8th May 2008 – My skin completely burned from the sun and the tar, I decided working a little slower today by sanding the wheelhouse, painting the stern and giving a final coat of paint on the front (boeisel).
Again some nice vessels passed by…
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7th May 2008 – I mainly painted the hull today, since I use a brush it takes much longer then expected. Why a brush? Well with a brush you can get the tar more deeper in the corners and rust places on the plates and overlapping’s.
In the morning I helped my neighbour to help her hanging her Tibetan flags. Life is so much easier with an aluminum mast instead of a full metal one like mine.
6th May 2008 – Today we painted most of the ship parts in primer, some of them already in their final colour. Items painted today were:
In the evening I went getting a propeller of a spits barge. It will be used as decoration on the front cabin. After putting this heavy piece on deck, I started painting the hull with tar. It was already less hot, so it was nicer to paint it black!
4th May 2008 – Today, most of the old paint was removed from the windows and wheelhouse.
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2nd May 2008 – I woke up with a headache and fever. Yesterday I was still fine, but now I just couldn’t do much. I decided to sleep, but my parents, decided to continue removing paint from the roof of the accommodation, right above where I sleep. Hammers bashing, tools scrapping, well I didn’t sleep at all.
1st May 2008 – Today I put the insulation and anti-damp foil on the port side.
27th April 2008 – Still to hot, but I had to do something, so I cleaned the anchor winch at the back of the ship. I remember me saying last year never again an anchor winch, but I had to be done.
26th April 2008 – To hot to work is an easy excuse. I worked on the insulation, putting insulation in the walls on the side of the ship. After 3 packs I had to quit, I could no longer breath or see anything through my eyes.
So I just decided to sit outside and do some paperwork.
22nd April 2008 – I decided, since it was a nice evening to continue to weld and clean the crane. At the end of the evening I put a coat of primer on the crane to prevent it from rusting.
20th April 2008 – Lovely weather today. Since I had been working quiet hard for the last couple of weeks, it was time to have a break and visit my friends in Sluiskil and Terneuzen. Before leaving, I decided to take another picture of my crane, now with sunshine.
While in Terneuzen, I went looking at the Arma that was dry-docked for inspection. She really is a nice looking vessel. 
19th April 2008 – Wood working today! We continued the side of land so the frame structure is now finished and ready for insulation in the coming week.
Furthermore we build a wall that closes of the technical room in the front from the hold. In the technical hold are the water tanks, fuel tank, water pumps, spare wood, etc…
By the end of the evening,t he whole wall was built.
18th April 2008 – Painted around the windows on the inside. When a wooden frame is around the windows, it is no longer possible to paint the metal behind it. Metal will always be visible around the portholes, so I decided to paint it know while it was still easy to handle.
In the late evening two friends came. One of them is a good welder, so he could help me sorting out the crane and place it on the back. After two hours of hard work, the crane is in position and working. It is solid, but no enough for a lifeboat yet. I’ll try finishing the welding tomorrow.
16th April 2008 – I have mainly been thinking on how to create inspection hatches for the hold and to find a solution for the portholes.
In the evening I protected the wood against rotting and wood worms, a job that took me much longer then I expected. I had to do it know since Saturday we will put the insulation and the wood against it.
14th April 2008 – While bolting a porthole the cast iron around broke in several parts. I repaired it with filler, but I need to find another option for the future. Also another porthole was leaking. I couldn’t find where so I put some mastic around the whole porthole. Let’s hope it is solved.
The remaining side of the hold was put in line oil.
13th April 2008 – I can now honestly say the floor is finished. A third layer has been put, so I believe it will be solid enough for he next couple of years. After a first layer of wood and multiplex, a second layer with wood and insulation, the last layer is again multiplex. On top of the multiplex, I’ll add a decent floor in the future.
Furthermore the original shipping floor in Azobe wood that is saved was put back in the hold.
