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Old 05-24-2008, 09:10 AM   #1 (permalink)
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Junk Raft

When we were out in the LA area, we went to the aquarium at Long Beach.

There appeared to be a boat at the dock there made from an old airplane hull and a raft made of empty plastic bottles netted together.

Sure enough, my brother found a web page for it.

Looks like they were prepping for their maiden voyage when we saw it.

Check out the web page:
http://junkraft.blogspot.com/

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Old 05-24-2008, 09:21 AM   #2 (permalink)
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lol, she isn't pretty. But its very neat that they did it.
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Old 05-24-2008, 04:02 PM   #3 (permalink)
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I hope they make it. While I was in the Navy and out on ships I always cringed at the dumping of trash. Whenever possible I kept trash to a minimum and tried to hold it until we hit port. Not always easy to do though. Some of the guys that worked for me understood, others didn't. I do know that the Navy is now doing a lot more, including melting plastics into blocks and holding onboard, than they did before.
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Old 05-25-2008, 05:32 PM   #4 (permalink)
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That is awesome. I have always been a fan of Thor Hayerdahl and his epic voyages. It is nice to see its spirit being carried on. I just wish they needed an extra crewman...

Hopefully I'll be able to go see them off next weekend. I'm down in that area somewhat often, I'm amazed I didn't see them...

Speaking of junk rafts, this is definately the coolest one I've seen.

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