15th July 2021 – We had our first of many nocturnes together with the Spaanse tolhuis. It was a great success! Looking forward to have more of these events and projects.
14th July 2021 – It is already halfway summer and the weather hasn’t given me any moment to paint. I wanted to wait to put the name and numbers on the Stern until it was fully painted. I don’t want to get a fine when I’m moving the ship next time, so I put some temporary labels on it. At least, if there is a check on the ship, they can now trace it…
12th July 2021 – We had some issues with the gearbox, or at least that is what we think. We made a small trip trying it out…
The reflections on the water were beautiful.
12th July 2021 – The Alberdina passed by on its way to Bruges
11th July 2021 – Today we had our big jump in Oudenburg, a small event where people jump in the water to promote the clean water. With the little boat of my neighbour we mounted the safety line and I was standby on the boat if something would go wrong…
In the evening we hand another small trip with the vlet…
10th July 2021 – To close a nice evening, we did a small trip with the little boat.
8th July 2021 – I’m not really working on any of my ships at the moment. The few nice moments, I’m having a drink in Plassendale or making plans for stimulating the tourism here. They days it is raining, I’m scanning my books and magazines in the museum.
So there will be less updates at the moment…
6th July 2021 – When I left for work this morning driving along the Canal, I noticed the sun was shining brightly on the water. This afternoon it changed and it became extremely windy. When now sitting in the hold of Tordino, I hear and feel the wind. It is a bit a scary feeling! The ship is rolling because of the wind, something I never had before with any of my ships. Since Tordino is now 5 meters away from the land side, wind can easily play around….
My battery charger broke, an expensive one that I had just replaced the beginning of December 2020… I hope Victron will replace it. They give 5 years of warranty… A small charger is now running but I know it is not enough for everything.
3rd July 2021 – I had a group of people in the morning and the afternoon was busy as well. In the evening I had some friends coming over. Days like this are passing by quickly. It is now two months we are on the mooring.
2nd July 2021 – While I was relaxing on deck of the Baron, the police arrived to check the paperwork of my neighbour. I quickly went aboard Tordino to check for my paperwork where I could find it, ran to my car to get the numbers out for the sailing boat and went back aboard. The police left without checking me….
2nd July 2021 – An important day for the community of Plassendale, for the first time in years, a passenger ship moored at our pier. Press arrived and everybody had to give an interview.
28th June 2021 – The pier a bit down the canal was taken by several yachts so the cleaning boat moored alongside, a nice aluminium working craft. Could easily server as a floating bar in my opinion…. Very easy to manoeuvre and a lot of space…
27th June 2021 – I finally started cleaning the ship by removing the sails into my van, followed by rebuilding the bench on starboard side. I had an old tin of black antirust primer. I sprayed it where it was rusting badly. At least, it can’t become any worse at the moment.
The engine ran for half an hour. Started straight away!
26th June 2021 – It was a busy day with many visitors. I’m happy with the museum running well.