Subscribe to RSS feedPlastiki sails into Sydney with green message
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Sineva Toevai
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Jul 27, 2010 01:56 PM
A unique catamaran made from 12,500 plastic soft drink bottles will spend the next month on public display at the Australian National Maritime Museum.
The 18-metre yacht Plastiki, and her six-man crew arrived in Sydney yesterday, ending a 128-day, 8000-nautical mile voyage across the Pacific Ocean.
Since leaving San Francisco’s Golden Gate Bridge in March, the boat, which relies on renewable energy...
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