A Real Junk Rig!

TaoJones · 02-06-2008, 14:27

This probably belongs in Knotty Bouyz' thread Nautical oddities but you have to give these guys credit for doing something to raise awareness of the pollution of the Pacific by casually discarded plastic items.

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Plastic bottle raft sails out of Long Beach for Hawaii

Junk -- a raft made of 15,000 plastic bottles, a repurposed old Cessna 310 airplane, and other odds and ends -- set sail from Long Beach today to make its 6-week trip to Hawaii.

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For the rest of the story, go to:

Emerald City: Los Angeles Times

TaoJones

Jimboats · 02-06-2008, 15:21

Wish I could see the harbormaster's face when it arrives in Honolulu : )

Celestialsailor · 03-06-2008, 23:15

And here I am preping my boat for the same trip and worrying about it! Just think...At 5 cents a bottle for recycling in Hawaii, he can fly back in first class!!!

dcstrng · 05-06-2008, 05:30

Absolutely hideous… both visually and conceptually…

02-06-2008, 14:27	#1
TaoJones Registered User Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Newport Beach, California and Las Vegas, Nevada Posts: 1,152	A Real Junk Rig! This probably belongs in Knotty Bouyz' thread Nautical oddities but you have to give these guys credit for doing something to raise awareness of the pollution of the Pacific by casually discarded plastic items. * * * * * Plastic bottle raft sails out of Long Beach for Hawaii Junk -- a raft made of 15,000 plastic bottles, a repurposed old Cessna 310 airplane, and other odds and ends -- set sail from Long Beach today to make its 6-week trip to Hawaii. * * * * * For the rest of the story, go to: Emerald City: Los Angeles Times TaoJones __________________ "Your vision becomes clear only when you look into your own heart. Who looks outside, dreams; who looks within, awakens." Carl Gustav Jung (1875-1961)

03-06-2008, 23:15	#3
Celestialsailor Registered User Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Big Island Boat: Ingrid 38 Posts: 555 Images: 4	And here I am preping my boat for the same trip and worrying about it! Just think...At 5 cents a bottle for recycling in Hawaii, he can fly back in first class!!! __________________ "Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well-preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming: Wow - what a ride!"

05-06-2008, 05:30	#4
dcstrng Registered User Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Colonial Beach, Virginia Boat: Bristol-24 Angels Wings Posts: 331 Images: 19	Absolutely hideous… both visually and conceptually… __________________ Larry Worry: misuse of imagination… http://www.sailblogs.com/member/awing/

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02-06-2008, 15:21	#2
Jimboats Registered User Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 8	Wish I could see the harbormaster's face when it arrives in Honolulu : )