reflections on the raft
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EPHEMERISLE:Reflections on the Raft
From zero interest to well over budget in under 4 weeks.
Naomi Most
The Tweet of [Destiny|Doom] - 9/6
Impressive plywoods nailed to 2x4s!We need a wiki page!
http://wiki.seasteading.org/index.php/Apocaisle
Tatami Project - 9/19
• robust stability + mobility (easily towable and attachable)
• "modular" building materials - stuff you can find in standard sizes at any hardware store
• least amount of cutting and forming necessary
• least cost without sacrificing seaworthiness or ease of assembly
• most affordable, compact transportation requirements
Auspicious Configurations
Oops, now it's real.
6 days before launch - 9/26 - NIMBY
David Staiton designing a rope knotting pattern to hold the barrles on.
Goal: avoid drowning us all.
Requirements: teach someone how to tie knots.
Back
Breaking
Labour!
Avio suffers the weight of his ambitious 8-tatami layout.
I Know! Let's Ask the Internet! - 10/3
Q: "What the best knot to tie around barrels to lash them to boards?"
5 minutes later...
A: "Bowlin[sic] knot best knot.
5am Saturday "morning" - 10/2
[getting towed by Patri and friends]
yeah.
that SHOULD work.
When you commit to making something real, reality must make room for you.
Wait, what? How did this happen?
"...And the Apocaisle camp wins the award for sheer ravenous audacity, diving headfirst into construction of a two-story tiki bar and working pirate radio station only two weeks before the event."
--Seasteading's Ephemerisle Newsletter, Oct 15th 2009.
Ephemerisle: view from the houseboats