26th April 2020 – I cycled through all three marinas in Bruges to have some sport done at least…
26th April 2020 – I a had an early visit in the morning because the AIS failed to give a signal and the evening I had to drive back for the same reason. I might consider replacing the GPS antenna if it continues like this.
While I was there in the evening, I cleaned the decks and noticed a lot of flaky paint. Time to do something as quick as possible.
26th April 2020 – I mainly cleaned the wheelhouse and my tools. The next step is the back accommodation. I managed to open the windows again. The next step will be repairing the joins with silicon and giving it a new coat of paint.
25th April 2020 – I painted half of the roof of the back accommodation, a part of the front deck, the steps to the wheelhouse and the wheelhouse itself got a second / third coat of oil. In the evening, I sorted out tools in the workshop.
24th April 2020 – There was no AIS signal since early in the morning. I had a look and needed to reset the device. Once it was working, I did a few small jobs aboard like mounting a light, putting a label on the ship and finishing the metal strips in the bathroom.
24th April 2020 – After cleaning my deck yesterday evening, I started painting it. It got two coats of paint It never lasts to long, but at least, it is all the same colour again.
23rd April 2020 – Two holes in the deck were welded this evening. I had to ask someone to help since I could not weld and watch for possible fire in the front accommodation. Later that evening, I put a coat of oil on the other sides of the wheelhouse.
22nd April 2020 – I continued with the wheelhouse. Giving a coat of oil early in the morning. Sadly enough it was not dry in the evening, so I continued sanding down the other sides of the wheelhouse and filling up the wholes and rotten parts. It was a nice wheelhouse, but it is really starting to show its age.
21st April 2020 – Just another day working on the wheelhouse.
20th April 2020 – Since I couldn’t find the oil for the wheelhouse in the Watergeus, I had a look in Tordino. Everyhting was fine, but even here I couldn’t find it. At the end it was at my parents place…
20th April 2020 – I started sanding down the wheelhouse. Just the back panel. The rest is for another day since it took me hours to find the oil and the sanding paper.
19th April 2020 – I fixed an issue with the wheelhouse door. This door was badly damaged a few years ago. I welded a frame and mounted it against the door. It is the cheapest option at the moment.
The stairs to the wheelhouse were sanded down and I cleaned the deck, so it is ready for painting tomorrow.
In the evening, I did a bit of woodwork in the wheelhouse.
17th April 2020 – I received an email with pictures from one of the previous owners of the Stern. The ship was called Paulien. It is nice to get some closer to the history if the vessel.
Can’t wait to move her and start working on her.
17th April 2020 – I got myself a new table for on deck. People gave it away for free. We are really living in a consumerism society. There is nothing wrong with the table. At least, I’m happy. It is a proper table where you can easily sit with four people.
I got a little further in covering the cables in the wheelhouse.
16th April 2020 – Since I’m back from the yard, one year and a halve ago, I filled up the wheelhouse and never got to it to clean it. I started sorting out my tool and equipment.
I built new supports for around the windows. They are also covering some cables I had to mount for the last survey.
