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Ceiba, a sailboat capable of transporting 350 tons, being built in Costa Rica
Marco Sibaja, The Tico Times Energy Solutions Fisheries & Aquaculture
When its construction is complete, it will be 45 meters long and will be able to transport 350 tons of cargo, equivalent to nine containers. It will be called Ceiba, like the sacred tree of the Mayans, the tree of life.
The shipyard in the small coastal town of Punta Morales is a Tower of Babel where French, Germans, Belgians, Poles, and Costa Ricans sand wood, shape the ship’s “ribs” and screw the pieces of the future boat into place.
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