Let's carve a large outrigger canoe and sail it (Kon-tiki like) to an island - Other Events

J Johnhaslett Member Joined: Feb 22, 2007 Posts: 2	J Johnhaslett Posted posted on Fri, May 4, 2007 12:25 PM VampiressRN, Here's description of our first raft on its first day at sea: In the morning we awoke to sunny skies and a shining ocean. Land was gone. The raft was now cruising slowly and steadily across a vast field of pointed waves. Had you seen Illa-Tiki from a distance that morning you would have seen at first a stark-white sail, tall and rectangular and towering above the surface like a three-story building. Behind the bulging sail you would have seen a bulky wooden barge plodding through the blue ocean with a little bamboo house on its back. You would have had no trouble determining that the craft was built in the tropics. Its superstructure was strictly bamboo architecture, made from scores of neatly cut bamboo poles and bushy palm fronds in typical cabaña style. You would have also gotten the clear impression that this was a work boat, not a pleasure craft. Mounds of supplies and containers lay stacked on its deck and a multitude of heavy barrels stood lashed to its cabin, giving it the looks and personality of an ocean freighter—a tropical cargo boat from ancient America. And here's a picture of what it looked like:

VampiressRN,

Here's description of our first raft on its first day at sea:

In the morning we awoke to sunny skies and a shining ocean. Land was gone. The raft was now cruising slowly and steadily across a vast field of pointed waves. Had you seen Illa-Tiki from a distance that morning you would have seen at first a stark-white sail, tall and rectangular and towering above the surface like a three-story building. Behind the bulging sail you would have seen a bulky wooden barge plodding through the blue ocean with a little bamboo house on its back. You would have had no trouble determining that the craft was built in the tropics. Its superstructure was strictly bamboo architecture, made from scores of neatly cut bamboo poles and bushy palm fronds in typical cabaña style. You would have also gotten the clear impression that this was a work boat, not a pleasure craft. Mounds of supplies and containers lay stacked on its deck and a multitude of heavy barrels stood lashed to its cabin, giving it the looks and personality of an ocean freighter—a tropical cargo boat from ancient America.

And here's a picture of what it looked like:

Post #304042 by Johnhaslett on Fri, May 4, 2007 12:25 PM