Boat of plastic bottles swam across the Pacific Ocean Bashny.Net

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The ship named "Plastics» (Plastiki), constructed of 12 plastic bottles 5000, in Monday, July 26 completed its 128-day journey across the Pacific, during which the crew of the boat sailed from San Francisco to Sydney.

The idea of creating a boat of this unusual material belongs to a native of the British family of bankers David de Rothschild. According to him, in 2006, after reading the report of the UN about the threat platikovye carry bottles of the oceans, he decided to prove that the waste can not only pollute the ocean, but to be used effectively, Lenta.ru reports with reference to the Associated Press.

Soon Briton and a group of his comrades to build a "plastic", received its name in honor of the raft of logs "Kon-Tiki", where in 1947 a Norwegian explorer Thor Heyerdahl and five others crossed the Pacific Ocean.

"Plastic" is made up of bottles, held together with an organic glue made from sugar cane and cashews. Mast fitted aluminum pipe used in irrigation systems. 18-meter vessel is powered by solar panels and windmills installed on its surface. Crew members also pitched on board a small garden, while traveling to diversify diet consisting of canned food and concentrates, vegetables and herbs.

Total traveling attended six people. During the voyage they all lived in a small cabin - 6 to 4, 5 meters. Captain "Plastics" was Joe Royle - the only woman on board.

After traveling crew of "plastic" was going to put the boat in the processing, but now the crew abandoned the idea. According to ABC News, the vessel will be billed at the Maritime Museum of Australia.