A semi-formal update about the recent progress at the yard, in which several processes are examined: Alaskan chainsaw mill, assembling frames, lofting half and cant frames, and drilling some of the longest holes of the ship.

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While we're far from being halfway through the whole Ceiba build, we have reached a symbolic halfway mark for the framing process. From now on the bevel of the next frames turn to the aft.

Blog: What a Good Week at the Yard
Video: Assembling Ceiba's Frames

Our projects founders, Lynx and Danielle, went on a special sourcing mission which took them all the way to Haida Gwaii, near Alaska. The reason that they traveled to this northern island was to meet with the people who will source the masts of Ceiba, and to see the forests and trees first-hand.

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Almost 7m long and weighing over 2 tonnes, the Guapinol stem piece was felled by a landslide 20 km from the shipyard. Adding shape and character to the ship, the stem now stands tall in its rightful place, overlooking the Gulf of Nicoya for the time being.

Video: Raising Ceiba’s Stem

Misael was introduced to the AstilleroVerde for the first time during our shipyard summit in early May. Since then he has been working with us and got to know the community and the dream that we all share.

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The project around building Ceiba is followed by many people around the world. Before she came to Punta Morales to be a part of SAILCARGO, Emma watched the awakening of Ceiba from Europe.

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Alizée writes about the beautiful vision of Ceiba, the big smile of Mariangel in the muddy waters of the white beach and the sunset views from the shipyard.

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Until today our shipwright Fred spent 222 days at the SAILCARGO shipyard. A lot has happened in those days and Fred is sharing some of the experiences that he made here in Costa Rica and how much progress the team achieved in the past month.

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Iris has been part of our team back in 2018 and came back once again to join us at our jungle shipyard. She is sharing her experience of coming back and seeing all the changes and the progress that the team achieved during her absence.

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Adrien was fascinated how the shipyard is independent of industrial intermediaries and how traditional skills are being saved and passed on. He describes how the ancient technique of framing is fading into obscurity, but this rare process is brought back to life here at SAILCARGO.

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Our non-profit association, AstilleroVerde, held its first boat building course in March 2019, which was attended by local artisanal fishermen from the nearby fishing village of Costa de Pájaros. For more information please check the website www.astilleroverde.org.

Video: Building "La Primavela”

Hoisting the first frame was achieved through pure ‘person-power’ ; hauling and lifting the giant that is Frame No. 48 up into the sky with the use of ropes rigged to keel, hanger and hand. Many strong arms heaved ropes through a pulley system, hoisting the first frame up onto the keel.

Blog: A Revival of Traditional Wooden Ship Framing
Video: TIMELAPSE - Raising Ceiba's Frames

From time to time, yardies drive up in the mountains of Monteverde to cut trees. Adrien shares his experience of sleeping on a local coffee farm and of contributing a part to the project through his woodworking.

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Found in a car park in Victoria, British Columbia, this impressive piece of machinery, built in 1927, was restored here at the shipyard. A life revived, we gave a new purpose to this old machine.

Video: Restoring an Antique Ship Saw

Beside his poetic facet, Silas is a talented shipwright that spent more than seven months at AstilleroVerde. As one of the leaders in the team, he took a big part in the success of our first milestone: laying Ceiba’s keel.

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During all those times we read history books about a ship beginning on the day the keel is laid, it had never occurred to us just how much work had to be put in prior to that special day... The keel of Ceiba was laid on January 8th, 2019.

Video: Laying Ceiba's Keel

Christmas Eve of 2018, the team of SAILCARGO didn’t gather around a tree but around concrete posts and boards. By giving a special gift to a nice family, the christmas spirit was felt all around.

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