How to make international touring sustainable This video is the result of the project and circus tour "Ripples" created in collaboration with Acting for Climate & Festival Norpas. “With the wind in our sails, the sound of the sea around us on a wooden ship without an engine, we [...]
How to turn climate anxiety into climate action “Recognise that your grief is rooted in something you love” This video is the result of the summer tour "Ripples - the sailing circus show" aboard "Swallow" created in collaboration with Acting for Climate & Festival Norpas. The performance, which took [...]
Into calm waters With the work on the frames above the waterline now completed, the team has been working on the internal vessel structure to ensure structural integrity before the craning operation. The remaining bilge stringers and beam shelves were installed in the last weeks of January and the beginning of February. [...]
Reality check The new year came with great energy after we obtained the land for building our future shipyard and craning out the ship, and with this came many ideas, meetings and conversations. At the end of January, the Hawila core team organised a whole planning weekend at our friends in the [...]
A place with many possibilities Those who have been following us for a while know that we have been trying to get Hawila permanently ashore since last summer. This is to make our work on the ship more flexible and independent, but also to give us space for workshops, events and other [...]
Teamwork makes the steam work! Since returning from the Christmas holidays, we have been focusing on the rest of the work in the stern, meaning finishing the last frames and stanchions. We have also added more bilge stringers to the bow and stern. They are strengthening the inside of the ship more [...]
Hawila needs you! Hawila needs many hands, brains, a lot of time, some money, and a huge load of love! Hawila is funded by individuals who share our vision of sustainable maritime transport and education. We are an independent and sustainable organisation that is aiming for a stable economic base. We do [...]
"That's not the bow of the ship", he said sternly... Initially, we had planned to keep Hawila’s stern intact as it appeared healthy and had received massive work in the 90s. However, things are not always as they appear on wooden ships, and while trying to fit our beam shelves aft we [...]
Bilge stringers are in This month, after finishing mid-ship framing and beam shelves, the team of German shipwrights left and were replaced by the French team with Ben and Bleuenn, who helped put the forward and mid-ship bilge stringers in. Bilge stringers are large structural timber pieces supporting the inner hull, mid-way [...]
Our galley is out Lifting out the galley marks a major milestone here at the refit of Hawila. Many memories are connected to the place where the crew not only shared common meals but also dreams and moments of togetherness. Now, with the galley on land, the work will [...]
