Floating Stories Lab
@floatingstorieslab.bsky.social
We are a non-profit association hand-building a 41ft Polynesian-inspired wooden catamaran as a research & storytelling vessel exploring regenerative futures.
Building in Bretagne, France.
Www.floatingstorieslab.org
Building in Bretagne, France.
Www.floatingstorieslab.org
Cut this intro to our latest #boatbuilding episode but couldn’t help but share it as a bonus #video
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Visiting a Tiki 28 and Hitia 17 with Hanneke Boon in Bretagne (Bonus Video)
YouTube video by The Floating Stories Lab
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October 30, 2025 at 8:54 AM
Cut this intro to our latest #boatbuilding episode but couldn’t help but share it as a bonus #video
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So excited to be coming to Port Townsend for the famous Wooden Boat Festival
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Guess who's coming to the Port Townsend Wooden Boat Festival?!
YouTube video by The Floating Stories Lab
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August 15, 2025 at 5:55 PM
So excited to be coming to Port Townsend for the famous Wooden Boat Festival
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We reached a milestone, drawing the lines of our 41ft wooden catamaran.
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Drawing the Lines
Milestone Moment with our Boat Build
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August 15, 2025 at 6:32 AM
We reached a milestone, drawing the lines of our 41ft wooden catamaran.
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Last day to apply for our Citizen Science Creative Residency to be held in #Brittany October 3-10.
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July 31, 2025 at 6:52 AM
Last day to apply for our Citizen Science Creative Residency to be held in #Brittany October 3-10.
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I built a floor 🙌🏼 Now to build the 41ft wooden catamaran on top of it 😅 @floatingstorieslab.bsky.social
July 28, 2025 at 8:16 PM
I built a floor 🙌🏼 Now to build the 41ft wooden catamaran on top of it 😅 @floatingstorieslab.bsky.social
We had a team of volunteers help on the first day of flooring construction but it’s been @angierichard.bsky.social chipping away since, solo. Much slower alone but almost there!
July 24, 2025 at 6:29 AM
We had a team of volunteers help on the first day of flooring construction but it’s been @angierichard.bsky.social chipping away since, solo. Much slower alone but almost there!
Our work site flooring is coming along!
July 24, 2025 at 6:28 AM
Our work site flooring is coming along!
We’re IN the boatyard! Let the build begin! open.substack.com/pub/voyagevi...
We are IN the boatyard!
Keys in Hand. Let's GO.
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June 16, 2025 at 11:31 AM
We’re IN the boatyard! Let the build begin! open.substack.com/pub/voyagevi...
Time to revise the narrative on boat cemeteries. open.substack.com/pub/voyagevi...
Boat Cemeteries as Conservation or Pollution Sites?
Boat wrecks leach a cocktail of pollutants into aquatic ecosystems. Should we really be preserving them?
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May 26, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Time to revise the narrative on boat cemeteries. open.substack.com/pub/voyagevi...
We’ve had such an incredible time touring the Women & the Wind film with these incredible ladies.
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Brittany Meets the Sea Sisters
A Week to Remember as Women & the Wind Tours France
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May 13, 2025 at 10:09 AM
We’ve had such an incredible time touring the Women & the Wind film with these incredible ladies.
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Exciting news: we have registered the Floating Stories Lab as a non-profit association here in France. open.substack.com/pub/voyagevi...
The Floating Stories Lab is Becoming an Association: What This Means for Our Work
Big updates about the future of the Floating Stories Lab
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March 23, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Exciting news: we have registered the Floating Stories Lab as a non-profit association here in France. open.substack.com/pub/voyagevi...
Our new Fire Pit Talks series launched today 💙 Angie sat down with solo sailor Kiana Weltzien for a raw, intimate long-form chat as you would deck-side around the fire pit of a Polynesian voyaging canoe.
I sat down for a long-form ‘Fire Pit Talks’ session with solo sailor Kiana Weltzien today ahead of her upcoming world tour releasing the documentary feature film Women & the Wind. Kiana was talking from her 50-year-old wooden catamaran home anchored off the coast of Brazil youtu.be/n6lblD8rPkQ?...
Sailing Solo on a Simple Wooden Catamaran | Interview with Kiana Weltzien
YouTube video by Voyage Virage
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March 6, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Our new Fire Pit Talks series launched today 💙 Angie sat down with solo sailor Kiana Weltzien for a raw, intimate long-form chat as you would deck-side around the fire pit of a Polynesian voyaging canoe.
The mini hulk coming along 😎⛵️
February 2, 2025 at 8:03 PM
The mini hulk coming along 😎⛵️
Winter in Bretagne (after the back to back storms 😅) 💙
January 31, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Winter in Bretagne (after the back to back storms 😅) 💙
The model build progresses! open.substack.com/pub/voyagevi...
#2 Model Boat Building Log - backbone and bulkheads
Mistakes are made, lessons learned and Hanneke chimes in with useful feedback
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January 22, 2025 at 5:04 PM
The model build progresses! open.substack.com/pub/voyagevi...
Welcomed a #boatbuilding friend/elder/advisor today for lunch and he brought some iconic #wharramdesigns #catamaran shots of ‘Tehini’ 🌊⛵️
January 21, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Welcomed a #boatbuilding friend/elder/advisor today for lunch and he brought some iconic #wharramdesigns #catamaran shots of ‘Tehini’ 🌊⛵️
The beginning of our 41ft #polynesian inspired #wharramdesigns wooden #catamaran build. Starting with a 1:10 scale model of one hull. Fiddly little thing but great to get our heads around the plans and make mistakes now to save us time and money when we start the big one.
January 20, 2025 at 9:53 PM
The beginning of our 41ft #polynesian inspired #wharramdesigns wooden #catamaran build. Starting with a 1:10 scale model of one hull. Fiddly little thing but great to get our heads around the plans and make mistakes now to save us time and money when we start the big one.
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Never thought I’d be adding boat building to my artist portfolio, but here we go. Starting with a 1:10 scale model of our 41ft #wharram wooden #catamaran 😎
January 19, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Never thought I’d be adding boat building to my artist portfolio, but here we go. Starting with a 1:10 scale model of our 41ft #wharram wooden #catamaran 😎