Camamu, Bahia, Brazil
Two 25m wooden schooners under construction in the boatyard Estaleiro Camarada at Camamu. The owner, Elpidio Caetano, kindly gave us a lift to the boatyard (Camamu is very shallow) and showed us around.On the schooner in the foreground, the frames (ribs) are made of piki, the middle, yellow plank is tatajouba, and both the upper (brown) plank and rubrail (red) are massaranduba. Though the keel cannot be seen, it is made of oiti. Massaranduba is an extremely strong, rot-resistant wood, which is quite difficult to put nails into (it dulls them). Tatajouba is rot-resistant and strong. Oiti is resistant to both rot and worms “after the boat dies, the keel continues”. All fasteners are galvanized.

Update, June 3, 2012:
I received an email from Antonio Candal Garcia, who has one of Estaleiro Camarada’s schooners for sale.   The ad shows a great looking boat.  More information is available at http://www.facebook.com/schoonerresort