9th September 2020 – A big day today, I started at five in the morning removing the old wheelhouse. The first few bits came off easily. Once I was at the front, it became more difficult.
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8th September 2020 – I started removing the back part of the wheelhouse, welding a platform, and the first part of the shield of the wheelhouse. It took me some time to drag the sheets aboard the ship. I don’t want to remove the cover yet since I have no idea of the weather. It is so unreliable at the moment.
6th September 2020 – I started late today, had a good sleep first. The toilet is the next room I want to work on. I changed the support for the toilet and continued with t&g.
In the afternoon, we moved the Stern behind the Watergeus for welding. A lot needs to be done, so it was easier moving her behind me where the mooring is free at the moment. I had no time of taking pictures since we were with three and all needed both our hands.
31st August 2020 – One thing I cannot afford is to have empty spaces aboard the Stern. It is a small ship and I want to get as much space as possible out of it. There is a lot of lost space around the water tank. I finished one corner. It took me most of the evening, but I’m happy with the result.
30th August 2020 – The day started badly. I hadn’t seen that much rain in such a short period. I could only hope the Stern would not have to many leaks. Once the rain stopped, I had to empty the small boat first. It was nearly sinking. The Stern was fine, but I had a leak at the front. I put a bucket while dropping some silicone as a temporary measurement to prevent any more damage. I unloaded the wood from the car and started working.
The goal was to create a bed as big as possible, to have some storage and to make sure I could still enter the room. It took me hours and during the building process I got an idea what I wanted and how I wanted it. Access to the water tank was also needed.
29th August 2020 – A major job was getting the water tank in sleeping room. I had to break down a part of a wall and a door. I have to do it now before I finish that room. Also the tank needs to go since we are replacing the wheelhouse soon. Lowering the tank was quick. It fitted nicely on the new build floor. I was a bit disappointed about the size; the Stern is very round and I could not fit it like I wanted. anyway, it is where it should be.
25th August 2020 – I did a quick paint job by putting primer on the t&g in the bedroom. I wanted some paint to the parts I will no longer have access to when the water tank is in position.
23rd August 2020 – The bedroom needs to be finished first so I can put the watertank in position. The bow was still filled with insulation, so I had to move that first. After a lot of moving around, I could start working. In the evening I filled the holes of the nails with filler. Painting will be for another day.
22nd August 2020 – I lowered the water tank in the wheelhouse. I need to finish the bedroom first before I can put the tank in position.
21st August 2020 – I drove to Holland to pick up a water tank for the Stern. I wanted a specific size, and I was happy where I bought them for the Hornblower years ago…
I need a specific size so it fits through the door, and underneath the bed, without causing stability issues on the ship. I asked a few people to measure how deep the ship will be after building a wheelhouse and having a filled up watertank. 100kgs means the ship lowers 1 centimetre. I calculated the weight of the wheelhouse to be around 500 kgs and a filled up watertank 400 kgs including its own weight. I cannot afford the ship to be another 10 centimetres deeper, so I have to start thinking about the weight since there is no furniture yet aboard and I still need to finish many things.
18th August 2020 – Did half of the ceiling for the bedroom, insulation and t&g. The more insulation I can use now, the less I have to move to build the bed and the front of the ship.
16th August 2020 – I finished the two bedroom walls. This was the last bit I could do without moving the insulation. Now I have to move it, but I have nowhere to store it at the moment…
15th August 2020 – Some small jobs were done, like building a frame in the skylight, finishing some wood around a porthole and solving an issue with a big dent in the hull above the waterline. It was something I first believed it was a crack, but after removing the old paint, it was just a big dent. I did put some silicone onto it to be sure…
14th August 2020 – The metal for the wheelhouse was delivered today. I made some plans how to cut the sheets, but haven’t started yet.
13th August 2020 – I continued with the curved side of the living room, putting in insulation and finishing with t&g.
