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I've the same feeling when I watch videos of Aurora... :rofl:

The initial plan is to start in the foreship and after the foreship is empty continue with the saloon. That we it would have been easier to store things.But within 6-12 month it was planned to strip the interior in both sections. Including to build an improvised gally in the wheelhouse. After...

Since the last post a lot of things happened. We were on the search for a non existing leak in the hull and destroyed the whole interior. The priorities switched a little bit when we removed the cork isolation in the saloon area. Wow, that's a lot of rust... We probably have to put new frames in...

Thank you @PNK Going to Harlingen and talk to all the tall ship people there is very high up on our to do list. Currently Europa is located at the Azores. But when she is back we will contact her captain and friendly ask for a tour and and an interview. I think it's also something very...

Thanks for all your comments, the advices and the interest you show. Sharing this experience is a very important aspect of this adventure for us. The wheelhouse dates back to her fishing days. It had roughly the same hight but was shorter because it had no doors on the side. The entrance was...

I can write something about the wheelhouse tomorrow. Currently we are not on the hard. We are in a marina near Amsterdam. Marina fees are quite affordable over here. We pay about 250€ a month. But time on the hard isn't. Usually it's way cheaper to get the stuff done by the yard. Quick...

Today we pumped out about 600 liters bilge water that accumulated over the last 5 weeks or so. I think it's time for the haul out... Thanks for all the answers. Please have in mind that I spend the last few hours in the dinghy moving that bilge water to the pump out station. After driving 200...

I think that's a good starting point for a discussion about our first big project. Well, we have a rust problem in an unknown dimension. At least from the inside we want to treat the hull mostly DIY. We want to start in the foreship because we do not use that compartment of the hull for...

The reason we want to address the rust issue first is to give us more time for the other projects. The vision is to convert her back into a tops'l schooner. So two masts and square topsails on the schooner mast. For that we need the rig, we have to lower the quarter deck down to bulwark hight...

Hi folks, I'm Daniel and I bought myself a huge (in any meaning) project. Together with my girlfriend Barbara we want to restore her back to the sailing ship she once was. The boat was built 1950 in The Netherlands. Maybe some parts like the frames are even older since they look like they...