Month: July 2008 - page 2

11th July 2008 – Still with the concert in my head, I started working in the afternoon. We cleaned all the stuff that was stored underneath the stairs. In the last year, it became the place to store stuff that was hardly used or was toxic. A metal box for an engine was placed under the stairs, so nothing could leak in the hold or the bilges. I do need this box for my fire, so we had to take it out by three people!

I bought a second hand fridge for a good price, but it had to be delivered. It is now standing in the hold to keep my drinks cold during the further conversion.

8th July 2008 – Today we moved some furnish from my parents place to my ship. Since a room is finished, I can store my stuff in that room. The more comes over the more space I have at my parents place to store more stuff. Also when building the next room, I can use the furniture to estimate the size of the room.

7th July 2008 – This evening I cleaned the room that was built last weekend. I put a plastic table, two chairs and a Dutch flag as decoration. So it does feel as a room.

I did notice the room was slightly built to big, since I could not reach by hand the end of the table and the wall. when building I believed it was built to small. So you only notice it when finished.

5th July 2008 – The first room is nearly finished. I couldn’t realize it would take a whole day to finish the sides and build a wall with door entrance and door!

Since I’m using second hand doors from an old house we had to figure out which door would be suitable for the office space. All doors look identical, but there is a double door for the living room, and all the other doors have different sizes.

Building the wall was not that hard. We had done it before. The most difficult part was to get the door in position. We had to make the corridor wider for the door to fit. So the bedroom will become smaller and the bed I have might no longer fit.

It took us again some time to get the curve right of the ceiling. But in the end, it was a good day and actually wen can not only see the result, but also start making use of it!

3th July 2008 – The idea of yesterday is still in my head. To realize the plan I started cleaning out the engine room, building shelves and making some more room. I painted the exhaust pipe, removed and old compressor and cleaned the work table. I was surprised to find so many pieces I had never used, mainly from Lister engines. I hope one day to have a Lister again!

By the end of the evening, I was covered in oil and paint, but the result was fine.

2nd July 2008 – I ran my generator, after more then a year. She ran beautifully, but still I will one day put her on rubber pieces to have less noise and vibrations. She is welded to the ribs of the ship and you’ll hear and feel it very good.

It was a hot day, so I could not sleep. I therefore decided to photograph the engine room and make a plan where to put the new batteries, charger and cables. It took me a few hours, but my idea is looking good.