Cut this intro to our latest #boatbuilding episode but couldnβt help but share it as a bonus #video
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We are a non-profit association hand-building a 41ft Polynesian-inspired wooden catamaran as a research & storytelling vessel exploring regenerative futures. Building in Bretagne, France. Www.floatingstorieslab.org
Cut this intro to our latest #boatbuilding episode but couldnβt help but share it as a bonus #video
youtu.be/DYJsmkjFOxc?...
So excited to be coming to Port Townsend for the famous Wooden Boat Festival
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We reached a milestone, drawing the lines of our 41ft wooden catamaran.
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Last day to apply for our Citizen Science Creative Residency to be held in #Brittany October 3-10.
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I built a floor ππΌ Now to build the 41ft wooden catamaran on top of it π @floatingstorieslab.bsky.social
28.07.2025 20:16 β π 1 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0We had a team of volunteers help on the first day of flooring construction but itβs been @angierichard.bsky.social chipping away since, solo. Much slower alone but almost there!
24.07.2025 06:29 β π 1 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0Our work site flooring is coming along!
24.07.2025 06:28 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Weβd only just started the boat buildβ¦then tragedy struck π€
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Weβre IN the boatyard! Let the build begin! open.substack.com/pub/voyagevi...
16.06.2025 11:31 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Time to revise the narrative on boat cemeteries. open.substack.com/pub/voyagevi...
26.05.2025 16:55 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 1Weβve had such an incredible time touring the Women & the Wind film with these incredible ladies.
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Exciting news: we have registered the Floating Stories Lab as a non-profit association here in France. open.substack.com/pub/voyagevi...
23.03.2025 22:00 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Our new Fire Pit Talks series launched today π Angie sat down with solo sailor Kiana Weltzien for a raw, intimate long-form chat as you would deck-side around the fire pit of a Polynesian voyaging canoe.
06.03.2025 21:14 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Bulkheads with beam troughs attached to backbone then stringers ππΌ
We are logging the build process on Substack open.substack.com/pub/voyagevi...
Ha. βHullβ no hulk π
02.02.2025 20:03 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0The mini hulk coming along πβ΅οΈ
02.02.2025 20:03 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 2 π 0Winter in Bretagne (after the back to back storms π ) π
31.01.2025 21:53 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0The model build progresses! open.substack.com/pub/voyagevi...
22.01.2025 17:04 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 1Welcomed a #boatbuilding friend/elder/advisor today for lunch and he brought some iconic #wharramdesigns #catamaran shots of βTehiniβ πβ΅οΈ
21.01.2025 21:45 β π 7 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0Man and young boy leaning over a table reading boat building plans.
Woman holding the framing of a model bulkhead section of a boat.
Boy glueing model plywood to the backbone of a wooden catamaran hull.
Man holding a model boat being built, unfinished.
The beginning of our 41ft #polynesian inspired #wharramdesigns wooden #catamaran build. Starting with a 1:10 scale model of one hull. Fiddly little thing but great to get our heads around the plans and make mistakes now to save us time and money when we start the big one.
20.01.2025 21:53 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 1Never thought Iβd be adding boat building to my artist portfolio, but here we go. Starting with a 1:10 scale model of our 41ft #wharram wooden #catamaran π
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