Thursday, June 5, 2008

'Junk' stalls from San Nicolas Island


The courageous environmental duo, who set sail on June 1 for Hawaii aboard a 20-to-30-foot raft named "Junk" made of 15,000 plastic bottles, are now on their own. The two researchers, who want to bring attention to the damage caused by plastic in the ocean, were escorted for three days by the ORV Alguita catamaran vessel. Now the crew will be sailing solo.
Junk's blog will be updated until the craft makes it to the Big Island, expected to take about 40 days. So far, the vessel is held down at San Nicolas Island after experiencing some "wicked winds"...

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