Cajaíba, Baia de Camamu, Brazil
Notching the frames of a small boat using a hacksaw (not in this picture) and chisel.

Cajaíba, Baia de Camamu, Brazil
Shaping the edge of a (upside-down) schooner transom (the back of the boat).

Cajaíba, Baia de Camamu, Brazil
This is a typical Brazilian tourist schooner, about to be worked on.

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.

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.

Cajaíba, Baia de Camamu, Bahia, Brazil
Glug, glug, glug.

Cajaíba, Baia de Camamu, Bahia, Brazil

Cajaíba, Baia de Camamu, Bahia, Brazil
Sorting thru the wood.

Cajaíba, Baia de Camamu, Bahia, Brazil

Cajaíba, Baia de Camamu, Bahia, Brazil