Author: frederic - page 157

10th April 2011 – I wanted to mount my curtains in the back accommodation. A small job that took nearly all morning, together with putting the door handles.

The afternoon was far more busier to me. I raised the little work boat that sank last Friday. A neighbour gave me a hand.

After she was raised, we put her alongside my ship.

The front deck was painted and a few little spots on the deck and upper structure. My father redid the railing on the back accommodation.

I continued working till it was dark. Some more pluming for the back accommodation was done as well. The stars were also mounted on the bow of the ship.

9th April 2011 – I had to empty the water from my water tanks in the back accommodation. New fittings have to be made, since the previous connections are rotten. They were last filled in June last year with 200 liters of water. Since there was no other option, I had to let them ran empty in the bilges. It gives you an impression of how your engine room would look when you have a whole of 2cm in your hull below the waterline…

Last week I bought some outdoor furniture, my girlfriend unpacked them and put them on deck. Both skylights in the back accommodation are back, the end of the conversion is very near!

8th April 2011 – With the boat people of Bruges we had a nice gathering on one of the boats near the Sint Jan Hospital. We watched a movie, had a drink and a laugh. It was a great evening! One of the neighbours learned the dog of my girlfriend to swim!

5th April 2011 – In the evening the kitchen was finally finished. I still need to paint the new pieces of wood and then this area is finished as well!

2nd April 2011 – We did some plumbing in the engine room.

27th March 2011 – The kitchen was build in the afternoon. Not everything is finished yet, but it gives a totally different dimension to the area.

The stars I had ordered for the bow of the Watergeus have arrived. I ordered them through deboemerang.nl and I’m happy about the service and quality!

27th March 2011 – While most of the day was spent painting the boat, I did a little job in the engine room. Firstly, I cleaned the floor around the engine room, then i mounted the boiler for the back accommodation. In the late afternoon, I spent some time on the Frantsis. I don’t know why, but I can’t forget her!

I took some pictures in the evening to get an impression of how she starts to look!

26th March 2011 – I’ve done some little inside work, visited some friends in Sluiskil and drew a few plans for the Escapade.

25th March 2011 – If you look at the Watergeus, a few areas are repainted, I continued combining those pieces by painting the areas in between. It is now looking better!

24th March 2011 – They promised a nice day on the weather news and indeed, it was! I painted the back of the Watergeus. In the afternoon, I did a small paint job on the front.

20th March 2011 – The back side of the entrance has been repainted. I removed most of the rust and painted it red, just like the rest. Since I’m off in the afternoon, I did another part of the gang boards as well.

19th March 2011 – I continued working on the bow, doing another part of the boeisel, the foot of the mast and the crane in the front.