Plastiki
{{short description|Boat made of plastic}}
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{{Infobox ship image |Ship image=File:Platiki from high.jpg |Ship caption=Plastiki on display at the Australian National Maritime Museum following her Pacific crossing }} {{Infobox ship career |Hide header= |Ship country= |Ship flag= |Ship name=Plastiki |Ship owner=David de Rothschild |Ship ordered= |Ship builder=Andy Fox, San Francisco |Ship original cost= |Ship laid down= |Ship launched= |Ship acquired= |Ship in service= |Ship out of service= |Ship renamed= |Ship fate= |Ship status= |Ship notes= }} {{Infobox ship characteristics |Hide header= |Header caption= |Ship type=Catamaran |Ship tons burthen=12 tons |Ship length={{convert|60|ft|abbr=on}} overall |Ship beam={{convert|23|ft|abbr=on}} |Ship draft= |Ship hold depth= |Ship propulsion= |Ship sail plan= |Ship complement= |Ship armament= |Ship notes=12,500 PET bottles used as flotation{{cite web |title = Plastiki FAQs |url = http://www.theplastiki.com/faqs/ |work = theplastiki.com |publisher = Adventure Ecology |year = 2010 |accessdate = January 16, 2011 |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20110125213412/http://www.theplastiki.com/faqs/ |url-status = dead |archivedate = January 25, 2011 }} }} |
The Plastiki is a {{convert|60|ft|adj=on}} catamaran made out of 12,500 reclaimed plastic bottles and other recycled PET plastic and waste products.{{cite press release |title = The Plastiki – Behind the Scenes |url = http://www.theplastiki.com/static/press/plastiki_behindthescenes.pdf |publisher = Adventure Ecology |year = 2010 |accessdate = October 12, 2010 |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20110717023102/http://www.theplastiki.com/static/press/plastiki_behindthescenes.pdf |url-status = dead |archivedate = July 17, 2011 }} Michael Pawlyn{{Cite news|url=https://www.dezeen.com/2010/07/22/plastiki-expedition-boat-by-exploration-architecture-for-adventure-ecology/|title=Dezeen|last=Etherington|first=Rose|date=July 22, 2010|access-date=June 27, 2018}} of Exploration Architecture worked on the concept design with David de Rothschild and helped to shape some of the key ideas. The craft was built using cradle to cradle design philosophies and features many renewable energy systems, including solar panels, wind and trailing propeller turbines, and bicycle generators. The frame was designed by Australian naval architect Andrew Dovell. The boat's name is a play on the 1947 Kon-Tiki raft used to sail across the Pacific by Norwegian explorer Thor Heyerdahl, and its voyage roughly followed the same route.{{cite news |last=Barry |first=Carolyn |date=July 27, 2010 |title=Plastiki sails into Sydney Harbour |url=http://www.australiangeographic.com.au/journal/plastiki-sails-into-sydney.htm |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20101120153329/http://australiangeographic.com.au/journal/plastiki-sails-into-sydney.htm |archivedate=November 20, 2010 |accessdate=August 6, 2010 |work=Australian Geographic}}
On March 20, 2010, the sailing vessel set off from San Francisco, California to cross the Pacific Ocean with a crew of six.{{cite web |title = The Plastiki Crew |url = http://www.theplastiki.com/crew/ |work = theplastiki.com |publisher = Adventure Ecology |year = 2010 |accessdate = October 12, 2010 |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20101222021649/http://www.theplastiki.com/crew/ |url-status = dead |archivedate = December 22, 2010 }} The expedition projected landfall in Sydney, Australia and included plans to visit several sites en route of ecological importance or which were susceptible to environmental issues caused by global warming, for instance the current sea level rise, ocean acidification and marine pollution.
Plastiki arrived in Sydney Harbour on July 26, 2010, accompanied by a small flotilla of boats.{{cite web |title = Plastiki reaches Sydney after 8000 mile sail |url = http://www.mysailing.com.au/news/plastiki-reaches-sydney-after-8000-mile-sail |work = Australian Sailing magazine |publisher = Yaffa Publishing Group |date = July 26, 2010 |accessdate = January 16, 2011 |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20110410173238/http://www.mysailing.com.au/news/plastiki-reaches-sydney-after-8000-mile-sail |url-status = dead |archivedate = April 10, 2011 }} Shortly afterwards, it was towed to the Australian National Maritime Museum in Darling Harbour, where it was on display until late August.
Crew
- David Mayer de Rothschild – Expedition Leader.{{Cite news |last=Terdiman |first=Daniel |date=2011-04-04 |title=Tracking the Plastiki's epic ocean journey |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/pictures/tracking-the-plastikis-epic-ocean-journey/ |access-date=2024-09-15 |work=CBS News}}
- Jo Royle – Skipper.
- David Thompson – co-skipper.
- Olav Heyerdahl (grandson of Norwegian explorer Thor Heyerdahl).{{Cite web |last=Cochran |first=Ford |date=2010-07-26 |title=Bottle Boat Plastiki Completes Epic Pacific Crossing |url=https://news.nationalgeographic.org/bottle-boat-plastiki-completes-epic-pacific-crossing/ |access-date=2024-09-15 |website=National Geographic News |language=en}}
- Graham Hill – Founder of TreeHugger.{{Cite news |last=Hill |first=Graham |date=2010-05-23 |title=Opinion: Planning for our fisheries |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2010/TECH/05/25/plastiki.grahamhill/index.html |access-date=2024-09-15 |work=CNN}}{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2010-05-30 |title=Update of The Plastiki Expedition |url=https://australian.museum/blog-archive/science/update-of-the-plastiki-expedition/ |access-date=2024-09-15 |website=The Australian Museum |language=en}}
- Luca Babini – Photographer.
- Matthew Gery – Photographer.
- Vern Moen – Recording director.{{Cite web |date=2018-09-20 |title=Material Of The Future - PRESS RELEASE |url=https://www.vernmoen.com/news/2018/9/20/material-of-the-future-press-release |access-date=2024-09-15 |website=Long Beach Film Company |language=en-US |quote=}}
- Max Jourdan – Filming director for National Geographic.{{Cite news |last=Franklin |first=Lettice |date=2010-08-22 |title=A lot of bottle: Life on board the Plastiki |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/climate-change/news/a-lot-of-bottle-life-on-board-the-plastiki-2055966.html |access-date=2024-09-15 |work=The Independent}}
- Singeli Agnew - Film-maker for National Geographic.
Documentary
File:Plastiki hull closeup.jpg
The documentary following the story of Plastiki and the state of the world's plastic use was titled Plastiki & the Material of the Future.{{Cite web|url = http://plastikithemovie.com/|title = Official Website of the documentary of the Plastiki's Voyage|date = |accessdate = |website = |publisher = |last = |first = }} Although never widely released, it screened at Mountain Film Festival in Telluride, Colorado.{{Cite web|url = http://www.mountainfilm.org/2012/05/01/mountainfilm-in-telluride-announces-world-premieres|title = MOUNTAINFILM IN TELLURIDE ANNOUNCES WORLD PREMIERES|date = May 1, 2012|accessdate = |website = |publisher = |last = |first = }} According to the production company's website the aspect of the film that had to do specifically with plastics has been re-edited and named simply The Material of the Future and premiered at the Friday Harbor Film Festival in Washington on November 7, 2014. There has been no official announcement as to why the film has been separated from the Plastiki.{{Cite web|url = http://longbeachfilmcompany.com/c/projects/|title = Long Beach Film Company's Website|date = |accessdate = |website = |publisher = |last = |first = |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20141031061621/http://longbeachfilmcompany.com/c/projects/|archive-date = 2014-10-31|url-status = dead}}
See also
References
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External links
{{Commons category|Plastiki|position=left}}
- {{Official website|http://www.theplastiki.com/}}
- [https://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/plastiki/ CNN special coverage page]
- [http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article5536818.ece "Adventurer's bottle boat to sail plastic sea"]{{dead link|date=January 2025|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}. Times Online. Retrieved on 2009-01-18.
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20090525051831/http://www.wpr.org/hereonearth/archive_090420k.cfm Here On Earth: Radio Without Borders, April 20, 2009]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20120306002450/http://www.sundancechannel.com/ecotrip/about/david_de_rothschild/ Sundance Channel: ECO TRIP – About David de Rothschild]
- [https://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2009/04/06/090406fa_fact_colapinto?changecurrentdate John Colapinto, “Message In a Bottle,” The New Yorker, April 6, 2009]
- [https://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2009/11/plastiki-gallery/all/1 Plastic Boat: The Building of a High-Tech Eco-Stunt, Wired, Nov. 16, 2009]
- [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8578587.stm "Boat made of plastic bottles sets sail across Pacific"] BBC 21 March 2010
- [http://ngadventure.typepad.com/blog/pastiki/ National Geographic Adventure blog]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20100729151319/http://www.life.com/image/first/in-gallery/46701/plastiki-sails-into-sydney Plastiki Sails Into Sydney] – slideshow by Life magazine
- [http://www.l2industries.com/ L2 Industries] – Materials, engineering, and production of the vessel
- [http://www.seretex.com/ Seretex] – The material of The Plastiki