| In the past, we have seen some pretty amazing | | | | boat that made from plastic. The core structure of |
| boats that have been made out of the strangest | | | | this vessel is made from a plastic called PET which is |
| materials. A boat made out of more than 15,000,000 | | | | extremely tough and self-reinforcing. The boat initially |
| Popsicle sticks, a navy vessel made from the debris | | | | touched the water for the first time in December but |
| from the twin towers, and recently the world's first | | | | there have been many adjustments since then and |
| boat made out of used plastic bottles all make us | | | | hopefully the boat should be ready to set sail by |
| wonder what will come next. As humans push the | | | | March this year. |
| boundaries further than ever before and discover | | | | As we can imagine, this boat was not constructed |
| new ways to make structures float, this boat has | | | | merely to see if it could be done. There is a deeper |
| been made with a message and as they say, hope | | | | message and meaning behind this structure and this |
| floats. | | | | meaning lies with the use of the plastic bottles. De |
| Last week, this partially plastic yacht took to the | | | | Rothschild hopes to increase the awareness of the |
| seas for its maiden voyage and many onlookers | | | | effects of pollution and show others how much |
| watched as the boat defied gravity and was carried | | | | plastic we are really wasting. A huge amount of |
| by water bottles. The yacht, which had its first taste | | | | plastic bottles and other materials are currently sitting |
| of water in San Francisco bay recently, is set to sail | | | | in our sea, polluting the sea life with waste as well as |
| officially for the first time next month where it will | | | | poisoning the seafood that we consume daily. So by |
| sail from the USA to Australia on the unpredictable | | | | seeing this vessel, de Rothschild hopes that you will |
| Pacific Ocean. | | | | make a change and recycle your plastic bottles and |
| Named Plastiki by David de Rothschild, this alternative | | | | other plastic items in order to help make sure that |
| yacht consists of 12 500 plastic bottles that are no | | | | these bottles do not end up in the beautiful ocean |
| longer used to hold water or cool drinks. The hulls are | | | | where many of them currently lie. |
| where these plastic bottles are placed and the once | | | | This boat is not intended to be used for any type of |
| empty bottles now consist of dry ice - i.e. carbon | | | | sailing adventure or even a RYA course, but rather |
| dioxide - instead of liquid. These bottles provide | | | | set to sail as an example as well as make an impact, |
| ultimate buoyancy and make the vessel float. | | | | and what better way than making and ultimately |
| The bottles in the hulls are not the only part of this | | | | sailing a boat made partially of plastic bottles. |