Author, on Mississippi, in Homemade Raft
July 7th, 2005
Well, the title of this post pretty much sums it up, but boy howdy, do I want to do this. John Wray, author of Canaan’s Tongue, build the raft and travelled down the Mississippi doing book readings, to which not many people came. That aside, I just reread Tom Sawyer a month ago – imagine the excitement, the peace and quiet, the incredulous looks of passers-by… the NYTimes has the story.
Although I’d prefer the more advanced “raft” I designed with Alice B. Phillips this past year. Complete with rooftop garden, solar water-distillery, and folds up into 1/4 of a shipping container. Designed for refugee housing, a single container ship can deliver 25,000 units anywhere in the world in 20-30 days. Huck Finn of the future.
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July 8th, 2005 at 4:32 am
I like the picture of the raft that you designed with Alice, and would like more info. Do you have any links?
July 8th, 2005 at 7:56 am
Yes, if you’d email me I can send you some more materials. We have other models, drawings, and renderings. jeff@vestaldesign.com
July 8th, 2005 at 2:31 pm
a solar-water distillery? (anyone remember Voyage of the Mimi?)
now howabout that solar-whisky distiller?
July 8th, 2005 at 10:52 pm
I like that Ikea raft. It’s so cool.
November 13th, 2005 at 10:29 am
I paddled the lower part of the mississippi, and am looking for someone to raft the entire length with.
February 21st, 2008 at 6:41 am
im building a raft of my own and i too plan to go down the mississippi some day