BY SANDRA-VALESKA BRUHN
The conversion of old working boats worth it: The ships are tough, spray austere charm, and below deck, they can be set as desired
on the Rhine and later on the Seine service was to be done for the tug "Arc" is not easy. Together with its nine sister ships built in Cherbourg in 1949 drew steel ship since 1951 countless barges and boats through the river, stamped bravely against the wind and waves. With a length of 34.5 meters and 7.20 meters wide, the "Arc" and her sisters were the largest of its kind that were built right after the Second World War.
Now almost 50 years later, is reminiscent of the ship, only the characteristic shape of the hull of the tug of the past. After a complete renovation in 2003 to the Dutch shipyard Gielen in Dordrecht, the ship glows under its new name "Polycarp" an unprecedented luxury. Instead
calloused, rough hands of men who take to the deck and fix ropes hold now on the finely manicured hands sundeck long drinks, cocktails and other hands. Instead of oil traces on the deck, glittering turquoise waters of a Jacuzzi pool on board. During the restoration of the vessel, the superstructure shifted a little forward so that the dark blue boat now with the sleek lines and structures to a classic motor yacht and remembers in the back room for a larger sun deck was built. The former "tugboat" - this is tug in English - now provides an elite retro charm to tell where each hull rivets do a story. Via: www.welt.de
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