24th January 2011 – I finished the ceiling and the wood around the skylight in the kitchen and sleeping room.
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23rd January 2011 – In the late evening I did some more demolishing work on the Escapade. The whole back area is now clear. It gives me an idea what work needs to be done.
23th January 2011 – I ran out of multiplex again. Since I needed some more for the bed, I had to break down an old wall on my yacht to have some wood. Since it will be used underneath the tiles, I don’t mind it has already been painted with a funny brown colour.
I vanished the inside of the bed, painted the outside and finished the little toilet room. Everything is now ready for being tiled.
22nd January 2011 – I made up my mind about the little toilet space. I removed the tiles on the floor, some parts of the wall and other stuff. I now have a clean room.
Since I will put tiles around the bathroom, at the entrance and in the toilet I made a first layer of sheets of multiplex. Tiles will be glued on it.
21st January 2011 – The new wood I ordered earlier this week arrived in the morning. I finished the wall between the kitchen area and the bedroom. I did some plumbing in the afternoon.
17th January 2011 – To have an idea on how to convert the Escapade, I removed some rotten paneling from the sides. I now have a clear view on the ribs, side and bottom plates. Rivets and ribs are in a remarkable good condition.
17th January 2011 – One of the last rooms that had to be broken out was the toilet space. When I finished this little room, I disconnected the pumps in the engine room. I got stuck behind the water tanks again and decided to clean the mess around them while I was there anyway.
15th January 2011 – In the morning I went shopping, buying wallpaper and tiles to finish the back accommodation of the watergeus. In the afternoon I went to Ghent to visit some boat friends.
More important today is the article published in the newspaper De Standaard. A two page large article on my barge and myself.
7th January 2011 – After filling the little hoes between the wood panels, I started putting the sitting room at the back in primer.
4th January 2011 – The inside of the skylights were in need of new wood as well. It is a small area, but it took me a few hours to get the job done!
3rd January 2011 – I mainly worked all evening in the back accommodation, finishing the remaining panels.
1st January 2011 – Where the most of the work will go: Escapde and the back accommodation of the Watergeus
28th December 2010 – Today we connected the wires to the fusebox. I now have electricity in the engine room and back accommodation, as well as in the wheelhouse.
27th December 2010 – While it is now exactly five years ago we discovered the Watergeus abandoned in Sluiskil, it was the back accommodation that attracted both of us (and the price). Now five years later, the back accommodation has been rebuilt. I mainly worked on the new electricity, putting wires and building the fuse box.
In the afternoon I did some painting.
11th December 2010 – Today I did a quick paint job on the yacht. I removed most of the rust and painted her. Not the perfect weather and certainly not cleaned enough, but it is important for the boats to look good, certainly over here.
