14th September 2021 – One of the nice things about working along the Canal are the early morning views…
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13th September 2021 – The first evening I could wtart working again on the Stern. After a week of preparations for Open Monumentendag, I can now have some fun again!
13th September 2021 – Another beautiful morning…
12th September 2021 – We had 181 people visiting the ship today. I didn’t make that much publicity since people had to book. I’m extremely happy with the result!
11th September 2021 – We were open for a select group of members from Herita. There was a guided tour aboard Tordino, the vessels in front of me and to finish, we ended up in ‘t Spaans Tolhuis were some fol music was played.
10th September 2021 – We moved the anchor to Tordino, where it will serve as part of the entrance. Since we have no heavy equipment, it was done by hand….
9th September 2021– Normally I don’t allow visitors alongside and certainly not a rental boat. I made an exception, we had a nice chat and everyone happy!
8th September 2021 – Two small jobs done today. I finished the little table for my living room. It was an old table I cut up and shortened so it fits for my chess board.
In the afternoon, I mounted the mast I bought a few weeks ago. It is looking fine. Let’s see if it holds. It was to warm to work so I gave up working and went looking for some shadow underneath some threes.
7th September 2021 – I made a trip with the other neighbours, followed by a bbq.
6th September 2021 – I made another trip with the Stern, this time with my father. It was a small journey, but at least I know he was happy. Probably thinking: money well spent on this one 😉
My neighbour took some nice pictures.
5th September 2021 – After having a good breakfast on the Watergeus, I drove back to Oudenburg to set out with the Stern. I made a first trip by myself and then two more journeys with friends and neighbours. A day well spent aboard the Stern. Driving a ship, that’s why she made for!
4th September 2021 – The models are now nicely visible behind glass. So no dust nor damage can be done to the models.
4th September 2021 – I quickly painted the deck where there was some rust or no paint left at all. It looks acceptable. A grey deck will even look better, but that’s for tomorrow.
3rd September 2021 – This evening I picked up a Wildflower sailing boat. It is basically a dinghy that can be used as a motorboat, sailing ship or just for rowing. American design, but this one is produced in Germany in 1972. So next year, it will be 50 years old! The boat is just under 4 meters of length and 1.7m wide. I also got a metal frame to store it on. The only thing I need to find now is storage space.
The weight of the boat is supposed to be 45kg, but I had a feeling it is more. There is water in the air compartments. The ship comes with all the original equipment, even te bags for the sails are original with the brand.
Some more specifications:
- Sails: 30m2
- Type: sloop
3rd September 2021 – The glass was mounted and the models are now visible to the public. The plan to build the wall was for October but since I had the models and moving them was to fragile, it was build in two days. I’m happy with the result.
I still have a nice wooden mast on top of my van. I made a metal support and will bolt this next to my ship for Open Monumentendag.
