Belgian ragtop

Now that the weather has turned nice, I've noticed several barges cruising with "the top down." The first time I saw this trick, I thought the captain and his wife were sitting on top of the wheelhouse. Mais non, the roof folds back and the sides lower so that you can sail along in a canal-going convertible. The old salt was even driving with one hand, the other arm draped over his gal's shoulder. (I didn't look to see if he was trying to cop a feel.) I suppose if you don't have Shoney's to cruise, but you do have a canal, you take what you can get.