17th May 2008 – The other side of the hold is nearly finished. The wood structure has been made. The first side which had been insulated received a layer of multiplex. I went though the plans for the next couple of weeks and what my intentions where with the rooms.
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13th May 2008 – Sad news today, an English house boat burned down in Bruges. The cause is unknown, but it is sad to see such a nice ship to go up in flames. Pictures will follow.
12th May 2008 – Today we welded small pieces of metal underneath the hatches. With a bold through the hatches and this little piece of metal, they are attached to the den and can’t no longer blow away. A simple system, but very efficient.
11th May 2008 – Mainly worked on the wheelhouse removing old vanish. Also painted the gang way on port side near the back accommodation. The main entrance to the hold is no longer in black, so the ship looks a little bigger again and will feel less hot inside.
In the evening a yacht got stuck between two bridges. They had to wait till the next day before they could continue their journey. Since there was no decent place to put their ship and go on land, I allowed them to more alongside. We had a nice chat and the evening passed by quickly…
9th May 2008 – In the morning the Zeevaartpolitie came to inspect the paperwork of the ship. They are checking every vessel in the dock.
In the afternoon I continued painting the ship.
8th May 2008 – My skin completely burned from the sun and the tar, I decided working a little slower today by sanding the wheelhouse, painting the stern and giving a final coat of paint on the front (boeisel).
Again some nice vessels passed by…
7th May 2008 – I mainly painted the hull today, since I use a brush it takes much longer then expected. Why a brush? Well with a brush you can get the tar more deeper in the corners and rust places on the plates and overlapping’s.
In the morning I helped my neighbour to help her hanging her Tibetan flags. Life is so much easier with an aluminum mast instead of a full metal one like mine.
6th May 2008 – Today we painted most of the ship parts in primer, some of them already in their final colour. Items painted today were:
In the evening I went getting a propeller of a spits barge. It will be used as decoration on the front cabin. After putting this heavy piece on deck, I started painting the hull with tar. It was already less hot, so it was nicer to paint it black!
5th May 2008 – Maybe it is because I work to hard or only work on my ship that made me ill, so it was time for a little break by making a little trip to England.
4th May 2008 – Today, most of the old paint was removed from the windows and wheelhouse.
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2nd May 2008 – I woke up with a headache and fever. Yesterday I was still fine, but now I just couldn’t do much. I decided to sleep, but my parents, decided to continue removing paint from the roof of the accommodation, right above where I sleep. Hammers bashing, tools scrapping, well I didn’t sleep at all.
1st May 2008 – Today I put the insulation and anti-damp foil on the port side.
27th April 2008 – Still to hot, but I had to do something, so I cleaned the anchor winch at the back of the ship. I remember me saying last year never again an anchor winch, but I had to be done.
26th April 2008 – To hot to work is an easy excuse. I worked on the insulation, putting insulation in the walls on the side of the ship. After 3 packs I had to quit, I could no longer breath or see anything through my eyes.
So I just decided to sit outside and do some paperwork.
22nd April 2008 – I decided, since it was a nice evening to continue to weld and clean the crane. At the end of the evening I put a coat of primer on the crane to prevent it from rusting.