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Tordino – Wheelhouse

27th July 2022 – I added two more hard wooden lists on the inside of the wheelhouse. Since they are glued, I can’t add any more. Once the glue is dry, I can add some more. The ship’s bell from the Watergeus is now mounted on the wheelhouse of Tordino. Something I was planning to do for a long time, but just didn’t find the time to do so…

Tordino – Sorting out photos

25th July 2022 – I have been taking pictures since I was 14 years old. The last couple of years, the amount of digital photos was growing steadily.  When I had the time to sort them out, I did it. Sadly enough, I lost the attitude of sorting out photos. Very free moment in the evening I’m trying to solve the issue of thousands of unsorted photos…

Big Jump

10th July 2022 – Today we had the big jump in Plassendale. People jumping in the water to make a statement it should be cleaner.  I was aboard the vlet Djoey as standby in case something would go wrong.

Stern – Cleaning and wiring

3rd July 2020 – We mainly cleaned the outside of the ship and most of all the roof of the wheelhouse. I connected the solar panels to the wiring in the ship and moved the VHF antennas. Since I mounted a metal support for the search lights, the antennas could no longer be collapsed in case we were passing a low bridge.

 

Stern – Curtains and welding

2nd July 2022 – The day started relaxed by mounting the curtains in the living room and sealing the windows in the bedroom. Then I started welding the brackets for the solar panels, fixed the railing and mounted a small wooden mast. So far so good. 

I raised the solar panels and wanted to weld the bolted frame to the new supports. About ten seconds later, solar panel one started cracking into thousand pieces… 

Slightly frustrated, I removed everything and made a new smaller frame for one panel…

 

And I must admit, one panel is looking better then the two that were squeezed into the roof.