15th February 2018 – Besides using my time in converting a ship into a museum, I also need to look for content. This evening, I continued scanning old postcards for the Picture Library on the site.
15th February 2018 – Besides using my time in converting a ship into a museum, I also need to look for content. This evening, I continued scanning old postcards for the Picture Library on the site.
12th February 2018 – We had our annual drink to celebrate the new year. Each of us brought some drinks and we had a good chat while some fire was burning!
11th February 2018 – While my parents painted the small beams for the ceiling, I mounted a second support and cut some wooden planks in the right length for the ceiling.
10th February 2018 – A beautiful day. The bowtruster started after, I had an issue with the starter motor last week. It is a dry day, just what I needed.
23 wooden beams of 6.10 meters long were delivered. They will become the ceiling of the hold. It took us some time to get them aboard.
9th February 2018 – The old cabin wouldn’t look right if there was no skylight. I found one near Maaseik. It is some distance to drive to pick it up, but it was the right one. A round skylight is older and would fit better with the interior.
4th February 2018 – A friend is having his ship in Zelzate at the yard. I had a look. While I was there, I drove to Ghent to take some pictures and to see how the houseboats and its community is changing.
3rd February 2018 – Probably one of the most dangerous parts of the conversion was lifting one of the wooden beams 3.6m heigh and secure it.
This beam will be used to hold the ceiling. With the two of us we managed to get it in position. Once secured, it gave the right impression on the height of the ceiling. Now I just need to order the wood and I can start building the roof.
2nd February 2018 – I’m still working on the old accommodation. There will be a bedroom and kitchen. I spent most of the day finishing the kitchen. I’m glad it doesn’t have to be a functional kitchen.
We did some painting in the afternoon. Knowing how many square meters that will be painted in the next couple of weeks….
I just moved the whole story of the conversion of Tordino to this new website. Now I only need to move the Watergeus, Aquarel and Hornblower…. Three ships, covering a period of 9 years in total. It might take me some time…
30th January 2018 – I just dropped some wood on Tordino. I can now continue to work in the hold this weekend. It will be raining the next couple of days and then I don’t want to open my hatches.
28th January 2018 – Just another day shooting nails into t&g. This time I worked some more around the old cabin.
27th January 2018 – The roof of the old cabin will be done in pine wood, painted creme white. The same will be used fot he back wall of the sleeping room and kitchen. I had 20 packages of t&g left, they all went up in that one ceiling.
25th January 2018 – To make sure everything is in accordance with the regulations, I just ordered some new equipment for both ships, including life rings and other safety tools. The old ones will make it into my museum.
24th January 2018 – I went to a lecture about the CVO/CBB certification in Zuthpen. The most important item was to request a survey before 1st November 2018! I requested mine in the beginning of this year.
23rd January 2018 – Last weekend, it started raining while unloading the van. I put the wood on the platform and covered it with the hatches. This evening, I lowered it in the hold, so I can continue with finishing the walls.