"Risico" is a small commercial freighter, built in the Pays Bas, in Friesland to be specific, in 1924 and called a "Tjalk". She spent 60 years hauling cargo under sail and diesel power in the inland and coastal trade as far as Marseilles to the South and Norway to the North. She was converted to a yacht 16 years ago, and then reconverted to a wheel-chair acessible yacht five years ago by us. Of course, we love her.
A houseboat (in the European context)is a squareish sort of thing with some sort of float under it that adds to the eye-pollution of the world, but that can offer a way to beat the cost of housing for many who need it.
I am grateful to be on a little ship, --that aint square.
"Risico travels an average of over 2000 kilometers each year, and is our last magic carpet, after having had many.
 

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