Rosa (barge)

Rosa is a French hotel barge of Dutch origin. Since 1990 she has been offering cruises to international tourists on the Canal de Garonne in the Nouvelle Aquitaine region of South West France. The waterway authority Voies Navigables de France reported in 2014 that there were around 80 hotel barges operating on the inland waterways. They keep alive the tradition of the boatmen (mariniers) whose numbers have declined in number from thousands in the post-World War II years to just a few hundred today.^[1]

Rosa cruising the Canal de Garonne
History
France
Name	Rosa
Owner	Dominique Monclus
Operator	Rives du Sud
Port of registry	Castelsarrasin
Route	Canal de Garonne
Launched	1907
Status	In service
General characteristics
Class and type	Commercial passenger vessel
Tonnage	120
Length	98 ft (30 m)
Beam	16.3 ft (5.0 m)
Height	3.5 m (11 ft)
Draught	1.6 m (5.2 ft)
Decks	2
Installed power	2 x 220 volts generators 9 kW and 17 kW
Propulsion	Deutz SA6M512 120H.P.
Speed	Maximum 8 km/h
Capacity	8 passengers
Crew	4 crew
Notes	Holds 10 tons of water and 3 tons of fuel

History

Rosa was built in Dedemsvaart, the Netherlands, in 1907, as a klipper style barge. She was converted to a hotel barge in 1990, to cruise on the Canal de Garonne. She was initially named Renaissance. She was refurbished in 2010.

Hotel barge

Rosa has four double cabins allowing it to carry up to 8 passengers. She also has separate crew quarters which house the crew of four. The crew consists of the tour director, pilot, chef, and housekeeper.^[2][3][4]

Rosa, along with the Anjodi, was featured in the 10-part BBC Series about Chef Rick Stein's six-week journey from Bordeaux to Marseille aboard the Rosa on the Canal de Garonne and Canal du Midi.^[5][6]

External links

• Rosa the owner's website

References

1. Le Sueur, Bernard (2004). Mariniers: Tome 1, Histoire et mémoire de la batellerie artisanale. Douarnenez: Chasse-Marée Glénat. ISBN 2914208510.
2. Steven B. Stern (2004). Stern's Guide to the Cruise Vacation 2005. Pelican Publishing Company. ISBN 978-1-58980-240-7.
3. Kay Showker; Bob Sehlinger (2007). The Unofficial Guide to Cruises. Wiley. ISBN 978-0-470-08791-6.
4. Shirley Slater; Harry Basch (1997). Fielding's Worldwide Cruises 1998. Fielding Worldwide. ISBN 978-1-56952-156-4.
5. Pritchard, David (2009). Shooting the cook. FSC AND Harper Collins. ISBN 978-0-00-727830-5.
6. Bowler, Vivian (2005). Rick Stein's French Odyssey. BBC Books. ISBN 0-563-52213-5.

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