Post #446785 by Polynesiac on Mon, Apr 13, 2009 3:37 PM

I'm glad someone finally decided to do it right and call their raft the plastiki!

At the aquarium I do a lot of work with Algalita, which is THE organization that is doing research about plastics in the ocean: http://www.algalita.org/index.html

In addition to the very serious research, they do all kinds of educational stunts to raise awareness of plastics in the ocean. One of which was to sail a raft to hawaii completely made of plastic/trash/junk. I mean completely too - all the rigging and lines were made from knotted plastic bags!

Here's the voyages website: http://www.junkraft.com/home.html

I spoke with Marcus about calling his expedition "the voyage of the plastiki". Although he was familiar with Thor's book and expedition, he opted for "Junkraft" He wanted me to fashion a tiki out of plastic bottles for the front of the boat, but I wasn't able to pull it together in time for the sailing. It would have been cool, though.

Your link is fantastic vern! That boat looks WAY more sea worthy than Marcus' and it should be considering all the stops it's going to be making! This is one to keep an eye on fo sho!

Polynesiac - putting the "F" back in "ART"

[ Edited by: Polynesiac 2009-04-13 15:39 ]