Heino, Mr. Diesel, just left and he has solved the problem, I ran into on the engine last Saturday. Now I still have to put it together. With a little luck I might be on my way back to Amsterdam on the Wednesday night Standing Mast Route.
October 6th, 2009
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Tuesday Evening
Tuesday, October 6th, 2009Monday V-dam, Tuesday 6 Oct still stuck in D-dam
Tuesday, October 6th, 2009I got a break yesterday from staring at the broken down engine in Durgerdam. This evening Mr. Diesel is going to take a look at the problem.
This morning I have been sorting close to 400 pictures Marrie Nieuwboer-van Halteren copied for me of the entire restauration process of the “Groote Beer” ( see https://cometosea.us/albums/GrooteBeer.htm ) This in addtion of the ones I have taken/collected over the years. I met up with an American lady, Christine, at the historic Nieuwboer Botter shipyard in Spakenburg, who remembers the G.B. from the time the G.B. came to New England in 1953. She was able to fill in many of the blanks, particularly about the first American owner, Charles Donnelly. We all went from the Spakenburg yard to see the G.B. at her moorage in Volendam. The owner, Jan Willem de la Porte, was away. I am going to beg him to be along on one of the next sailing opportunities. Henk van Halteren tells me that it’s an experience you will not forget once this lumbering giant gets going. Stick around for the pictures….
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- “Groote Beer” in V-dam
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- “Brontoliet” (Thunder Stone)
