The heaviest being those strakes known as wales. Subscribe to our newsletter if you would like to stay updated on developments in our growing company and community. The planking, or strakes as shipbuilders call them, of a wooden hulled ship were not all of the same thickness. Plans for additional Ceiba Line vessels have already started. The AstilleroVerde shipyard in Costa Rica has become a model for sustainable practices in vulnerable coastal communities and might be replicated in the Caribbean Basin in the near future.

Throughout the project we have received enquiries from around the world about expanding our work.

We are particularly inspired by the environmental, educational and social aspects of this unique sector. team draws from a deep well of knowledge and connection. Thanks to diverse personal experience within the emerging sailing cargo market, the SAILCARGO INC. Spectre, a boating writer, begins with the construction of Viking ships and progresses through the age of the fighting sail. It is a beacon for sustainable wooden shipbuilding, supporting education and training in our coastal community and delivering annual tree-planting programs. Our green shipyard AstilleroVerde quickly became a project in its own right.

started with the idea of constructing a wooden sailing vessel for emission-free cargo transportation.

Wooden ship construction