Richard
Mon Apr 19 10:00:00 EDT 2010, Cajaíba, Baia de Camamu, Brazil

Notching the frames of a small boat using a hacksaw (not in this picture) and chisel.

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Richard
Sun Apr 18 10:00:00 EDT 2010, Cajaíba, Baia de Camamu, Brazil

Shaping the edge of a (upside-down) schooner transom (the back of the boat).

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Richard
Sat Apr 17 10:00:00 EDT 2010, Cajaíba, Baia de Camamu, Brazil

This is a typical Brazilian tourist schooner, about to be worked on.

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Richard
Fri Apr 16 10:00:00 EDT 2010, Cajaiba, Baia de Camamu, Brazil

To make more useful sizes of boards from the big pieces of timber that are delivered, workers take a chainsaw to the timber to cut boards from it. Getting a long cut, straight enough to be used for making a board, requires a lot of practice.

Note the complete lack of eye and foot protection. No one I saw wore eye protection in the boatyards, and the only workers not wearing flip-flops are the ones in bare feet.

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Richard
Thu Apr 15 10:00:00 EDT 2010, Cajaíba, Baia de Camamu, Brazil

Unloading lumber off a truck to where I believe a boat will be built. The stakes in the water keep the wood from floating away. Note how thick some of the lumber is. I'll explain why tomorrow.

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Richard
Tue Apr 13 19:59:31 EDT 2010, Cajaíba, Baia de Camamu, Bahia, Brazil

Glug, glug, glug.

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Richard
Mon Apr 12 19:58:24 EDT 2010, Cajaíba, Baia de Camamu, Bahia, Brazil

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Richard
Sun Apr 11 19:55:19 EDT 2010, Cajaíba, Baia de Camamu, Bahia, Brazil

Sorting thru the wood.

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Richard
Sat Apr 10 19:53:54 EDT 2010, Cajaíba, Baia de Camamu, Bahia, Brazil

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Richard
Sat Apr 10 19:49:28 EDT 2010, Cajaíba, Baia de Camamu, Bahia, Brazil

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