12th May 2021 – My mother gave a first coat of paint on the inside of the new entrance. I did some smaller jobs like putting a timer before the LED lights, hanging the ship’s bell and adding an extra steel cable to the back of the ship. The life rings are now also on the gangway.
10th May 2021 – Lifering brackets and an extra strip were welded to the gangway. Slowly getting there…
9th May 2021 – There is still the pressure to open next weekend. I tried finishing the t&g in the entrance. I didn’t manage to get it done. I attached the power cable to the guardrail so when they cut the grass the cable is safe. I attached the big straps to the ship. I will need to more to be secure. The LED strip is now hanging from mast to radar. If people don’t see me know….
8th May 2021 – I slept very well but discovered I had a lot of slack in my ropes and the gangways is going a bit everywhere. I need to find a solution so I went shopping. Installing the new straps is for tomorrow. I have a bit enough of Tordino and drove to the Watergeus. There are two more vessels that need attention and a lovely care!
7th May 2021 – I had to take half a day off to get things organized. I was surprised to see how much had to be done and I’m always nervous moving my own ships. The skipper was half an hour late, but that was good news since the wind was still slowing down. We had a perfect mooring manoeuvre. The gangway was mounted one hour later and now I’m ready to go to bed.
6th May 2021 – I continued welding the gangway.
5th May 2021 – I’m getting stressed out. Doesn’t happen quickly but where to start to get finished by the end of the week…. I mainly spent my time welding the metal pins to the bollards and making the hinch system for the gangway.
My neighbours came to help and painted the hull black. At least one thing less to worry about. We also tried righting up the distance keeper but that failed, so I secured it in a way It can’t get to my ship.
4th May 2021 – I welded the railing around the gangway and finished welding the supports underneath and around the wooden floor. Let’s hope it is secure enough.
3rd May 2021 – The metal has arrived for the gangway. It was about getting time, more then one month I had to wait…
1st May 2021 – Early in the morning we dropped the distance keepers in the water. They are floating! I’m happy.
The rest of the day was spent with my neighbours, working with t&g, putting a coat of primer and assisting my mother while she cleaned and painted the den.
30th April 2021 – I went shopping for wood and t&g. Aboard the Watergeus I picked up a small door. This door has been used aboard the Escapade, was later installed in the Hornblower and will now be used aboard Tordino.
In the evening I bolted the hooks on the distance keepers.
28th April 2021 – I ran out of t&g, so I started filling the holes of the nails with filler. My mother continued painting the black strip and in the evening I did some touching up of the hull with the remaining paint.
26th April 2021 – The next problem is the old chimney with a kind of insulation you prefer not have. Taking it away is to dangerous so I made a box around it.
24th April 2021 – I mainly worked on the entrance. In the early morning we mounted the brackets for the distance keepers.
21st April 2021 -While my mother did some painting, I continued on the entrance. We started late in the evening. The first picture was taken early in the morning.
