August 2006
2nd August 2006
The Watergeus is finally launched again. Fully repaired, she floated again at 10:00am. I visited her a couple of hours later and she looked very good. I believe today is a very important day in the history of the boat's career.
The Watergeus afloat again
11th August 2006
The ship has been moved under own power from the yard to its mooring a bit further in the dock.
12-13-14th August 2006
Repainted the engine room today. This was the last part, besides the cargo hold, that needed to be repainted. Next week, we'll start rebuilding the roof, now in metal.
Watergeus in Sluiskil
The new construction will be a flat deck at the wheelhouse, an entrance at about 1,45m and then the original sides for the hatches. These works will take around 2 months.
26th August 2006
Today was a hard day in many ways. I was ill, the weather unstable and I had a Lister 2 cylinder to move from my home place onto my boat.
Lister being placed aboard the Watergeus
We needed the crane boat of Rinus to get the Lister on the front deck. On that same moment, we also placed two water tanks aboard. They will be used as dirty water tanks.
Water tanks being lifted by Rinus's barge
Andy bought a new boat. On his deck he had a small garden. I took it and placed it on my deck. At least some green. A Dutch barge can always be recognized by flowers and a bike...
Me and my neighbor, the Harte I
27th August 2006
Didn't feel much better, but decided to do a hard job, one I'll never do again. In my front storage space, there was a spare anchor chain. Since I want to move my anchor from the back to the front, I needed the chain to be placed on my winch. The spare chain was all rusty and rather looking like a spaghetti.
Spare chain
It took me three hours of continuous work to put the chain in place. My deck is a big mess, full of scratches and rust.
Rust everywhere
