Sensible Erection | Plastiki casts off

Monday, 22 March 2010

quote [ "Made from 12,500 reclaimed plastic bottles, the recycled srPET is a strong, bouyant material. The mast is made from reclaimed aluminum irrigation pipe and the sail is hand-made from reycled PET as well. To top it off, the secondary bonding is reinforced using a newly developed organic glue made from cashew nuts and sugar cane. It's a very green boat, and its credentials don't stop with the construction." ]

So far, so good.

FOLLOW-UP TO JOECAMS post http://www.sensibleerection.com/entry.php/74351

http://www.treehugger.com/files/2010/03/plastiki_launch.php

A bit long, but interesting.
http://vimeo.com/4504783

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Mayer_de_Rothschild

[sci&tech] [by leezurd@6:21amGMT] [+9 Interesting]

Comments

maryyugo said @ 7:01am GMT on 22nd Mar
Wait till the sharks find out it's edible.

anagramophone said @ 7:44am GMT on 22nd Mar
'til

maryyugo said @ 7:53am GMT on 22nd Mar
tank ewe.

bluecalx said @ 7:22pm GMT on 22nd Mar
Wait, till, the sharks find out it's edible.

moriati said @ 9:57am GMT on 22nd Mar [Score:1 Funny]
We need a bigger bottle.

lilmookieesquire said @ 9:37am GMT on 22nd Mar
The name... could use some work.

VictorTyne said @ 11:55am GMT on 22nd Mar [Score:1 Informative]
I assumed it was an homage to Kon-Tiki.

But you're right, it probably could have used a little work. "Kon-Plasti"? Sounds like some kind of cosmetic surgery.

kayak said @ 5:54pm GMT on 22nd Mar
I suppose tiki boat did not precede Kon-Tiki, but it seems to me the former is more prevalent in the mass consciousness anyway.

teknokracy said @ 9:45am GMT on 22nd Mar [Score:3 Funny]
"man-made catamaran"

As opposed to 60' naturally occurring catamarans...

otiarstill said @ 10:21am GMT on 22nd Mar
I cant wait until it gets run over by a Japanese whaler while crewed by protesters.

radioelectric said @ 11:24am GMT on 22nd Mar
"organic glue made from cashew nuts and sugar cane"

I bought some eco-friendly shoes made with an organic glue, and they fell apart in the rain.

Just sayin'.

maryyugo said @ 8:34pm GMT on 22nd Mar
Cashew nuts, sugar cane, and a whopping big dose of EPOXY RESIN maybe?

ComposerNate said @ 11:48am GMT on 22nd Mar
*wants hempboat*

Naruki said @ 2:32pm GMT on 22nd Mar
You'd drown after smoking it.

spite48 said @ 2:44pm GMT on 22nd Mar
But he wouldn't mind so much.

Gilligan said @ 8:04pm GMT on 22nd Mar
...with bamboo sails? oh Professor, that'll never work.

skoob666 said @ 12:58pm GMT on 22nd Mar
Neat boat but that article is rather poorly written.

Silent said @ 2:08pm GMT on 22nd Mar
Better than a neat article about a poorly made boat?

maryyugo said @ 6:05pm GMT on 22nd Mar
"The cause is as noble as can be, but given their 2-day log of 82 miles and almost no real shakedown of the catamaran, to quote a famous Aussie film: "Tell 'em they're dreaming."

from "Sailing Anarchy"

maryyugo said @ 6:06pm GMT on 22nd Mar
I don't know if this is the same as the vimeo video 'cause I try to avoid vimeo.

anagramophone said @ 8:05pm GMT on 22nd Mar
...out of personal idiosyncrasy or do you actually have a valid reason for "avoiding" vimeo?

maryyugo said @ 8:38pm GMT on 22nd Mar
I forget. But it was several bad experiences. Almost all video sources except Youtube and Google have obnoxious hard to avoid ads, long delays and time outs, bad controls for playback, and just generally bug me. And lately, Youtube is also having lots of dropouts especially in high def modes so I usually use Flashgot to download the video and view it off line. I s'pose the ISP probably contributes to the slowing but it's cable so who knows? Streamed video is useful but it's often a poor visual quality pain in the ass just like much of the internet. People just grow up with it or get used to it and they forget or don't care what decent visual and audio experiences are/were like.