7th July 2013 – One of the reasons why I like Beernem is the amount of traffic on the canal. I’ve seen a lot of nice boats passing by. Sadly enough, I was often to late to take a picture.
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16th June 2013 – Most of the time, it is quiet in Beernem. On Friday, there was a tug with a broke engine. It moored next to my neighbour. Today they towed it away. Interesting to see…
22nd May 2013 – It has been a very busy month so far. I have been at the yard helping out some friends with their boat. Meanwhile I’m working on a new project as well. I need a little workshop to store my tools and therefore I decided to sell the Hornblower.
My plans for cruising around have to make place for new ideas. What else did Eleanor Roosevelt mean with ‘The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams’?
7th April 2013 – Sometimes, I would forget I still have a boat with lots of work. The weather was nice, so I finished most of the paintwork (primer) aboard the Hornblower. The wheelhouse is starting to look tidy as well. A few more weeks and she is ready đ
6th April 2013 – One of the neighbours had a plan of making a small trip to Ostend. he asked me if I could join to help. It was a nice journey!
5th April 2013 – I’ve done Zelzate and Terneuzen. I had some time left and decided to have a look in Ghent. This was also the third and last day of the course I was following…
4th April 2013 – Ghent is not far from Terneuzen, so I drove around to check for boats. While driving, I quickly stopped since the Viking was sailing. She is one of the water supply vessels from Terneuzen. Till 2003, the Watergeus joined her.
3rd April 2013 – While I was in Ghent for an IT course, I decided to see what vessels were dry docked in Zelzate. When I arrived, I met an old friend who lived his dream and bought a brand new Luxe Motor. It is a replica, you know it because there are no rivets. Beside that, you wouldn’t see it at all. It is fantastic little ship. I could live on it straight away!
I left after a few drinks and forgot to take some pictures of his ship…
20th March 2013 – The cold weather continues. It is hard to work, since I have to do a lot of outside work at the moment. I haven’t taken any pictures of the progress, but they will follow.
17th March 2013 – I’m running behind on any schedule you could imagine. I will update the blog and conversion work whenever I have some time. Progress on the Hornblower continued, but very slowly.
I was in Furnes today to have a look at some boats. There were less boats then in 2007. The old yard of AndrĂ© looks like it was used yesterday. What a shame the site closed down. How long will it take before flats will rise on this piece of heritage…
9th March 2013 – Anna invited me for a theater production in Brussels. I wanted to visit a spits barge, so I combined both events with Filip and made a day out in Brussels.
There are a few houseboats in Brussels and some more in Anderlecht, next to Brussels. I had a look and was surprised to see a collection of different vessels.
It was becoming late, so the quality of the pictures is not that good.
2nd March 2013 – As every Sunday, I have been driving around to see boats, this time I went to Kortrijk and Antwerp.
23rd February 2013 – I did some work on the Hornblower this week. It is all getting closer to being finished. The last bits take the most of time. I’m not working that hard at the moment, it is just too cold!
Therefore, or maybe I use this as an excuse, I decided to go boat spotting again, this time in PĂ©ronnes where I had been last month. One of the people here is at the yard with his ship. Time to have a look and chat to the other boat people in the area!
29th December 2012 – I happened to be in Antwerp. A bit further is Schoten. It has a big canal full of old barges. I spent he whole afternoon driving there, taking pictures and speaking to people. It was dry for the first time in ten days as well!
9th December 2012 – Always working is no good to anybody. I drove to Izegem to see some boats and to visit a small exhibition in the local yacht club. I have pretty much the arrogance to say I know most spits barges in Belgium. Nevertheless, I discovered one I didn’t know. I looked it up in the evening and found her history. Sometimes I wonder what I like more, converting them or looking for their history…
