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Climate Action Learning Camp Denmark

By |2023-08-30T12:12:19+02:0030th of August 2023|

Let’s transform our connection to nature by learning more about the plants that surround us, how we can use the wind to propel us forward and by exploring ideas and visions for our future!The Hawila Project and Acting for Climate Learning Camp offers a variety of immersive workshops from the 22nd - 24th of [...]

Our 12m long forward beamshelves

By |2021-12-16T07:11:28+02:008th of December 2021|

Forward beamshelves on Hawila Two pieces of solid oak, each of them measuring no less than 12m long. After the 6 hours of steaming necessary to make the timber pliable, the heat and moisture softened the wood fibres enough so that the beamshelves could be bent and stretched to hold [...]

Framing the forward half of Hawila

By |2021-12-13T18:43:39+02:0030th of November 2021|

Framing the forward half of Hawila In the beginning of November, Ben and Bleuenn, our shipwright friends with their amazing ship Swallow, came into Holbaek Harbour from Brittany. Beating to wind, they manoeuvred the ship under sail and moored alongside Hawila. They used only their huge sculling oars at the [...]

LIDAR scan of Hawila’s hull

By |2021-12-23T11:49:54+02:0013th of September 2021|

LIDAR scan of Hawila's hull Vivien – our volunteer naval architect – is working relentlessly on the actual and future drawings of Hawila. He bases most of his work on LIDAR 3D scans kindly made by our friend "StigAnton AN" from Kitsensors.dk at the early stage of the refit and showing [...]

Scarfing our 18m long wooden mast

By |2021-12-23T11:51:36+02:008th of September 2021|

Scarfing our 18m long wooden mast Last summer we faced a dilemma; how best to go about ensuring Hawila’s main mast was fit for purpose. Unfortunately, rot had developed in the top of the mast, and it would therefore be incapable of withstanding the huge pressures and strains that it would [...]

Our new keelson

By |2021-12-13T18:50:48+02:0013th of April 2021|

Our new keelson The keelson is of primary importance in the structure of a wooden vessel. It can be seen as the mirror of the keel, inside the ship, going from the stem to the stern with frames and floor timber sandwiched in between. On Hawila, the central keelson is [...]

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