21st June 2022 – I finished the joint of the windows in the living room and taped the desk of the kitchen and the windows of the bedroom. If it wasn’t for a visit of an ex colleague, I might have gone a bit further.
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19th June 2022 – I’m finishing the windows in the living room, so I can mount the curtains. The waterpump is connected, so when I fill the watertank, I should have water from the tap. The last light from the bedroom is connected to the 12v circuit. To finish my evening, I mounted a picture of a sailing boat. It was hanging at the entrance of the Watergeus in a previous life….
18th June 2022 – I added some jubilee clips to the flexibles and did a test. Everything dry! I’m getting better in plumbing. I also managed to do some of the 220v electricity. Let’s see how that will work…
17th July 2022 – I started working after 21 o’clock, it was still very warm. I managed to connect the fittings with the flexible pipes. Now I only need to tight everything up.
I made a rubber around the sink. Only not sure about the colour. Maybe I should have taken grey instead of black.
16th June 2022 – With over 30°C outside, it was hard to work. Anyway, I wanted to have done something so I drilled two holes, one in the sink to mount a tap and one in the hull for the waste water of the sink. It became warmer and warmer so I went to the shop, spending one hour measuring and checking what pieces I needed. It is the first time I came home with the right pieces and I didn’t buy to many!
If I hadn’t forgotten the teflon, the whole plumbing would have been finished in the kitchen…
14th June 2022 – I adjusted some t&g so the the doors of the cupboard in the kitchen can open again. I measured the size of the battery to check if the new battery will fit. While doing so, I discovered several lose wires. They are now taped against the wood, instead of just being loose against the metal hull…
I drilled a hole in the roof of the wheelhouse so I can pass through the cables for the solar panel, GPS and extra VHF antenna.
11th June 2022 – To warm to work today, still having trouble with my hay fever, I have to be careful what I do. Sanding machine, hover, compressor with nail gun and a saw were loaded aboard. Maybe next week, if time and weather are fine, I can finish the cupboards of the kitchen.
The cupboard of the kitchen contains plumbing, electricity and wood work. But once it is done, I will win a lot of space in the wheelhouse.
9th June 2022 – After several months, nearly half a year, I finally managed to get some time to work on the Stern. I hadn’t been aboard since February and was nicely surprised to see dry bilges, no humidity or mold.
I did some outside cleaning and had a look at the wheelhouse. A lot needs to be done, but where to start. Well I mounted the AIS system.
18th February 2022 – A bit late, after the last couple of days having got a lot of wind, I decided to put a few more straps on the wheelhouse, solar panels and masts. I also removed the flags from the gangway. Let’s hope everything stays fine.
14th November 2021 – I had all the pieces to finish the railing on the Stern. It is a small job, drilling around ten holes in the cupboard and putting bolts through. Today it is done. Happy with the result, I cleaned a bit of the rubbish in the living room and went for a walk…
1st November 2021– I made a small trip with one of the neighbours.
The reason for the trip was bad weather and no screws with the right size for the railing on the cupboards…
31st October 2021 – There are about a hundred small jobs left, all taking 5 minutes or less. I did a few today like pulling an extra power cable, mounting a light, finishing some plugs, etc…
25th October 2021 – Two sockets were mounted, the depth meter connected, a picture of a narrowboat screwed in the wall and I let run the electric heather for a while until it stopped smoking.
I added some LED lights powered by a battery and a solar panel in the mast. It was an idea from one of the neighbours.
18th October 2021 – With the days becoming shorter, so is dropping my motivation for working. I vanished the floor of the wheelhouse and toilet. the remaining wood around the new door was painted.
Last week I ordered search lights and some more equipment. It will all be mounted on a metal bar. The metal bar is painted and now I’m mounting the equipment.
13th October 2021 – I took half a day of to work on the Stern, but started with a good walk. Once back, I had not much energy left to do something. Anyway, a lot happened and I’m happy with the result!
