v/gas fridge/freezer, gas hot water, gas stove/oven, washing machine, microwave, TV with satellite, Ligne Roset armchair and sofa, oak dining table, 1 double bed, 1 queen/2 single bed, various chairs, small tables
Price	228,000 euros

Eleanor is a classic luxemotor with beautiful lines and a well-designed interior, suited for year-round living aboard and cruising the inland waterways of Europe. Accommodation includes two double bedrooms; a spacious bathroom with full-sized, tiled shower; large lounge/dining room with well-appointed galley. Wood floors, 2+-meter headroom, lots of windows and light throughout. On deck forward is a sundeck with ample seating for al fresco eating and entertaining, with a hatch down to a workshop and storage area below. The large wheelhouse folds down for getting under the low bridges of the Canal du Midi. The barge has been well-maintained, surveyed regularly and is centrally moored in the medium-sized French town of Roanne, about 1 hour from Lyon, 4 hours from Paris via TGV. Eleanor is a much-photographed boat, gracing the cover of the Roanne tourist office brochure, as well as the pages of GEO and Fluvial magazines . . . a grande old dame with whom to experience life and travel in France at a civilized, leisurely pace.

Pictures

Eleanor on the move, Roanne, France.

Hauled out, Andenne, Belgium Note skeg at stern protecting prop and rudder.

Moored at Artaix, Canal Roanne à Digoin, France.

Wheelhouse looking aft. To right, hatch to rear cabin. Oak table folds up to seat four

Wheelhouse looking forward.To left, stairs down to main cabin.

Looking forward from wheelhouse Head is to starboard, to port is window seat with storage below, washing machine & fridge (in wood cabinet)

Head looking forward

Head looking aft

		Looking aft from main saloon past galley.
Galley is to starboard, stove is aft, counter with shelves below is forward.

Saloon looking aft	Looking forward. Door to guest cabin forward
Looking port	Looking starboard. Storage under settees
Guestroom looking port	Guestroom looking starboard
Owners’ cabin looking aft.	Owners’ cabin looking starboard
Note: queen-size bed athwartships on platform can be made up as fore/aft twins.
Owne r’s cabin looking port.	Owners’ cabin looking forward
Old etched-glass bronze opening port (2 in owners’ cabin).	Windless & spare anchors in bow
Bow with sundeck, built-in bench with storage Workshop with large storage area below decks.	Stern. Owners’ cabin below
Door to engine room, which is isolated by watertight bulkheads.	Doors to gas locker, which is well-ventilated isolated, and holds 3 13-kg bottles.

Eleanor is a much-photographed boat, featured on the cover of Roanne’s town brochure, in feature articles in the French boating magazine Fluvial, as well as in a double-page spread of an article about life on the Loire River in Geo magazine, a French National Geographic-type publication.

For inquiries, please contact Barry Gordon and Karen Greenfield at kgreenfieldfr@aol.com

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