24th June 2020 – We rewelded the windows at the front. They must be watertight and I wasn’t happy with the earlier result. It was to warm to weld, but also to warm to do anything. At the end, I cleaned the bedroom area and continued with the wooden frame around the windows and ribs.
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21st June 2020 – The old shipyard Minnewater in Bruges is being converted. In one of the warehouses was a small crane built with pieces from a barge. The crane will go to my museum in the near future.
21st June 2020 – The door frame is now finished. I lowered the door and finished the frame around it. Now I can continue with the walls and start looking for another door for the toilet. I still don’t know what to do with the toilet itself. Keep the current system of a manual pump or make a comfortable home toilet. I am afraid of the water inlet and outlet at the bottom of my ship. If it goes wrong, it will go wrong badly…
20th June 2020 – Today I was in Dordrecht to pick up several paintings and objects for the museum. I can’t wait to open again 4th July 2020.
In the evening I went to see the Djoey which was still at the yard.
18th June 2020 – No surprise at all to discover a leak somewhere. It has been raining for days and extremely hard. But to find three leaks on one side…. The silicone was totally gone so I had to quickly find a solution…
I had a look in the evening and they stayed dry!
15th June 2020 – Believing you are free, having a drink with the neighbours, people from other boats joining, watching the sun go down and forgetting how much work you still have on your own ship: this is what I call a nice evening…
15th June 2020 – I forgot to close the skylight, so it rained a lot… I found three leaks in the welding I did, two at the front and one in the corner of a window. I cleaned the problems, but welding is for Friday. I was tired, but did a small job, giving me a good feeling. I bolted three pieces of wood, the beginning of the frame for the ceiling to the ribs.
14th June 2020 – I gave a second coat of paint on the front of the cabin. You can still see where I welded. Not happy about the result. For the rest of the day, I did some cleaning and removed the last old stuff from the bow area. Before leaving, I quickly build a mast for the back. A small detail, but at least something done…
11th June 2020 – I was in doubt if I would keep the windows, but make new ones, or just close the gaps and maybe at the most put some portholes in. After cutting out the old window, I had a look and the window accentuated the shape of the roof to much. I closed one windows, but it will take me another day to finish the welding properly.
10th June 2020 – AIS was down for 24 hours, so I had a look and while I was there, I started cleaning the kitchen and living accommodation. All my stuff from the Stern were still unsorted under and on the table.
8th June 2020 – I put a cover over the Stern on the roof of the cabin. There was some water in it, but I want to keep the situation clean. I’m also afraid of the weight it might cause when the vlet is filled up with water.
7th June 2020 – It is the first boat I’m converting where I managed to drill the holes in the ribs of ceiling in less then one hour….