A Real Junk Rig!

[TaoJones]

This probably belongs in Knotty Bouyz' thread http://www.cruisersforum.com/forums/...ties-9020.html 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]

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

[Celestialsailor]

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]

Absolutely hideous… both visually and conceptually…