23rd May 2023 – I spotted the boat Lillo heading to Bruges.
23rd May 2023 – After I finished the input of the flags and the prayer cards, I can now start digitalizing several boxes of old negatives.
21st May 2023 – We made a walk in the evening, something we now and then do. It was a hobby since I was 14 years old to take pictures of the fishing vessels, and now I just continue taking pictures…
21st May 2023 – In between guiding some people in the museum, I finally managed to get all the flags online in our inventory system. Time to start with a new subject…
21st May 2023 – I just added a few new ropes to the Stern. The way some idiots come along with their boats, I can’t take risk that her mooring lines would break.
20th May 2023 – Last year I bought a metal pipe to make it into a mast. Sadly it didn’t fit in the support. We are talking about a few millimeters to thick… I temporary secured it with jubilee clips. With a flag on the stern again, the ship looks more vivid then ever…
19th May 2023 – I have a nice white stripe on starboard side on the hull. It breaks the line, but it also gives a nice touch. Today, I started removing the old tar to create a white stripe as well. I manged to get three meters further… It will be a long time before the white line will appear….
The problem of 2component paint is that you need to use it. So In the end I painted the anchor and the front bollards.
19th May 2023 – I was surprised, the engine started straight away and I made a small trip. The idea was to move her by hand, but since the engine started, I made a trip of a few hundred meters and back. I really hope to have some time for her next year…
14th May 2023 – Exactly one year ago I transferred the Watergeus to her new owners. It is still a mixed feeling, but mostly positive. It had been my home for seventeen years. But when I’m working and doing maintenance like today, I’m glad I’ve sold her.
I gave a second coat of oil on the wheelhouse and a first coat on the inside of the kitchen door. It was a cold wind so not such a nice job to do, but it had to be done since they are a talking about rain tomorrow.
Yesterday, I received a few boxes with photos and prayer cards. I need to scan them before Friday, so it will be a marathon scan again…
13th May 2023 – I started sanding down the portside of the wheelhouse. Once it was clean, I put a coat of oil on it to protect the wood again.
In the afternoon, I cleaned the decks of the ship. Looking much better again.
12th May 2023 – I found another folder of the same archive I have been scanning the last couple of weeks. Once this folder is scanned, I will have scanned more then 1500 documents of an old ship broker and yard owner from the 1920’s.
12th May 2023 – The next couple of weeks are becoming intense. I need to make an inventory of over 1000 documents. I need to read them, and try to make a summery in one or two lines… Once the job is done, all documents will become available online.
6th May 2023 – We had two big groups today. These are intense moments, but you guide them with great pleasure. Certainly with groups like we had today. So many people with grate interest in the content of the museum.
4th May 2023 – While driving to Bruges, I spotted an English replica luxe motor barge.
4th May 2023 – I quickly gave a second coat of oil on the wheelhouse and entrance door.
