2nd June 2021 – A school came to visit Tordino. A new experience from which I learned a lot!
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1st June 2021 – We drove to Baasrode to pick up around 20 boxes with books, some dating from 1830 until now. Hundreds of old books from marine life, boats, shipyards, etc… A nice addition to our own Library aboard!
30th May 2021 – I made a first journey with the Stern as she is converted now. It was a challenge to me since I barely move my own ships, unless it is for a yard visit. I prefer converting boats instead of sailing them. I was in doubt whether I should keep the Stern or not. If the journey went fine, I would keep it as my own yacht. Since I made this promise to myself, I need to keep it.
So I will continue with the Stern. But how was the Journey? Well…
I left Bruges at 7:47 after I forgot to disconnect the shore power. The bridge was open since they were replacing some parts of the internal lifting system. I was not sure about the height of the bridge so I lowered my mast. I’m glad I did since the bridge was not totally open.
The rest of the journey went fine, I arrived at 9:30 o’clock at Tordino. She is not very stable to navigate and from the moment you don’t pay attention, she goes her own way. I don’t thing she will handle bad weather nicely…
29th May 2021 – Like any Saturday in the summer, we were open again. A busy day!
28th May 2021 – I had a plan to remove the paint from one side but ended by doing most of the back accommodation sides. I will continue on Monday doing the remaining bits.
26th May 2021 – Before making any other changes, I want to know how the ship is steering with a new wheelhouse. The last trip was two minutes from her previous mooring to my ship. Sunday will be the day. One of the major issues will be the noise of the engine, but that is the least to worry about at this stage.
I cleaned the decks and made sure I now have a free deck to walk around. Last time, with the old wheelhouse I had to crawl on and off the boat to get to the front. I don’t want this to happen now.
25th May 2021 – Finally some time for myself to do some paperwork and update the website for the museum. It have been busy times lately.
24th May 2021 – Today I brought back the Stad Rotterdam from the yard. It was the best day to do so weather wise. Besides some heavy rains with wind in Bruges, it was a perfect journey.
23rd May 2021 – The project of the Stern stopped where it becomes difficult to me. The electricity and plumbing needs to be done, the finishing touch of the interior, the sliding door and the problem with the sound insulation of the engine room. I had a few acceptable excuses why I didn’t continue, but now the Baron project hasn’t gone through, I might as well just accept the challenge and finish why I bought the Stern for in the first place: to cruise.
21st May 2021 – It was time to start planning and working again on the Stern. I cleaned a part of the kitchen and realized most of my tools are still on Tordino…
21st May 2021 – It was a very windy day, but I gave a little clean to the Watergeus. The decks were green and the grass around the flower pots reasonably high. You notice these things when you are more often on the ship, but lately by working on Tordino, I had no time maintaining her or the Stern.
15th May 2021 – I didn’t get that much sleep and there was still a lot to do but we managed to get the deadline and be open to the public. I’m happy with the result, so were the first visitors…