De Hollandia Houseboat at Cul de Sac Saint Martin

Image 1: on a French Canal

De Hollandia Houseboat at Cul de Sac Saint Martin

Image 2: early 70’s

De Hollandia Houseboat at Cul de Sac Saint Martin

Image 3: De Hollandia sets sail for his cross Atlantic voyage, Claude-Alain at helm.

De Hollandia Houseboat at Cul de Sac Saint Martin

Image 4: Claude-Alain and his extravagant parties while docked at the quai de Suffren, Paris

De Hollandia Houseboat at Cul de Sac Saint Martin

Image 5: Claude-Alain Girard, French Architect and orchestrator of De Hollandia's forbidden Atlantic crossing

De Hollandia Houseboat at Cul de Sac Saint Martin

Image 6: Apr-08, in the Baie de Cul de Sac, St. Martin, FWI

De Hollandia Houseboat at Cul de Sac Saint Martin

Image 7: Apr-08, St. Martin, FWI

De Hollandia Houseboat at Cul de Sac Saint Martin

Image 8: Looking out to the Caribbean Sea.

De Hollandia Houseboat at Cul de Sac Saint Martin

Image 9: De Hollandia with backdrop of French St. Martin Cul de Sac hillside.

De Hollandia Houseboat at Cul de Sac Saint Martin

Image 10: Living area, stern

De Hollandia Houseboat at Cul de Sac Saint Martin

Image 11: Mezzanine with gate, perfect for the safety of infants or small children.

De Hollandia Houseboat at Cul de Sac Saint Martin

Image 12: Large Dining Room with exquisite hardwood floors.

De Hollandia Houseboat at Cul de Sac Saint Martin

Image 13: Dining Room tinted shutter windows.

De Hollandia Houseboat at Cul de Sac Saint Martin

Image 14: Dining Room from outside.

De Hollandia Houseboat at Cul de Sac Saint Martin

Image 15: De Hollandia on its Trans-Atlantic crossing.

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De Hollandia is the story of a forbidden voyage, an excentric captain, a stormy past and tribute to a legend.

Captained by a French architect Claude-Alain Girard, a stubborn man who pursues his dream against French maritime authorities, De Hollandia embarks on a trans-Atlantic in the early 80’s. Today this exquisite houseboat for sale is berthed in the French West Indies at the Baie de Cul de Sac in St. Martin. To our knowledge their is no other houseboat in the Caribbean that has crossed the Atlantic on her own power. She even still has her engine of origin.

Claude-Alain turned this 1915 grain cargo ship into his personal bachelor's quarters at the renowned quai de Suffren near the Eiffel Tower before embarking on his Atlantic crossing. Her transformation since Claude-Alain's era makes for a beautifully renovated and maintained vessel, worthy of her history, worthy of her legend.

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