Construction of a Portuguese traditional ship from the Tagus river: Enviada do Seixal

2009-09-02T08:34:00.000-07:00

Workshop for beginners and intermediate wooden model ship makers

Ecomuseu Municipal do Seixal (from September of 2009 till January of 2010)

Presentation

Workshop on building plank-on-frame ship models.

The activities will take place between Mars and June 2009 in the workshop of the Núcleo Naval da Arrentela do Ecomuseu Municipal do Seixal – Portugal and will have a theoretical section about model ships and wooden ship construction and a practical part where each participant will build a 1/25 scale model of a Portuguese traditional ship from the Tagus river: The Enviada do Seixal.

The Enviada do Seixal was a sailing boat with excellent nautical qualities. She was used to transport the fish that was caught offshore the mouth of the Tagus river by bigger fishing boats like Muletas and Botes da Arte da Tartaranha.

Since 1982, the Ecomuseu Municipal do Seixal is a permanent entity of the organic structure of the Seixal council. It has got five buildings with two extensions and maintains three traditional sailing boats. Its mission is to investigate, preserve, produce written material, interpret, value and make known the human and the environment’s legacy of the local territory and population, in order to keep alive and pass on the local memories and to keep a sustainable development. (Translated and adapted from the Mission of the Ecomuseu Municipal do Seixal)

In this site you will find all the information about the construction of seven Enviadas do Seixal’s models.

In the workshop of the Núcleo Naval da Arrentela do Ecomuseu Municipal do Seixal
The draughts and the internal structure
External planking
Deck planking
Treatment of the hull
Fittings
Masting
Rigging
Finishing
Photographic dossier

We expect you to visit us regularly in our site on the Internet. You can also plan to visit the Núcleo Naval da Arrentela do Ecomuseu do Seixal – Portugal or just write to us using our email: ecomuseu@cm-seixal.pt or carlosmontalvao@gmail.com