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.

English | Nederlands

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.

English | Français

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.

English | Français

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.

English | Dansk

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.

English | Deutsch

We care about our environment, the green forests, all of the world’s beautiful landscapes and the deep oceans. Waste on the beach does not only bother us, but all the animals that have to suffer from it. So we decided to clean up a bit.

English | Español

Artur describes how he came to the shipyard, what building a boat of this size is like for him at this stage of his career and talks about the importance of trading in accordance to the environment to not destroy the earth.

English | Polski

Lofting is a technical drawing / drafting technique whereby curved lines are created to form the shape of the streamlined object in full-sized patterns. The lofting of Ceiba was led by master shipwright Bert van Baar.

Blogs: Welcome to the Lofting Experience / Lofting en la Lluvia
Videos: A Ship in the Lines / Tip of the Iceberg

Gero, one of our first volunteers, came back to support our team in October 2018. A lot has happened since he has left!

English | Deutsch

Rainy season means sprouting plants and soaking wet Yardies. During the lofting workshop, rain poured down heavily on Punta Morales, which was quite challenging sometimes. Chris faced the weather and learned how to loft along with other interested attendees.

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After almost completing the shipyard infrastructure, the first curves and lines started to shape Ceiba. Shani took part of the lofting workshop led by master shipwright Bert van Baar from the Netherlands and gives insight into the art of drawing a boat.

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Sam joined us for his university internship in May 2018 and didn’t expect to be overwhelmed by the confidence and the team spirit within the project.

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In July 2018 the expansive canvas covers of the shipbuilding hangar were installed, which were sewn into custom dimension here at the shipyard. These heavy canvas covers provide essential shade to our shipbuilders and their installation marked the finalization of our shipbuilding hangar.

The four elements that surround us every day can’t only be taken literally, but be interpreted on a whole new semantic level. Lilly shares her impressions of living and working in and with the nature.

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Joinery in Europe is different from Costa Rica, as Eleanore and Maté experienced. They brought much to the shipyard, but also learning new skills and discovering different ways to use materials is a gift they took with them.

English | Magyar