Tugboat ALPHA (build 1930) 18.32 x 4.78 x 1.85 mtrs Engine: Worthington BB6 (180hp)
It’s been fun while it lasted. I’ve tried hard to keep this blog up and running and post at a regular interval. It seems to be getting harder and harder when work starts to dominate my life. Although this might be changing soon as I start at a new job, I think I can safely [...]
I stumbled upon this marvelous site that allows you to psyche yourself and have yourself psyched by others. Well, here are the results: Do you know me really well? Psyche me and we can see if I have the right self-image by clicking here. Or psyche yourself and ask me to psyche you….
After a windless regatta called “Rondje Tiengemeten” on Saturday October 20th (photos here) we set sail for Sint Anneland on Sunday for the start of the yearly recurring event “De Bietentocht”. It’s a tour for old sailing cargoboats which takes us in 3 days to different places on the most traditional and original way. This [...]
It’s been a while since my last post. A lot has changed also, for example my job. I’ve left my former employer 2organize in favor of a new one: ISM eCompany. Since my roots lay with internet development, as you can see at this site, I wanted to focus more on online concepts and applications. [...]
Since I love to go sailing and own a tugboat, I love to see my girlfriend enjoying it as much as I do.
It's my girlfriends daughters birthday in two days and we've bought here a Nintendo DS Lite (black). Ok, ok…if she's not home or in bed, of course we can use it too Searched the internet for DS stuff and found some amazing piece of hardware/software, the R4-Revolution for DS. It allows me to run homebrew [...]
On June 15 we (and 147 others) have broken the record from the World Guinness Book Of Records for the "Largest Flotilla of Tugboats" A photo impression van be found in my Photo Gallery and below is the greeting brought by all skippers when the Captain of the Fleet arrives. More videos and photos to [...]
This weekend, we fired up the 6 cilinder beast ( a Worthington BB6, 180Pk) in my Tugboat again.By blowing air (217 PSI / 15 BAR) through the cilinders to get it turning and then switching from air to fuel it should start to run. The first attempt to get it started failed. After checking al [...]
