26th May 2022 – While the museum is open, I try to continue working in the library. To get an idea of how much time I spent on scanning and inputting the scans in the inventory: I did 28 documents and 12 postcards.
Month: May 2022
25th May 2022 – It had been a while since I’ve last seen the Rio Negro coming by.
24th May 2022 – Just some scanning in the evening, I was surprised to scan some books dating back to 2000. It was like yesterday. How quickly some ships can change or get scrapped.
23rd May 2022 : The weather isn’t that great, but several barges where returning home after the event Oostende voor Anker…
22nd May 2022 – I barely had any time to scan books or work with the archives. Many people came to visit the ship.
21st May 2022 – I welded a metal pipe for the mast on the second distance keeper of Tordino. I will mount the spare mast of the Watergeus with some flags I received on Tuesday.
While I tried to scan some documents and book covers, I had many visitors. All of them had heard about Tordino in the newspaper….
20th May 2022 – Together with my girlfriend, we visited Oostende voor Anker, in the morning we did the barges and little boats. It was raining heavily.
In the evening we made a boat trip. Nice weather, a little breeze and a lot of sun! I must admit that the barges were looking better on the canal then docked alongside each other….
19th May 2022 – The weather was unstable so I continued scanning books and brochures in the Library.
18th May 2022: Some nice barges sailed on the canal for the event Oostende voor Anker .
17th May 2022 – There was a big nautical event in Gorinchem. It is a fair with all the big companies from Holland and some Belgium companies. It was nice to meet some people again, have a drink and a meal!
The previous owner of Tordino was there and he gave some old navigation lights, flags and an anchor!
16th May 2022 – Another ship for Oostende voor Anker passed by.
15th May 2022 – Just to warm to work outside, lovely to be inside the hold where it is still cold. So I just continued scanning old documents.
In the evening when it was a little colder we made a nice walk… Walking along the canal is like a holiday.
15th May 2022: Some more ships for the event Oostende voor Anker were passing by.
14th May 2022 – After a heavy morning, some change of plans, I had a good breakfast with my girl and went to Tordino. I lowered an extremely heavy porthole from the sunken lightship Westhinder into the hold. I did some scanning to change my mind.
In the evening, some friends came and we had a drink! A day well spent, despite missing a good friend!
13th May 2022: I noticed a first barge arriving for Oostende voor Anker…
