7th October 2023 – As an annual daytrip, we went to Maassluis to the event Furieade. Visited some ships, the museum and made a boat trip. I came home with books, frames, some decoration for the museum, etc… A day very well spent.
5th October 2023 – Still insulating the extension of the library.
4th October 2023 – My mother spent a whole day painting the ship. The weather was fine so, which is rare in this period of the year. So we have to take the most of what we can!
2nd October 2023 – The back accommodation received a new coat of white paint.
1st October 2023 – I painted the roof of the back accommodation and the hathces at the front. The green I had ordered is not really what I expected. Likely I will repaint the hatches with a different colour.
27th September 2023 – The Osaka was pushing a lighter.
27th September 2023 – Mainly painted today, the front is now covered with one coat of primer. The car crane received a second coat of paint.
I also mounted a porthole in the front hatch. Should give me enough light to work in that area.
26th September 2023 – My mother oiled the skylight and namesign. She gave a first coat of paint to the car crane.
In the evening I removed paint from the front of the ship.
17th September 2023 – I painted the inside of the entrance where it was welded. I added some silicone around the welds in case there would be a small leak. You never know…
The biggest problem at the moment is space. I can barely turn around in such a small space, never mind work. I insulated one side and mut some plywood in front of it. At least I got ride of some wood and insulation, giving me some more space…
16th September 2023 – I broke down a part of the workshop at the front of the ship, reused to wood to raise the floor, built a small stage for the stair and mounted the stair. All written in one sentence, but it took me a whole day….
The good thing is I’m still feeling confident it will work out fine. I hadn’t done a conversion on a ship for a while, but it felt good!
The stairs have been aboard the ship since I own her but I can’t remember where I got them from… They are extremely heavy to move around.
15th September 2023 – In the late afternoon I hoovered parts of the front. When walking and measuring, I got to much dust around in the museum. I scraped the rust from the corners of the front tabernakels and made them ready for painting.
In the evening I continued scanning books and postcards
14th September 2023 – Just finished the entrance from the outside. We cut the hole to the hold and finished some more little details.
13th September 2023 – The Avery was heading to Ostend.
9th September 2023 – Way to warm to work aboard. I have to be here for visitors, so I scanned postcards with a ventilator next to me…
Around 400 postcards were scanned. To get an impression…
8th September 2023 – I was just in time to take some pictures of a beautiful luxe motor Stormvogel heading to Nieuwpoort.
