Profile of Qantab

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Search for the Mast
Luca Belfioretti, Site Manager, goes to India on a search for the perfect tree for the ship's masts
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Ghana Trip
Tom Vosmer, Construction Director, travels to Ghana in search of trees for the ship's construction.
05:21
Site Preparation
Luca Belfioretti, Site Manager, explains what must be prepared before construction can begin.
2:53
Birth of Project
Tom Vosmer, Construction Director, explains what he hopes to glean from the process of this project.
05:21
Secrets from the Deep
In 1998, a fisherman stumbled on a ship wreck containing what is now known as the Tang Treasures.
04.58
Profile of Qantab
An introduction to Qantab, where the ship is being built on one of its beaches.
01:35
Stitching
What makes the ship's construction unique is its lack of nails: the wood planks are, in fact, sewn together.
2:16
Rope Experiments
The team carry out experiments on the rope to ensure that it will not rot away during the voyage.
4:05
Model Construction
Before building the full-sized ship, a precise model is built to study its hydrodynamic behaviour.
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