7th December 2022 – The Jogo 2 came by again, the ship headed for Oudenburg.
Author: frederic
6th December 2022 – I was just in time to capture the Scheldestroom. It arrived late last night and left this afternoon from Ostend.
6th December 2022 – Another evening of scanning…
4th December 2022 – A family of skippers, and close friends of me, came to visit the Tordino. They were curious where the models they gave me were showed. It was a nice afternoon!
30th November 2022 – Nearly every evening, I’m scanning postcards or old documents for the museum. While sorting out the Library today, I noticed how much scan work I still have to do. For the museum MAS in Antwerp, they are looking for volunteers to help them scanning. Knowing how much that needs to be done at their side, it would be much wiser to take a dedicated person into service. If only I had the money, I would do the same….
I installed a second screen to the working computer, so describing a photo will become easier. Photo on one screen, the tool on a second one. It was a job I wanted to do for weeks now…
29th November 2022 – While driving along the canal of Nieuwpoort, the tug Bobo was passing by. It was foggy, so I managed to get some nice shots.
26th November 2022 – Today, I picked up two nice models of inland barges, one of a sleepspits and one of a kempenaar. Both of them will become part of the core collection of the museum.
In the afternoon, I continued scanning postcards….
24th November 2022 – The pusher Zeerover and its pontoon passed by. I was a little late taking the pictures….
24th November 2022 – Just another day of scanning postcards, today I decided to go for French canals and barges. Sometimes you need a change….
While scanning the cards, it gives you the feeling you want to travel. It once was my plan in 2011 to travel through France. Maybe one day…
Anyway, I have over 600 cards that need scanning. At the moment, I’m doing around 34 cards a day…
23rd November 2022 – I wasn’t expecting it, but the bilges were dry. I think it dried out because of the wind. This weekend I will seal the leak in the hatch. Not sure when I’ll be able to continue on this little boat…
Priority 1 will be making a proper access to the engine room.
22nd November 2022 – Another afternoon of adding postcards and documents to our inventory. Slowly making progress of a never ending job. Let’s hope, the inventory is becoming a useful tool for many people.
20th November 2022 – Not much a man can do when he cannot leave the house. I added some more old postcards to our inventory system… Curious? Have a look.
15th November 2022 – I had the chance of visiting two skippers in Ghent. Both of them had some very nice stuff for the museum. Both of them retired a few years ago and the boats they were talking about were ships I’ve known in service and seen converted into houseboats. Interesting to talk about the past of these vessels!
13th November 2022 – We received a huge collection of postcards from France inland canals and barges. They are being digitalized at the moment.
11th November 2022 – I checked the Stern and noticed there was some water in the bilges under the engine. Quickly I discovered, and honestly had it it in mind already, the hatch for the batteries is leaking. It was something I welded last year when I had nearly no time….
I bought a hover, since I ran out of them. They do break after a while if you start using them for oil.
Bilges are dry again!