Mar 24, 2010: Plastiki - Page 2

monster · 03-24-2010, 09:17 PM

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Originally Posted by capnhowdy

I'll take the $$... keep the fucking boat.

It fucks too? Now i'm interested!

xoxoxoBruce · 03-24-2010, 09:25 PM

Sorry monster, it's on it's way to Aussieland.

SPUCK · 03-25-2010, 05:10 AM

It has no engine and its flotation is from capped soda bottles.

Funny thing is it got all the media hyped up for departure and since it's very s l o w and the wind was light, they had to have a petroleum powered dingy tow them out of SF bay to start their journey.. It only seems to make about 4 knots.

glatt · 03-25-2010, 07:31 AM

Well, it's designed to only sail down wind. It has no keel, so it can't tack against the wind. Maneuvering around the bay under sail power would have been difficult.

Adak · 03-25-2010, 08:02 AM

No keel - I get that. Catamaran's don't usually have one. But why no centerboard? You could easily make one out of plastic, and it would add a LOT to the craft.

It has a small bio diesel engine, for emergencies, but I was looking at it's speed earlier this morning - only 1.4 knots!

Wait until they reach the equatorial doldrums.

Wind in SF Bay is always out of the West, unless the Summer inversion is over Nevada & Colorado.

We should send them the pics from our IOTD Albatross chicks that died after eating plastic pieces. That was very dramatic.

They'll be heading to San Diego, first. They went out quite wide on that leg of the journey. Maybe they're afraid of getting smashed by a large vessel at night, if they stayed in the main shipping lanes. Can you even see their plastic boat on radar? Their info page doesn't say.

Maybe we can sell them a plastic centerboard and a radar reflector dish.

ZenGum · 03-25-2010, 08:06 AM

Now that is what is wrong with San Francisco. Sure, make boats out of recycled containers, but ... soft drink bottles? Bah.

Darwin has it right.

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Gravdigr · 03-25-2010, 04:37 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by monster

What have you personally done for this cause? Anything? No, thought not.

No, being landlocked in Kentucky, cleaning up the ocean has not been high on my list of shit to do today. I do however help clean up the woods, forests, state parks, lake shores, farm ponds, parks, river banks, and the town square. So, there.

03-24-2010, 09:25 PM	#17
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Sorry monster, it's on it's way to Aussieland. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

03-25-2010, 08:02 AM	#20
Adak Lecturer Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 796	No keel - I get that. Catamaran's don't usually have one. But why no centerboard? You could easily make one out of plastic, and it would add a LOT to the craft. It has a small bio diesel engine, for emergencies, but I was looking at it's speed earlier this morning - only 1.4 knots! Wait until they reach the equatorial doldrums. Wind in SF Bay is always out of the West, unless the Summer inversion is over Nevada & Colorado. We should send them the pics from our IOTD Albatross chicks that died after eating plastic pieces. That was very dramatic. They'll be heading to San Diego, first. They went out quite wide on that leg of the journey. Maybe they're afraid of getting smashed by a large vessel at night, if they stayed in the main shipping lanes. Can you even see their plastic boat on radar? Their info page doesn't say. Maybe we can sell them a plastic centerboard and a radar reflector dish. Last edited by Adak; 03-25-2010 at 08:11 AM.

03-25-2010, 08:06 AM	#21
ZenGum Doctor Wtf Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Badelaide, Baustralia Posts: 12,861	Now that is what is wrong with San Francisco. Sure, make boats out of recycled containers, but ... soft drink bottles? Bah. Darwin has it right. __________________ Shut up and hug. MoreThanPretty, Nov 5, 2008. Just because I'm nominally polite, does not make me a pussy. Sundae Girl.

03-25-2010, 05:10 AM	#18
SPUCK Professor Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 1,911	It has no engine and its flotation is from capped soda bottles. Funny thing is it got all the media hyped up for departure and since it's very s l o w and the wind was light, they had to have a petroleum powered dingy tow them out of SF bay to start their journey.. It only seems to make about 4 knots.

03-25-2010, 07:31 AM	#19
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	Well, it's designed to only sail down wind. It has no keel, so it can't tack against the wind. Maneuvering around the bay under sail power would have been difficult.

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