14th December 2017 – The second part of the old cabin were smaller pieces like shelves and doors. I unloaded them in the evening, and finsished with some frame building. It is nice to work in a clean environment whee everything is painted, no grease, dirt or rubbish around you. I was surprised to see how much progress you can make in one evening.
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12th December 2017 – Moving the old cabin to Tordino wasn’t as easy as planned. Both ships were covered with a layer of ice. It was dangerous, but there was no other day I could do it.
Two friends helped me out. It took us some time to unload the panels. They had to be moved carefully. Nearly a hundred years old, they are going to be reassembled in the near future.
10th December 2017 – It had been snowing, the first time this year. I decided to go anyway, since I want to continue with the frame.
9th December 2017 – I made the exhibition hold ready for winter by covering the panels and objects.
In the afternoon, I started building the wooden frame for one of the walls. It took me a lot of time to get my stuff and tools. I put them away in September for Open Monumentendag and hadn’t use them ever since.
27th November 2017 – Again a small puddle of water in the wheelhouse. One of the windows is leaking. Same story, different ship!
28th October 2017 – The front desk for the Library needed some finishing and a good coat of paint.
While I was aboard, I did some smaller jobs like putting a wooden beam underneath the cover of the lifeboat. So the rainwater will no longer be collected in the cover.
24th October 2017 – Sometimes you need to run the engines to keep everything in a good order. Last time, when we moved Tordino, the batteries of the bow thruster were dead. So I made a plan of charging them every month.
15th October 2017 – I did some sanding and painting of the roof top of the kitchen. Some of the paint got damaged when the radar was taken off and later mounted back…
13th October 2017 – The Library room needs a desk where people can ask for information or request books and documents from our archive. It needs to divide the storage of books and the area where people can read books.
I spent some time building the desk. It isn’t finished, but you get the idea.
30rd August 2017 – Just driving up and down with some more stuff. I think one of the most annoying things during the conversion of a ship is getting stuff aboard.
27th August 2017 – Like I already mentioned earlier, besides working on the ship, I also need to take care of the content for the exhibition. I bought a few old photo albums in Sas van Gent, not far from where I’ve lived on the Watergeus. The seller also had the letters DOUANE from the customs office in Zelzate. They will look good aboard Tordino.
22nd August 2017 – I was surprised to see what I’ve done in four hours of work. Not much. I’m hanging the old tools on wooden panels. It takes much more time then expected. Just hope to be ready on time for the 10th September 2017. Also realized I have to build a work bench to show some of my tools.
26th August 2017 – Finishing and hanging frames
25th August 2017 – Work table and smaller things
23rd August 2017 – Building work bench