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Three Months Building CEIBA

Manu, a shipbuilder from Belgium, joined SAILCARGO in October 2020, and since then he has been an important member of the team responsible for raising, assembling and fairing the last stern half frames. Three months after and with almost all the frames in place, Manu gives us an insight into his days at the shipyard.

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Blog Elly Feeney Blog Elly Feeney

On the Turn

Shipbuilder Elly joined our team in October 2019 and has spent most of her time working on Ceiba’s framing stage and in the wood workshop. In this blog she explains the process of making coaks and trunnels after eleven months at the shipyard.

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Blog Artur Ryszard Mrukowski Blog Artur Ryszard Mrukowski

Rig on a Brig

This article is our “Introduction to Rigging”. Polish shipwright Artur is design the rigging for our vessel Ceiba and gives some insight into the first steps of this lengthy process.

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Blog Jeremy Starn Blog Jeremy Starn

Light at the End of the Ship

Photographer Jeremy Starn writes about his experience taking and sharing pictures at the shipyard. He talks about what it’s like to photograph in the tropics and at a jungle shipyard. Using a few photos as examples, he recalls stories of different images and how they came about.

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Finished Stern Deadwoods

The deadwoods are the aftermost massive timbers that create the backbone portions of our ship Ceiba. They are strategically positioned in an interlocking pattern to offer support for the stern half frames, rudder, transom, and propellers. There are twelve deadwoods in total, counting the stern post knee.

Gallery: Stern Deadwoods

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Blog Yamileth Espino Blog Yamileth Espino

A Changing Life

Yami is a young woman for our village Punta Morales who joined our kitchen and maintenance team in mid 2019. In her blog she talks about the exciting opportunity that our shipyard has given her.

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Keelson Installed

The keelson has been put up and bolted into place. The massive bolts hold the keelson, frames, and the keel together. Fastening the keelson included drilling and bolting thirty holes, one for every full frame.

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Blog Marilyn Valverde Salas Blog Marilyn Valverde Salas

Sailing Cargo Through the Buzz

To say that taking over #seashippingchange for a Central American woman is an empowering thing, is an understatement. We will dive into Marilyn's perspective of what is materializing in the shipyard office regarding Trade and Logistics to sail cargo.

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Blog Pablo Cruz Gilmour Blog Pablo Cruz Gilmour

On the Horizon

To properly build our ship, the order in which things are done is critical. This journal entry is aimed at giving you a deeper insight into what is happening in the weeks to come; complete with technical information, terms and diagrams.

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Blog Davys Vanegas Mesen Blog Davys Vanegas Mesen

A Different Life

Two years ago Davys and his wife decided to leave the busy capital of Costa Rica to move to this little village, Punta Morales. Here Davys did not only find tranquility and a beautiful place to raise their son, but also employment at the shipyard and a new found passion for sustainability and wooden shipbuilding.

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Blog Shani Meintjes Blog Shani Meintjes

Regenerative Provisioning

Shani gives us an insight into the thoughts behind moving towards provisioning regeneratively. The ideas that support self-sufficiency and true sustainability, from growing more food onsite to sourcing package-free grains, are gradually evolving in the visual introduction to this project.

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Blog Iris Overdevest Blog Iris Overdevest

When All Comes Together

For the third time Iris came to Costa Rica to join us at our shipyard. In the past eight months while she was gone we hired many more Costa Ricans from our community in Punta Morales. In this post Iris describes how it is to work with people from so many different backgrounds.

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Harder than Steel

British/Mexican shipwright Pablo Cruz Gilmour dives into his experiences building Ceiba’s frames, working with a variety of local hardwoods and how they are sourced. Technical and informal, this post is full of all the hands-on information woodworkers are so eager to know.

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Framing at a Glance

Accomplished captain and shipwright Zeal from Washington describes his experience of working on the framing stage in this blog post, “Framing at a Glance”. Combining technical detail with elegant prose, this post is well worth reading.

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One Year Anniversary

Just one year ago we laid Ceiba’s keel. It feels like yesterday, but the impressive size this ship has grown, and clearly shows the time that has passed since this day. We celebrated this day with a talent show inside of Ceiba and with a special video release.

Video: 2019 Year In Review

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