A heads up on an ambitious and beautiful project, about to embark on a Pan-Pacific journey sailing an incredibly high-tech super-Catamaran which gets its buoyancy from over 12,000 plastic bottles.
An insanely detailed design of the 60-ft Catamaran can be checked out on its super sharp
website, where great images of all of the boats features can be accessed, including its trailing energy-generating turbine, energy bikes (so you can pretend to cycle across the Pacific, AND generate some more energy), hydroponic garden, solar-panels, and detailed design of its cabin. This thing is loaded to the brim.
For a sneaky look inside the construction shed, check out this great article from
Dwell, which includes a good-humoured video tour of the Cabin design by Nathaniel Corum and an overview from David De Rothschild of
Adventure Ecology.
You can follow the
journey online, as scientists, ecologists and all-round keen adventurers make their way across the Pacific from San Francisco to Sydney.