12th November 2019 – I made the floor and put one coat of oil on it to protect it. The green paint wasn’t dry, so I had to work on the floor. It took me most of the day to build the floor. Since it was raining, I had to cut every piece by hand.
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11th November 2019 – I did a small job today, painting the remaining part of the t&g in the bathroom with green paint. It took me two hours to do this small bit behind the toilet and heather.
In the afternoon, I went to pick up a model of a steam tug, powered by paddles. This was the only kind of tug I was still missing in the collection.
In the evening I went to some friends, help them with their newly bought ship.
8th November 2019 – I had to arrange a few administrative jobs before I went to Tordino. I finished all the t&g and painted it with primer. In the afternoon, I gave a coat of green paint on one side of the bathroom.
7th November 2019 – I removed the old floor in the bathroom, which took me two hours. Three layers of linoleum and two layers of cardboard. Most of the t&g is now finished. I managed to paint one side with primer. The next bit will be done tomorrow.
6th November 2019 – I had a meeting with the city about working together for a database with our collection and pictures.
After this successful meeting, I went aboard Tordino to verify a few technical issues for the bathroom, mainly where to put the new plumbing….
5th November 2019 – A small job for today was working with t&g in the bathroom. The walls were badly damaged during the last years. I started working with t&g. It gives a more finished feeling and is easy to maintain.
4th November 2019 – Still not feeling very good. I had to be on Tordino for a survey of the central heating. The thermostat had to be replaced and some cleaning had to be done as well.
While I was there, we worked on the electricity in the bedroom. All lights and sockets are now working.
In the late afternoon, I did some T&G in the bathroom but had to stop.
3rd November 2019 – I finished the cabinets in the bedroom, mounted some more cables and prepared most things for tomorrow, when we will connect everything. Today is the only day it is not raining. I cut most of the wood I will need later this week.
14th October 2019 – A job that will take several evenings is painting the front engine room. It is now dark red and it is hard to see anything without a good light. Sadly enough there is not much room to stand or to paint…
12th October 2019 – We started with the back accommodation. The cupboards in the bedroom downstairs were falling apart and several shelves were missing. I rebuilt them and gave a good coat of primer at the end of the evening.
Old tape was removed from the good shelves. The stairs were covered by old carpet. The freezer who had not been used for at least three years was also thrown away. New wires were put behind the walls with proper sockets and switches.
28th September 2019 – The second day was better. There was more wind but nearly no rain. We had a lot of visitors and were very happy with the result.
27th September 2019 – We arrived a little early on the event and decided to build the tent ourselves. It worked and we were the first who were fully active.
It became windy and it started raining a t 5 o’clock. We closed our tent and had a look on the event. The ships arrived and I took some pictures and made some movies.
21st September 2019 – One of the dirtiest places aboard Tordino is the front engine room. I cleaned it out at the yard when they had to do some welding. After the issue of leakage at the yard, it was pumped with water to find the leak. Once empty it remained dirty. I had an old barrel with oil from the bilges aboard, old dirty tools and stuff from previous owners. It all had to go!
Half of the engine floor was still on deck from last year.
19th September 2019 – I had an appointment with the skipper of the Festina Lente. He had two models for me and some paperwork of his ship. It was delivered at the scrapyard.
17th September 2019 – I unloaded the stuff I got from the Festina Lente. At some point I had to call a friend. The chimney was to heavy and it got stuck on a few wooden planks.
While waiting for him to arrived, I greased the lorry for the hatches.
