21st June 2020 – The old shipyard Minnewater in Bruges is being converted. In one of the warehouses was a small crane built with pieces from a barge. The crane will go to my museum in the near future.
Category: Daily Life around the water - page 2
15th June 2020 – Believing you are free, having a drink with the neighbours, people from other boats joining, watching the sun go down and forgetting how much work you still have on your own ship: this is what I call a nice evening…
17th May 2020 – I drove to Ghent to visit a barge of a friend for a friend. A nice combination and I hope she will buy it. It is a fair price for a good houseboat.
The interior is slightly outdated, but that is just where the barge is giving it charms. The outside is very well maintained and you can live in it for the next coupe of years without having to do major upgrades.
It had been a while since I was in that part of Ghent so I took some pictures of the boats in the area.
13th May 2020 – While having a look at a small boat for a friend, I took some time to walk around in the marina. There were all kind of ships available.
9th May 2020 – While I had to be in the marina, I took some pictures of the boats being put in the water.
26th April 2020 – I cycled through all three marinas in Bruges to have some sport done at least…
11th April 2020 – I went to see my friends in Oudenburg. I cycled with all the corona checks on the road. It was a good cycle. Cycling back in the evening was harder.
29th March 2020 – The son of a close friend bought a small ship at the yard. His plan is to travel to Amsterdam and back with it. There were a few issues like a leak and they wanted a hatch in the front part of the ship.
I started with the hatch, made a frame and welded it. I had to stop welding because of the wind. It was a storm. I’m heavy, but could no longer stand stable to weld…
3rd March 2020 – It is very rare when I publish a link to another website. Recently I came across a website with a lot of information on the English Canals. It is worth taking some of your time to read it!
http://www.canalscape.net/Introduction/Canalscape%20Introduction.htm
15th February 2020 – I joined some friends to the yard with their ship. If it was not for a broke bridge, we would have made it in one day and not arriving late in the evening behind a closed lock…
10th February 2020 – I had a look at my ships and none of them was damaged by the storm.
9th January 2020 – This evening I continued with t&g, finishing another wall. I had to integrate an old cupboard into the wall, it took me some time to get it right. Once I got started I continued working and forgot to look at the clock. It was early morning again!
21st December 2019 – My friends came back from the yard. Since I was on standby for my work, I couldn’t join for the trip. At the lock in Bruges, I got aboard and jumped off a little further where they stayed for the night.
15th December 2019 – At five o’clock in the morning, they lowered the ship in the water. There was a lot of wind, but everything went well until we were halfway between the slipway and the pontoon of the yard. The beunkoeler (cooling unit of the engine and part of the hull of the ship). Sadly enough there was no more time left to dry-dock the ship again. The tide was getting out, so we had to wait until the evening to pull us back in.
During the day, we kept the pump going. There was nothing else to do. I took some pictures at the yard to keep myself busy….
In the evening we dry-docked the ship with assistance of a tug from the yard. Repairs will be for another day.
10th December 2019 – I quickly went to see the Fabuleux Destin at the yard. I was to late to see the yard people working. I don’t know what it exaclty is with this yard, but it is one I like coming to. I have been there so many times….
It was to dark to take any decent pictures….