Category: MS Aquarel - page 3

29th March 2016 – The afternoon started rainy. I mounted two light fittings, one in the bedroom and one in the bar. It took me over two hours to get the job done. I would never buy fittings from that brand again.

Weather was clearing up so I had a look at my leaking air vent. I couldn’t find the leak, only the damage it had caused. I decided to clean the rust from the inside and put a good layer of silicon on it. I did the same on the outside and closed the whole of the vent.

The silicon in the wheelhouse between the wood and the glass was nearly gone. I redid every window and a few gaps. I will have to find a solution of for the future. Half of the wheelhouse is being held together with silicon.

Years ago, I received a nice search light from Andy as a Christmas gift. I drilled a few holes in the roof and mounted the light. While doing so I noticed small wholes in the ceiling and some water. Since I had ran out of silicon, it will be the first job to do tomorrow.

In the corner of the wheelhouse is a small bench. It used to be full of water when I bought the ship. Last time I looked was somewhere in October last year. It was dry. hen I opened it now, it was full of water, running into the engine room and probably in the old accommodation as well. I started with a glass to remove the water. Since it was to much, I just drilled a whole in the wheelhouse to drain it. I hope with sealing the windows, I have stopped the leak. If not, I need to have closer look and therefore empty the wheelhouse.

28th March 2016 – Just an update with some pictures of what has been going on lately:

12th March 2016 – I started drying out the steenschotten in a forced way. There was becoming to much humidity in the ship and the air wasn’t feeling right.

10th March 2016 – It is very important I start putting the steenshotten. They are wet because they were stored outside. I had to remove the side panels of the living room because the schotten didn’t fit and I didn’t one to cut them.

9th March 2016 – The floor arrived today. I’m using ‘steenschotten’. These are hard wooden planks used in factories to dry the stones. While they were lowered in the hold, I also put in the furniture needed for later, when she will be used as an exhibition ship or museum.

8th March 2016 – Another small update with some pictures. The hold is now clean and ready for the furniture and the floor. friends of mine will come tomorrow to help me with loading and unloading everything.

28th February 2016 – Another update on the progress aboard the Aquarel.

21st February 2017 – Added some more paint and decoration.

17th February 2017 – One picture says it all…

Today I continued decorating the ship, mounting lamp fittings and other items.

9th February 2016 – I started building the floor of the kitchen. A slow progress. I need to cut every plank so I can use the old hatches for inspection. I just know the kitchen area is the worst and I probably have to redo the plating in this area when I go to the yard. It is still leaking underneath. I have control over the situation and with the hatches, I can keep it like this!

Therefore I used a thicker t&g for the floor. Once I’m back from the yard, I will look for a quality floor.

4th February 2016 – Planning, this is the word at the moment. I’m not able to do much. I ‘ve painted the kitchen together with my mother. She helped me on the positions I couldn’t get to at the moment.

24th January 2016 – What else can somebody do who can’t lift a toolbox? Just go shopping. I went to Ikea with my friends. I bought my kitchen. They loaded it in a truck and unloaded it aboard.

Sometimes not being able to do something isn’t that bad anyway…

18th January 2016 – I ran out of shelves. A friend came with some new shelves and mounted them for me. In one week, I realized, I hadn’t done much, but it also came to mind that I’m keeping a lot of stuff on my ship.

Will I ever need all this equipment and parts?

16th January 2016 – Time to make a list of what needs to be done and what has been done. The perfect time to take some pictures:

13th January 2016 – Being able to do nothing is very annoying. Last month I build some shelves, so I started sorting out my small tools and parts. I bought some boxes and a label machine. I started putting a label on every box. It is a major job, but it is the only job I can handle at the moment.