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115. Traditional boats and wooden shipbuilding.
November 20, 2025 · 1h 24m · 29 views
What this video covers
Didac Costa and Guillermo Cañardo plan to sail Chilean Patagonia from Puerto Montt to Puerto Williams aboard a patín catalán, a traditional Catalan sailing craft, departing January 2026 — a three-month passage through one of the world's most demanding sailing environments.7:33 The crew has already made a preparatory trip to Chile, staging supplies at Portomón and gathering local weather and route intelligence at Puerto Williams.19:55 The podcast also profiles Astilleros Pacho, the last surviving traditional shipyard in Asturias, located on the ría de Leo near Castropol.28:44 José Félix González Vijande, who started there at age 14 around 1940 and is now 79, describes building wooden fishing and recreational boats entirely by hand, using oak frames sourced from the Oscos hills.29:14 The yard's boats carry a vela mística — distinct from the vela latina in that the yard does not reach the bow — and his nephew Martín González continues the tradition.36:06 Xavier Agote, founder of Albaola in Pasajes, discusses the November 7 launch of a full replica of the 16th-century Basque whaling vessel San Juan, whose original wreck was found in the Labrador Peninsula in the 1970s and is listed as Underwater Heritage of Humanity.56:54
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