30th December 2020 – On the way back, I picked up a rebuilt oil lamp for the wheelhouse. Last Saturday I already bought a compass. Both items are now in the wheelhouse of Tordino. It is starting to look nice. A bit more braze and a wooden floor will make it look finished.
And just to finish the last bits, I bought a small metal boat for behind Tordino. The year is over, so is my money!
30th December 2020 – All energy was gone. Luckily we found a wood shop that could deliver the wood we need to finish the floor. While one of us painted the remaining bit of the engine room, we did the frame for the floor. At lunch time we left for Belgium again! Exhausted after a few good days of work!
I was so tired, I only took one picture…
29th December 2020 – Another day of work, it is starting to feel hard. I continued with the floor while the other two did the painting.
28th December 2020 – We started removing the last bit of paint in the early morning. Two of us painted and I started with the floor.
27th December 2020 – Another day of removing paint. Progress went slower and slower. The bottom got a second coat of paint.
26th December 2020 – We arrived in the morning and started straight away with removing paint with a Tercoo-disc. While the two of us removed paint, the third person painted the engine room. In the evening we gave a first coat of black primer on the bottom of the ship.
24th December 2020 – We started welding in the early morning, mounting the little crane at the stern of Tordino. Later that day we worked on the electricity. I am changing the 24v circuit to 220v LED lights.
22nd December 2020 – While my mother gave a second coat of vanish in the wheelhouse, I kept myself busy unscrewing the old curtains and building new boxes for the new ones. Looked like an easy job, but it took me most of the day.
21st December 2020 – The weather was bad, a sad day. Nothing could be done. I started scanning some postcards.
20th December 2020 – I started by making the frame of the curtain boxes for the living room and kitchen. Since the weather was fine, I started removing most of the paint from the little crane. Once this one done, it was lowered aboard for welding at some point next week.
19th December 2020 – Back in Franeker, today it was for working on the Stad Rotterdam. We cleaned the remaining bit of the hull and started with the upper structure. Sadly enough it was not possible to keep the current paint system. It was to damaged by the recent work and it had been outside without any maintenance. This means we will have to work another two days of removing paint.
18th December 2020 – I drove up and and down to Franeker to pick u a little crane form an old Luxe motor. I will try to restore it for Tordino. When I arrived at the yard in Franeker It was a bit disappointing to see the condition and the weight. It could impossible fit in my car without causing any damage. A man at the yard cut the bolts and we moved it together in my van.
17th December 2020 – Another day of working in the bedroom and cleaning the ship. Slowly getting there, only the hardest bits to make still have to be done.
16th December 2020 – With the two of use we did a lot today. The woodwork in the wheelhouse is finished, everything got stained with two coats and the portholes were mounted in the engine room doors. To mount the portholes, we took out the doors. makes it easier for cutting. I added some more electricity in the kitchen. Slowly but steady are we making a lot of progress in the old accommodation.
15th December 2020 – I went to do some work on Tordino in the afternoon. Mounting three small lights took me around three hours. I lost most of the time pulling the cables nicely in the wheelhouse and adding 220v from the engine room to the wheelhouse. Later on I continued with the plywood until it became dark.
