21 May All clear to go
Finally! All went well today and the Certification agency has approved.
Tomorrow morning our guests will board and we will leave Zaandam to go to Aberdeen, the start of ...
May 2015
19 May The hour of truth
This morning the 'Oosterschelde' went back into the water. The intermediate shaft is installed and the gearbox and the engine are realigned. Tomorrow we need to fasten ...
16 May Forced rest
The shaft has been inspected and has a new flange. Yesterday we placed everything back, including the propeller so we could also put the rudder back into place. At this ...
13 May Step by step
Step by step we try to eliminate the possible causes of the vibration. The shaft has been checked and had a deviation of 5 hundredths of a millimetre. Then we measured the...
08 May Propeller shaft
Because the repair and reinstatement of the flange did not make any difference, there is nothing else to do than to check the propeller shaft itself. All the dry docks in ...
05 May The search continues
The reinforcement of the foundation of the gearbox did not have the desired effect. For a while it seemed to work, but some time later we saw some movement again. We will ...
04 May A small disaster
The 'Oosterschelde' is still in Dordrecht and cannot sail yet. Literally while casting off on Friday to sail to Rotterdam, we discovered a strange vibration in the brand ...
