TIMELINE OF THE PURCHASE OF A DUTCH BARGE IN FRANCE

  Timeline of purchase and repair
Dulcinea
DATE ITEM NOTES
9/3/18 Family holiday in Provence trip
9/7/18 goodbuy dinner and kids fly trip
9/9/18 Side trip to Greece trip
9/12/18 Fly to Paris/Saint Jean trip
9/13/18 see boat purchase
9/21/18 contract to buy boat purchase
9/29/18 told there would be no dry dock until October repair
10/4/18 sent in purchase deposit purchase
10/8/18 boat hauled for inspection repair
10/10/18 first survey done- passed repair
10/11/18 surveyor changed- called for complete sandblast repair delay
10/11/18 boat back in water pending plan for repairs repair delay
11/20/18 demanded I pay for paint and sandblast- increase-- purchase
12/7/18 Hauled boat on rail for extensive work and sandblast repair delay
12/7/18 yard asked me "when I think I might want to
use the boat. Might be extensive work.” repair delay
12/15/18 engineers resurvey and make plan for redoing bottom repair delay
12/17/18 Estimate 5 weeks to repair bottom repair delay
3/8/19 New estimate is for new bottom in 2 months more repair delay
3/8/19 ordered metal plates from Holland repair
4/2/19 Steel work still not started- steel still in Holland repair delay
4/3/19 Maria and Steve to France to take Pilot lessons trip
4/5/19 Meet former owners purchase
4/11/19 Ordered Bow Thrusters since we "have time" thrusters
5/7/19 estimate June completion repair
7/25/19 debate over who pays prep for inspection of botton purchase
7/30/19 To France for summer until 9/27/19 trip
8/1/19 Paint boat repair
8/6/19 fit thruster props thrusters
8/12/19 clean out chain locker and anti-rust paint repair
8/19/19 splash scheduled splash
8/20/19 splashed boat discovered rudder bent rudder
8/20/19 begin re-builing interior repair delay
8/25/19 Sea Trial-confirmed rudder broken-has to come back out rudder
9/12/19 Phillippe said slow going due to Polystyrene insulation
and greased steel repair delay
9/24/19 Heating system repaired and working repair
9/28/19 put in insurance claim on broken rudder rudder
10/4/19 interior of boat finally put back together delay
10/27/19 paint bow locker and install shelving repair
10/29/19 send post cards to Phillippe son at school social
11/8/19 Question of who will pay for rudder rudder
11/30/19 order racor filters for fuel/drain/polish tanks repair
1/9/20 Surveyor returns to examine rudder survey
1/16/20 leave forward battery charger in bow thrusters
1/27/20 insurance guy still looking at rudder rudder
1/28/20 insurance confirmed rudder is bent rudder
1/31/20 fuel tanks cleaned out of 100 years of sludge repair
2/19/20 Get US passport so I can submit visa application trip
2/25/20 get France extended 6 month Visa trip
2/25/20 still waiting for rudder shaft rudder
2/25/20 shaft coming in 10 days rudder
2/28/20 Fly Madrid to Paris to check on boat trip
3/1/20 Steve and Maria to Saint Jean de Losne from Madrid trip
3/17/20 lockdown begins 8 weeks until May 11 lockdown
4/8/20 phillippe says hope to begin work in May lockdown
5/11/20 lockdown ends lockdown
5/20/20 Received Practical Captains license in mail -
finally from Lyon Testing center--- test
5/20/20 Book captains test for large boats with Fabrice in Dijon test
6/3/20 phippe says boat should be done in July repair delay
6/9/20 phillipe says boat should be done july 15 repair delay
6/12/20 shaft arrives- should be ready mid July rudder
6/12/20 rudder shaft arrives rudder
7/4/20 Phillippe in water to fit rudder rudder
7/14/20 rudder installed- but not finished rudder
7/18/20 Phillippe says next week rudder
7/21/20 Phillippe says rudder not yet done rudder