Houseboat
Most houseboats are not motorized, as they are usually moored or kept stationary, fixed at a berth, and often tethered to land to provide utilities.
Houseboats are largely found on small inland rivers, lakes, and streams, and in coastal harbours, especially where there is good fishing,[1] in many countries.
On 19 November 2016, four people died on Hartbeespoort Dam after a fire broke on a party houseboat.
On 9 October 2021, a faulty engine set luxury houseboat Shayamanzi afire and led to the death of two crew members and a German tourist.
This service is inspired by the houseboat used by India's famed author Rabindranath Tagore during his visit to Shilaidaha.
There is a houseboat and fishing community on the southern side of Hong Kong Island, known as Aberdeen Floating Village.
In India, houseboats used as accommodation for tourists are common on the backwaters of Kerala and also on Dal Lake near Srinagar in Jammu and Kashmir (see below).
Houseboats in Kerala, south India, are huge, slow-moving barges used for leisure trips.
First Modern House Boat In Kerala developed by Thomas Vargheese in Kottayam in the time of Dr. Babu Paul IAS.
This expense has reduced the likelihood that the approximately 2,400 families that live on the inner waters of Amsterdam will find themselves confronted by new neighboring boats.
The town of Maasbommel is pioneering floating houses, with flexible connections for fluids and electricity, intended not primarily for travel, but rather safety against flooding.
[13] Poland is the world's second largest producer of motor yachts, up to 9 meters in length after the United States.
Poland has extensive experience in the production of modern and stylish houseboat yachts and floating houses.
[14] Houseboat recreation is practicing in the Masuria District and on the Vistula River and lakes close to the Baltic seaside.
Both the EA and the CRT distinguish between powered vessels (including sail) and unpowered houseboats.
[18] The CRT definition provides a large grey area about what a houseboat is, because owners of a narrowboat, or other inhabitable vessels (see list of the types of canal craft in the United Kingdom) who live on board may choose to define their boat either as a cruising vessel and pay for a cruising licence, or obtain a houseboat certificate.
The decision often depends on which is cheapest and whether the CRT, or the local authority overseeing a marina's planning permission, allows moorings to be residential (meeting the local authority's requirements allowing permanent residence aboard at the mooring), or leisure (inhabitability only for short periods).
[21] The homes in Toronto are built on concrete barges chained to the lake bottom and docked at the marina to allow residence year round.
From the outset, they included floating slums of shabby shacks, but gentrified houseboats go back at least to 1888 when the Yesler Way cable car reached Leschi on Lake Washington and a string of luxury summer getaways (none surviving today) lined the shore from there north to Madison Park.
[26] Sausalito, California, has one of the most noted collections of float homes owned at various times by famous musicians, film stars, authors, and other notables, from the hippie era until even today.
Mystic Island, New Jersey, had a "botel" (hotel for boaters with water access) when it started in the 1960s but the building has since changed ownership and no longer operates as such.Houseboating is a very popular recreational activity for groups of people of all ages, aboard houseboats of all varieties ranging from more modest 30-to-40-foot boats to 70-foot (21 m)-plus luxury houseboat models.
Alternatives to traditional houseboats include flybridge cruisers and catamarans also providing overnight accommodation up to a week.
Houseboating's appeal is due to the ability it provides to more completely explore the local scenery; remain in close proximity to other outdoor activities (hiking, boating, beaches, etc.
Recreational houseboating in the United States started in the late 1940s when people were looking to stay on the water for longer periods of time.
Houseboats are also available for rental at Lake Billy Chinook in Central Oregon, where waterskiing is popular.
These include flybridge cruisers and catamarans, which also offer overnight accommodation, yet are more manoeuvrable, easier to drive and have the ability to go further afield than the traditional houseboats and have the feel of true boating.
