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 [...]
The final reports of our summer collaborations Part of the cooperation with Acting for Climate and Festival Norpas were the last two joint meetings where we compiled the results of the big summer tour with "Ripples - the sailing circus show". One meeting took place in Finland, the other in Norway, both times we experienced stormy [...]
Hawila visiting Copenhagen If you follow us for a while, you might know that before the refit started in Holbæk, Hawila was located in Denmark's capital city Copenhagen. So, it's only natural that our visit to the Kultur Caféen in Christiania felt like coming home. The cosy interior, homely vibes and the many familiar faces [...]
Teaching life skills At one of the lovely community dinners over at the cultural & environmental collective Makvärket, we met Stine, who coordinates HOME-START, a volunteer organisation, which offers help and care for families with small children. In the conversation, Stine mentioned that she works with a few mothers, who have never learned how to [...]
We reap what we saw Since our refit started in 2020, we have collaborated with the organic farming collective Svanholm Gods. In exchange for a day of work on the field, we receive their organic, seasonal vegetables, which we turn into healthy meals for our team. Each time we visit, we are greeted [...]
Three ships, one mission! Following the annual sail cargo alliance meeting hosted by New Dawn Traders in Cornwall, England, our team decided to pass by our friends and partners in the Netherlands on the way back to Denmark. Our busy schedule brought us to Amsterdam, Harlingen and Den Helder. We visited SAILCARGO INC. [...]
Craftship event for gender minorities In the first week of August, a small group of us returned from sailing, cycling, and holidaying to welcome Under Ombygning, a collective of non-binary, trans, and female tradespeople/construction workers for the week. The collective meets once per month in a social setting to provide a space for [...]
3km of rigging cables were donated to Hawila by Sailmaster BV This week we have received about 3km of rigging steel cables of various sizes, which were donated to us by Richard Tefsen, proprietor at Sailmaster BV, from Harlingen (the Netherlands). Sailmaster BV mainly works on large new-built projects and the [...]
Fair Transport came to visit Hawila in Holbaek Last week, Joop and Sabine, the directors of Fairtransport, came to Denmark to visit us and S/V Hawila, which is currently being refitted as a sailing cargo vessel. Fair Transport are the pioneers of the sailing cargo community with their iconic engineless [...]
