10th May 2022 – Probably one the last days of moving stuff. I just parked my car in the street to fill it. I don’t know where to store it, but at least the boat will be empty in time.
A friend came who could use some stuff. At least I’m glad I don’t have to throw it away. I had some old traffic lights, dating back from when I had the Brother….
7th May 2022 – I ran the engine for one hour and discovered the expansion tank for the water was empty. I don’t have a good feeling with this! Around 15 litres of water was added, we shall see how it goes next time.
A new metal bar was welded so the railing is looking more traditional again and my flower pots are nicely supported.
In the afternoon, I spent most of my time scanning documents and mounting old items like the namesign of the Ross Leopard and the Frantsis, which was stored aboard the Watergeus for years.
6th May 2022 – I just bought a metal bar to weld and repair the railing. In the afternoon I scanned some books.
5th May 2022 – We moved the flowers from the Watergeus to Tordino. It looks much more alive on Tordino now. I will have to do some welding to repair the railing at the back accommodation.
In the evening we had a meeting with the neighbourhood about the future of Plassendale.
4th May 2022 – I have a little more stuff then expected left on the Watergeus. I drove with a car full of tools and extension cables. Nearly there. Next Wednesday, a friend will come to pick up the some heavy metal parts and remove the scrap metal.
3rd My 2022 – I now have the ships’s bell that was hanging in the entrance of the Watergeus at the entrance of Tordino. Same spot, different ship. The old name signs are now also part of the museum collection.
3rd May 2022 – I drove four times to move stuff from the Watergeus, like my audio system, frames and paintings, pellets, LED lights and the big flower pots from the gangway. I still need to drive several times as far as I can see…
The more I clean the ship the less it feels like my boat. The Watergeus is losing it look and feel, but memories will stay! The end of an era is nearby.
1st May 2022 – We moved some more stuff from the Watergeus. I have some more space at Tordino, so I can continue moving stuff again. I also found a few nice objects that will be integrated in the museum.
1st May 2022 – One of the intentions this year is to label every object so people know at least what they are looking at. I made around 16 meters of labels (two expensive packages of special tape). I hang some more frames of inland vessels as well.
26th April 2022 – I just mounted around 30 frames for the new exhibition that starts on Sunday. Nearly there…
23rd April 2022 – In between visitors, I continued working in the library, adding an extra cupboard and moving a big model. I now have again enough room for one or two years of collecting magazines.
Slowly getting there in optimising storage aboard Tordino.
18th April 2022 – I can’t remember the days where I walked weekly through the harbour of Ostend for taking pictures. I was in Ostend this evening for a walk with my girlfriend. I took three pictures…
18th April 2022 – A very busy day, we had a lot of visitors today. I barely had any time to work on the content of the museum. I tried sorting out the magazines, a lot of work since I have over 400 different magazine titles…
17th April 2022 – While the museum is open, in between visits, I was working in the server room, Library and hold. I temporary stored several magazines where I’ve put my servers. Now I’m scanning the covers and putting them back in the Library.
I added some more labels and some paintings in the hold. Some of the more unique pieces from the Watergeus are now in the hold of Tordino. I’m removing more and more non inland waterways stuff, replacing it with more important content.
16th April 2022 – Since the Watergeus is still my ship, since I have a lot of friends and since it was nice weather: I decided to have a party on the Watergeus, like in the old days. It was great!