FEATURES (Scroll down for PHOTO GALLERY)
- Regularly surveyed and serviced, VIRUNGA has the benefit of full certification up to and including the River Rhine, which is the most demanding of the European continental hull and systems certification.
- Ease of handling, even at the slowest speeds, simplifies your berthing and lock-work - she can even be made to ‘walk-sideways’ into your mooring berth. The additional benefit of being remarkably easy to steer backwards in a straight-line means that you can approach and leave awkward places without any difficulty.
- A low flare on the bow and the position of the helm give you particularly good forward vision close under the bow - particularly useful when you're going through ‘down-hill’ locks, or when manoeuvring into/out-of a mooring berth.
- The wheelhouse gives you excellent views over the surrounding countryside, rather than being blocked-in by unremitting reed beds or embankments. It also has sufficient height to give you a very useful level of privacy from quay-side spectators when you are using the wheelhouse for dining. The front wind-screen can be lowered independently so that a cooling breeze can be had at the helm in warm weather.
- In addition to the standard living areas of wheelhouse, saloon and upper-deck dining area Virunga is blessed with two saloons: ideal for providing that additional private 'me' space which most of us need to escape to occasionally - or when someone wants to read while the other watches TV.
- 13,000 litres of water carried in under-floor tanks plus tankage for 5.000 litres of black and grey water ensures a long cruising range/duration - even when you and your visitors are all taking several showers a day in the heat of the French summers.
- A 32 Amp shore-power connection provides for her use as a houseboat - there are also two connections for a shore-side sewerage pump-out system.
- The ability to carry a significant quantity of diesel means that you have the flexibility to carry sufficient fuel for your entire season without the inconvenience of having to find it en-route, or being affected by fuel shortages caused by industrial action etc.; significantly, it also means that you can buy all your fuel at the cheapest supplier.
- The current office could be adapted to provide an additional bedroom if required.