9th January 2021 – It was a very cold night. We noticed it last night when decks were frozen. The canal was back on its normal water level but it had frozen very hard. I wasn’t expecting it to be so cold, so I hadn’t put on the heating on the boats. I quickly put them on but there was no damage!
8th January 2021 – Water was again very low but when I arrived in Bruges, I was surprised to see the Stern hanging in its ropes and the Watergeus being grounded. I heard from two other neighbours they were also touching the bottom of the canal with their barge.
26th September 2020 – At least some good news, I have a new mast for the Watergeus. It is coming from the Jeanne, a spits barges which was moored in Furnes in the past. Now it is likely heading to the scrapyard.
11th August 2020 – To hot to work, to hot to sleep. These were the issues I was having. I didn’t sleep much last night, was up to early and was getting nervous. I jumped into my little boat and started floating around taking pictures of my ships.
8th July 2020 – I mounted the led lights on the terras. It looked great for a very short while. I started smelling something and the fuse went out…
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!
7th June 2020 – Final touches were done to make the accommodation ready again for renting out. Looking forward to start renting it out next month.
1st June 2020 – My father cleaned the den, my mother did some painting in the back accommodation and I worked in the wheelhouse.
31st May 2020 – I did some repairs in the back accommodation. The idea is to rent it out again so it must be clean. My mother comes tomorrow to give it a fresh coat of paint.
28th May 2020 – My parents came to do the gardening around the Watergeus
10th May 2020 – Ten years ago I bought a cabinet for the Watergeus but never had room to put it. Now it is my workshop.
6th May 2020 – While I had to do some painting, I repaired damaged parts aboard the Watergeus.
5th May 2020 – A small addition to the workshop….
3rd May 2020 – While I had to paint the other side of the metal hatch and the lightboxes for Tordino, I repainted the skylight and a part of the front deck of the Watergeus.
2nd May 2020 – I continued cleaning metal, finishing the hatch I started yesterday evening. Then I did the second lightbox for Tordino.
