1st February 2023 – I still don’t have much time to work aboard Tordino. I mounted the new mast, it is a metal one. The last one was wood and broke somewhere in October last year.
8th January 2023 – Besides fixing the door of Tordino that was broken, I mainly sat in the Library scanning books and magazines while watching some documentaries about boat life in London.
7th January 2023 – The whole day was spent behind a scanner and laptop. I don’t put an amount or a period when the whole Library will be in the Inventory system. I can just continue and hope to finish soon. If I see how much more work I have , just to do the content. When I walk around the ship, I notice there is a lot of paintwork that needs doing and a yard visit next year… I’m very glad I only have Tordino left. Maybe I’m just becoming old 😉
6th January 2023 – The idea is to scan as many magazine covers as possible this weekend. It is my last free weekend, but today was no success. I added around 40 postcards to the inventory and scanned only 20 covers. I hope the remaining bit of the weekend will be more of a success.
4th January 2023 – It is very windy and the ship is moving in any possible direction. Water is low and there is slack in the ropes. So while shaking, I’m continuing to scan books and postcards for the online Library…
3rd January 2023 – I want to have finsihed scanning the collection of postcards, but there is no end to it. Next week, I’m starting a big project again and I want this to be done. Yesterday I spent most of the afternoon scanning and now in the evening I want to continue. A productive day is around 70 cards. I have over 2000 cards left…
29th December 2022 – After experimenting with my new label machine, I managed to label a dozen of items with a QR-code. The pump is mounted in the library and the remaining time was spent scanning books and magazines. It was probably the most productive day of my holiday.
28th December 2022 – I had some some time left to make a few scans since the new QR-code printer hadn’t arrived as promised by the company.
27th December 2022 – Today, I started making the QR-codes for the objects in the museum. When you scan the barcode you will be redirected to our website with the right information.
In the afternoon I continued scanning…
26th December 2022 – I went to Nieuwpoort to get an old pump of a houten waal. It is basilcy a metal or bronze pipe with a manual wooden pump inside the pipe…
What is so special about this pump? It was build at the same yard where many wooden barges (houten walen) were built.
24th December 2022 – I was surprised to see how low the water was in the canal. The distance supports for the ship are grounded and I’m quiet afraid Tordino will follow. Yesterday water was high. Nearly 1 meter of difference…
23rd December 2022 – A lot of rain and wind, a perfect day for working aboard. I’m nearly getting there. I was way behind planning for scanning. I received a lot of stuff the last couple of months and now it is nearly all in place and in the inventory.
22nd December 2022 – I found a few nice painting in the Netherlands for the museum.
21st December 2022 – This afternoon I visited the houseboats in Anderlecht. Not much has changed since last time. It is surprising to see how these ships still exist.
19th December 2022 – The first job today was to check if there was any damage in the engine rooms of the ship. It has been freezing a whole week and some days temperatures stayed below 0°C. Luckily no damage was noticed.
In the afternoon I continued scanning books and postcards for the inventory.
