6th December 2019 – I joined the Fabuleux Destin on their jouney to the yard. I got aboard in Bruges and left in Beernem. Tomorrow the journey continues to Merelbeke. I will not be joining that part.
6th December 2019 – I joined the Fabuleux Destin on their jouney to the yard. I got aboard in Bruges and left in Beernem. Tomorrow the journey continues to Merelbeke. I will not be joining that part.
5th December 2019 – The last of a three day training. Today we went to the MAS in Antwerp. It was amazing to see how big their collection is.
30th November 2019 – While my mother painted the bedroom and bathroom, I worked in the hold, making the frame for the ceiling. The middle section of the hold is the only part that is not insulated.
It took me some time to lift a five meter wooden beam three meters high. The second beam is now resting on the wheelhouse roof in the hold. Mounting this one will be for another weekend…
24th November 2019 – The bedroom got it second coat of paint. I pulled a power cable through the engine room into the kitchen accommodation. The hatches were covered with leaves. I had no chance to clean them last month, so I did it now. It took me some time, but if now rains, it will be clean again.
20th November 2019 – Today I followed the first course of three days for implementing an information platform for my museum.
19th November 2019 – I finished some details on the floor in the bathroom, put some oil on it and started building the cupboard for the sink. The bedroom got a second coat of oil on the floor.
18th November 2019 – I built a new floor around the toilet and shower. This was the last piece of woodwork I had to do in the bathroom. It took me nearly a day to rebuild a new frame and put some wood on top of it. The old floor was rotten and every time I cut a piece away, I discovered some more was rotten…
At the end of the day I repaired the roof of the wheelhouse. It is a temporary solution, but better then letting the rain getting into the wheelhouse.
17th November 2019 – I had to put metal bars in the brackets that secure the hatches on the den. These bars will be used for holding the cover. I bought the bars last month but had to paint them. Today it was dry and warm, a perfect moment to do the paintjob and to mount the bars.
I also decided to clean all the leaves on the hatches and the den. It took me over one hour to clean the ship. When I left, new leaves were already falling on the ship again…
16th November 2019 – Last month, my neighbour dredged up an anchor in Germany. Today we picked it up in Zeebruges and brought it to the Watergeus for restoration.
16th November 2019 – I finished the floor in the bedroom and managed to put it in oil. I gave the bathroom a second coat of oil.
15th November 2019 – In two weeks time, a cover will be mounted over the hatches. Therefore I had to act quickly by putting the biggest pieces of wood in my ship. I went to pick them up and loaded them aboard my ship.
14th November 2019 – I started building the bedroom floor. It has a hatch with access to the shaft. I want to keep this feature so I built around the hatch with my new floor. Since both sides are not straight, I only managed to build halve a floor.