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Each person on our team represents a unique skill and attitude, resulting in a balanced portfolio. One theme uniting all the members - including those part of our extended team - is the passion to see sailing cargo ships make a successful return to the sea.
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Board Members
Managing Director
DANIELLE DOGGETT (CA)
SAILCARGO INC. Managing Director Danielle has 15 years experience on traditional ships & specific project management for sail-cargo initiatives. Learn more.
Technical Director
LYNX GUIMOND (CA)
World class woodworker and technical director of SAILCARGO, Lynx has crafted figureheads and carvings on Sørlandet, Europa, Morgenster, and many more.
Learn more.
Co-Founder
JOHN PORRAS (CR)
As a co-founder and key board member of Ceiba S.A., John acts as an official legal and business adviser. His knowledge of the inside workings of Costa Rican bureaucracy are intensely valuable to the team. Learn more.
Shipyard Crew
Hover over the images to learn more about our wonderful team members.
MARILYN VALVERDE SALAS (CR) | Trade & Logistics Lead
Marilyn is an award-winning ocean advocate and published author, specialized in customs administration and foreign trade from the University of Costa Rica. She has been advising Ceiba S.A. since early 2017 and is currently working on business intelligence trade research. Watch for a new document in the Shareholder Portal mid-2020!
CONTACT: [email protected]
COMPANY: Mar & Comercio (Founder)
MARVIN JIMINEZ LOPEZ (CR) | Shipwright
MARISOL VEGA CORRALES (CR) | Shipyard Cook & Head of the Woman’s Association of Punta Morales
JULIAN SOUTHCOTT (AU) I Shipwright
Julian came all the way from Australia to join us here at the shipyard in early 2019. The past months he led the team on the framing stage.
VIDEO: Assembling Ceiba’s Frames
MISAEL LEDEZMA HIDALGO (CR) I Carpentry & Construction
Misael is a fisherman from our neighbouring village Costa de Pajaros. During the Shipyard Summit in 2019 he visited the shipyard for the first time. Read his story in our blog!
BLOG: A Possible Dream
JEREMY STARN (USA) I Photographer & Media Manager
After spending one month with us in February 2019, Jeremy finally joined us full-time in August 2019. He is responsible for photography, video production and handles our media outreach as well as journalist request.
CONTACT: [email protected]
WEBSITE: www.jeremystarn.com
DAVYS VANEGAS MESEN (CR) I Sawyer & Carpenter
Davys is one of our neighbours in Punta Morales and became a full-time team member in May 2019. Next to being a core member of our shipyard construction team, he also assists in improving his team mates Spanish skills everyday.
BLOG: A Different Life
CARLOS SEQUEIRA (NIC) I Construction Builder
GUILLAUME CHOISEZ (BEL) I Carpenter & Timber Framer
ELLY FEENEY (UK) I Boatbuilder
LEA TUNNEY (DE) I Marketing & Crew Manager
Lea joined us in May 2019 and is responsible for web design and online marketing, as well as handling applications and general administration.
CONTACT: [email protected]
GERALDINE VINDAS (CR) | Accounting & Administration
Geraldine has been doing all the general accounting work since almost the very beginning, keeping us diligently on track with numbers, managing receipts and working as an advisor to the project.
LUKE SMITH (UK) I Video Producer
YAMILETH ESPINO CASTILLO (CRI) I Housekeeper
ARTUR MRUKOWSKI (PL) | Shipwright & Workshop Manager
Artur came to work with SAILCARGO INC. as a continuation from his boat building work in the UK so that he could be a part of something bigger and have the rare opportunity to work on a ship of this size.
VIDEO: Artur and his Trunnel Maker
BLOG: Here in the Tropics
BREIDY SALGUERA QUIROS (CR) I Apprentice Shipbuilder
PABLO CRUZ (UK) I Shipwright
BLOG: Harder Than Steel
MARIA VEGA (CRI) I Housekeeper
MANUEL SOREL (FR) I Shipbuilder
GERO JONAS (DE) I First Volunteer of the Project
Gero was the very first volunteer of SAILCARGO back in 2017, and has been with us right from our modest beginnings. As our long-time sawyer, Gero is working on the rough processing of the woods, using the chainsaw mill, known as Alaskan Sawmill, to cut new timber deliveries into slices.
VIDEO: Wielding the Alaskan Sawmill / Sawing a keel timber
BLOG: Coming Back to Punta Morales / From a tree to a treehouse
CRISTHIAN VEGA MATAMOROS (CRI) I Electromechanical Engineering Intern
SHANI MEINTJES (RSA/UK) I Long-Term Team Member & Food Systems Manager
Shani has been involved with various tasks both in construction and in the office, but has predominantly been a part of shipyard building, gardening and media outreach; helping to build and improve the living and working spaces to create a healthy work environment for the years to come.
VIDEO: From Belief to Reality
BLOG: Welcome to the Lofting Experience / Is it Possible to Provision Regeneratively?
DYLAN DAVENPORT (CA) I Carpenter & Shipwright
Dylan is a trained boat builder from Gabriola Island in British Columbia and joined us in October 2019. Dylan is working on cutting and plaining Ceiba’s frame pieces.
HAJATIANA RAHARIJAO (MDG) I Timber Framer & Shipbuilder
ELI MAKYNEN (CA) I Metal Working Apprentice
NICOLAS FAFCHAMPS (BEL) I Carpenter & Timber Framer
YORLENI VILLEGAS MOLINA (CRI) I Gardening Lead & President of the Women’s Association of Morales
XAVIER GRANDJAQUES (FR) I Sailor & Volunteer
IRIS OVERDEVEST (NL) I Shipwright
BLOG: When All Comes Together / Heavy Sweating, Lots of Cutting and Gallo Pinto Eating a Year Later / Chainsaws + Beaches
VIDEO: Half Model
JEROEN VISSERS (NL) I Metal Worker
Alumni
STEVE ABBOTT (CA) I Long-Term Supporter
ADRIEN CARRABIN (FR) I Timber Framer
Adrien came to join the project from southern France, where he has worked as a traditional timber-framer and decided to join SAILCARGO INC. for around 3 months to share his skills.
BLOG: A Revival of Traditional Wooden Ship Framing I From CLOUDS to MANGROVE
WYATT LAWRENCE (CA) I Shipwright
PAT WOODLAND I Master Shipwright & Shipbuilding Advisor
JOAQUÍN CARBONI (AR) | Shipyard Volunteer
Joaquín is from Buenos Aires, Argentina and joined the Ceiba project on and off between September 2018 and January 2019.
HARRISON WILLIAMS (UK) | Sailor & Volunteer
Harry is from the U.K. and holds a Master’s degree in Environmental System Engineering from University College London. He has a background in renewable energy and has helped us define our Sustainable Development Goals
VIDEO: The Shipyard Song
BLOG: Welcome to the PanAmerican Highway
MELISSA CONLON (USA) I IYRS Intern
VIDEO: IYRS Boatbuilding Inter
BLOG: Ceiba...An Externship in the Jungle of Costa Rica
AKSELI TALASOJA (FI) I Livia College
ROLAND MUNDIGER (GER) I Journeyman & Carpenter
CHARLIE HAILEY (UK) | Shipwright
Charlie joined the project in September 2018 and has dedicated many hours of hard preparatory labour towards the first phases of the build of Ceiba.
CONNIE GROCOTT (UK) | Workshop Manager & Small Boat Building Teacher
A boatbuilder from the UK, Connie has a degree in Traditional Wooden Boat Building from the International Boatbuilding Training College, Portsmouth. Connie took over responsibility for the workshops and for running the second small boat building course here at the yard.
VIDEO: Making Blocks (with Connie)
FREDERICK REHM (DE) | Shipwright
A boat builder that came to SAILCARGO INC. from Stuttgart, Freddy worked as an apprentice at one of the last traditional boat yards in Germany - Bültjer Bootswerft GmbH & Co. KG - acquiring a range of skills in restoration and reparation of traditional wooden ships.
VIDEO: Vorstellung des Projekts
BLOG: 222 Days
SILAS BUCHER (DK) | Shipwright
Silas received his formal qualification at the Erhvervsskolen Nordsjælland (Craftsman College) and holds other various qualifications, such as Able Seaman from the Martec Maritime and Polytechnic College. Silas has been part of the keel construction and contributed most of his work to the assembling of frames.
VIDEO: Making and Raising Ceiba's First Frames
BLOG: Haikus and Keels!
SIL ROMIJN (NL) I Boatbuilding Intern from HMC Amsterdam
BILL ABBOTT (CA) I Long-Term Supporter
HEATHER SMITH (CAN) I Sailor / Volunteer
BERT VAN BAAR (NL) I Lofting & Small Boat Building Teacher
Bert is a retired boatbuilding teacher from the Netherlands, who joined our project several times already to teach crucial skills to our team and to teach small boat building to fishermen from our neighbouring village Costa de Pajaros.
LUIS (CR) | Luis has been working as our tractor driver at the shipyard since the beginning, now almost 2 years ago. He comes from Punta Morales and has years of experience in his work, and is very skilled in helping unload and maneuver the lumber deliveries. However, most notably, he has been key in helping the team raise the giant ship’s hanger as well as hoisting the keel into place; two tasks without him we could not have achieved. Luis is known for his friendly smile and strong work attitude as he drives hard without pause to complete tasks at the shipyard as quickly and efficiently as possible.
Luis ha estado trabajando como nuestro conductor de tractor en el astillero desde el principio, ahora hace casi 2 años. Él viene de Punta Morales y tiene años de experiencia en su trabajo, y es muy hábil para ayudarnos a descargar y maniobrar nuestras entregas de madera. Sin embargo, lo más notable es que ha sido clave para ayudarnos a levantar la percha de la nave, y para colocar la quilla en su lugar; Dos tareas sin él que no podríamos haber logrado. Luis es conocido por su sonrisa amistosa y su actitud de trabajo duro, ya que conduce con fuerza sin pausa para completar las tareas en el astillero de la manera más rápida y eficiente posible.
FINN RICHARDSON (UK) | Photographer & Film Maker
Finn has been working to get grants and sponsorships to support the project, maintaining, caring for and improving the gardens and planting of young trees, as well as becoming a full-time film-maker; taking photos and making short videos showcasing the work which has been taking place towards the build of Ceiba.
LUUK VAN BINSBERGEN (NL) | Carpenter & Sawyer
At the “astillero”, Luuk works primarily in ripping; cutting, chainsawing, “Wood-Mizering” a huge amount of the wood for ship Ceiba. He is a Wood Sculptor from The Netherlands, who arrived at the shipyard in November 2018 and cut up the tamarindo keel scarves, cypress planking and guapinol stock for the build of Ceiba.
VIDEO: Sawing the Keel Timber
GARRY MEAGLEY (USA/CA) | Sailor / Volunteer
JOSEPH ANNEZO (FR) | Shipwright
A traditionally-trained shipwright from France, Joseph worked onsite at the AstilleroVerde for around 3 months; leading work on making the first frames of Ceiba, as well as helping construct the keel.
LEIYDI ROJAS (CR) | Cook & Seamstress
Leiydi is from Punta Morales, Costa Rica. She has assisted SAILCARGO INC. through helping cook delicious warm meals for the crew as part of the Women’s Association, as well as in repairing some of the canvas roofing tarps that shelter the build of Ceiba.
VIDEO: The AstilleroVerde Kitchen
ALIZÉE BACUET (FR) I Construction Volunteer
MARK NIALL (AU) I Shipwright
ANSELM DUVENHORST (DE) I Shipwright
JEROEN NEUROHR (DE) | HMC Intern
Jeroen was the 3rd intern from the well-known Dutch Hout en Meubilerings College to set foot in the shipyard and contribute his skills and expertise learned through his furniture-making course towards the work on Ceiba.
HUGH BARTON (CA) | Carpenter & Timber Framer
As a trained timber-framer, Hugh spent some valuable hours of his time onsite helping with the construction of the supporting stage to place keel up on its blocks, as well as with the framing stage in preparation for the framing phase.
BENJAMIN C. (FR) I Shipwright
NICOLAS TROCHON (FR) I Shipwright
VIDEO: Raising Ceiba’s Stem
LOGAN McMANUS (CR/USA) | Building Construction Lead
With experience in construction and as a builder, Logan has lived most of his time between Monteverde, Costa Rica and Florida. Logan helps with a general variety of physically-demanding tasks and has been a huge help in getting all the everyday jobs completed.
JACK McAULIFFE (USA) I Blacksmith
CHRISTOPHER “ZEAL” CHIMENTI (USA) I Shipwright
BLOG: Framing at a Glance
Join Us!
If you want to apply, please sent your CV to [email protected].
Please note that we are not considering applications at the moment with an earlier starting date than July 2020.
