21st July 2023 – I spent most of the day scanning book covers and adding them to the inventory…
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20th July 2023 – We had the chance to get over 400 books for our library. My car was over it’s maximum capacity, but we made it safely back home. All book covers will now be scanned before the books are available in our Library.
16th July 2023 – While scanning books and documents aboard Tordino, I had a few enthusiastic people. One of them restored a small Dutch barge for loading sand. It is now in a fully working condition. Very impressive to see! He gave me two books he wrote. They are a nice and very welcome addition to the library.
9th July 2023 – While the museum was open I added some nice objects like a few bronze construction plates…
8th July 2023 – We drove to Dordrecht and Antwerp to get some new stuff for the museum, mainly small objects and some books. I also got two old doors from back accommodations of Spits barges.
25th June 2023 – I had some friends visiting Tordino. They arrived yesterday evening with their tjalk and will stay until tomorrow. We had a few drinks, a good chat and a journey with the Djoey on the canal… A day well spent!
16th June 2023 – A group of people from Bredene came to visit the ship. It was extremely warm aboard, never the less most visitors seemed to have a serious interest in the story aboard!
23rd May 2023 – After I finished the input of the flags and the prayer cards, I can now start digitalizing several boxes of old negatives.
21st May 2023 – In between guiding some people in the museum, I finally managed to get all the flags online in our inventory system. Time to start with a new subject…
20th May 2023 – Last year I bought a metal pipe to make it into a mast. Sadly it didn’t fit in the support. We are talking about a few millimeters to thick… I temporary secured it with jubilee clips. With a flag on the stern again, the ship looks more vivid then ever…
19th May 2023 – I have a nice white stripe on starboard side on the hull. It breaks the line, but it also gives a nice touch. Today, I started removing the old tar to create a white stripe as well. I manged to get three meters further… It will be a long time before the white line will appear….
The problem of 2component paint is that you need to use it. So In the end I painted the anchor and the front bollards.
14th May 2023 – Exactly one year ago I transferred the Watergeus to her new owners. It is still a mixed feeling, but mostly positive. It had been my home for seventeen years. But when I’m working and doing maintenance like today, I’m glad I’ve sold her.
I gave a second coat of oil on the wheelhouse and a first coat on the inside of the kitchen door. It was a cold wind so not such a nice job to do, but it had to be done since they are a talking about rain tomorrow.
Yesterday, I received a few boxes with photos and prayer cards. I need to scan them before Friday, so it will be a marathon scan again…
13th May 2023 – I started sanding down the portside of the wheelhouse. Once it was clean, I put a coat of oil on it to protect the wood again.
In the afternoon, I cleaned the decks of the ship. Looking much better again.
12th May 2023 – I found another folder of the same archive I have been scanning the last couple of weeks. Once this folder is scanned, I will have scanned more then 1500 documents of an old ship broker and yard owner from the 1920’s.
12th May 2023 – The next couple of weeks are becoming intense. I need to make an inventory of over 1000 documents. I need to read them, and try to make a summery in one or two lines… Once the job is done, all documents will become available online.
