Month: August 2009

Watergeus – Table, anchor and deck

31st August 2009 – My second anchor is on the front deck. Thursday, a friend is coming with a crane. I moved the chain through it’s gate and dropped it along the hull. I hope to put my anchor in position if the crane is long enough. I cut the anchor loose from the ship since it was welded a few years ago.

I built a small box for the heating element near the water tanks. Only a small wall was needed, but by the time I was finished it was also a work bench and storage space.

In the late evening, I cleaned another part of the deck. The idea of cleaning a square meter a day is not realizable.

Watergeus – Spending money again

29th August 2009 – The first thing I had to do was getting some stuff to work, such as a metal brush to clean the deck, rust free steel bolts for my hatches (the current ones are rusting away), paint brushes for the tar, ordering a floor for the living room and kitchen, paint for the floor and deck, etc…

Watergeus – Water damage & thunder

28th August 2009 – A nice welcome was the bad weather in the evening. It was so heavy every thunder I felt my ship vibrating. The cover of my metal boat on the back accommodation didn’t hold it. First all water ran into the back accommodation through a broken window and a little later my cover was blown away completely.

Groningen

21st-28th August 2009 – Not many updates, since I have been on holiday. I did visit the event Delfsail 2009, the area where my ship was build, several nautical musea, etc… More pictures and information will follow, but at this time I’m very busy.

Watergeus – Bathroom

15th August 2009 – The bathroom was the area that had always been postponed for a later date. Since I still have intentions for living in the hold before the end of the year, I decided to finish this area. An air vent was mounted, and the remaining walls closed.

Watergeus – Deck

12th August 2009 – I made up my mind and decided to paint my deck instead of oiling it. Still, I’ll try to remove as much paint as possible. Since some rust was making pitting, I had no other option then to start painting it. Around a square meter was cleaned and painted. If I do a few meters every few days, my deck might be finished before the end of the year.

Towing a speedboat

7th August 2009 – In the afternoon I intended to explain and learn how to sail a speed boat to a friend who bought such a boat. When we drove the car and trailer into the water, it started to go wrong. The boat was stuck on the trailer. The wheels underneath the boat were stuck by the rust; After a few attempts, the ship was floating. We started the engine and she ran, for about 10 minutes.

We were stuck in the middle of a canal with only two little paddles and some small ends of rope. I made a large rope out if it and we started pulling the boat, each of us did some distance. We fitted underneath most bridges till we were stuck near a low bridge. No radio and no mobile phone aboard, we certainly were in need of help…. A yacht was coming behind us, so I Pushed our boat in front of it, into the middle of the canal. I asked for a tow and they towed us to my barge. They will stay for a few days and the small boat with broken outboard is now also near me. This makes a total of 5 boats on one mooring…

Watergeus – New lifeboat

6th August 2009 – At seven o’clock we started moving the boat by land from one ship to mine. I started myself, but it was way to heavy. Even with three people it was hard, so the other neighbours came out as well to help. Six people were needed in total to help!

Speed boat

3rd August 2009 – This evening we went looking for a speed boat. A friend of mine wanted a small ship and asked me to have a look. We had a great evening, returned with a boat and we shall try it out on Sunday.