Death Barge!
I was almost hoping that Dee might forget about the Death Barge idea and move on to some new mania, but no. He keeps sending me links, which means he's engaged , which means I'm on board, which means it might actually happen.
So Team WRECK, get ready. Start collecting styrofoam, pickle barrels, anything that floats, plus lumber, plywood, rope, etc. After the 2009 Rickreall Open we will launch our rafts and barges into the Willamette (or possibly the lower reaches of Rickreall Creek) and race back to Portland.
The Miss Roackaway ArmadaWe are floating down the Mississippi River on a raft we built from trash. The catch is that we don’t know much about boats or rivers, and we don’t have any money. We know we are blowing crazy hot air, but if the idea makes your eyes glow like coals then you understand what we’re doing.
"Swimming Cities of Switchback Sea" by NYC based artist Swoon is a flotilla of seven intricately hand crafted sea vessels that sailed up the Hudson river from August 15th to September 7th of this year. The ships were a hybrid of boats, furniture, household objects, and other found materials that the artist compiled an then constructed into a floating barge. Check out the link below for more details on this interesting homebrew art piece.
