Son of Town Hall
Appearance
History | |
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Name | Son of Town Hall |
Builder | Poppa Neutrino, New York City |
Laid down | 1992 |
Launched | 1995 |
Notes | "Self-righting, self-steering under sail, unsinkable (floating on logs and polyurethane foam)" |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Junk raft |
Length | 50 ft. (15.5 meters) |
Beam | 12 feet (3.5 meters) |
Draft | 20" (2/3 meter) (boards up); 6 feet (2 meters) (boards down) |
Propulsion | Auxiliary diesel: 19 HP Lister |
Sail plan | Square rig [1] |
Son of Town Hall was a junk raft which made a Transatlantic crossing in 1998, built by Poppa Neutrino.
Writer Alec Wilkinson gave a vivid description of Son of Town Hall in his book The Happiest Man in the World, saying: "The raft looked like a specter, a ghost ship, as if made from rags and rope and lumber, a vessel from the end of the world, or something medieval, a flagship of nothingness, the Armada of the Kingdom of Oblivion."[2]
See also
References
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"Son of Town Hall, First Raft made of Scrap to Cross the North Atlantic Ocean". The Floating Neutrinos. May 30, 2006. Retrieved Sep 30, 2010.
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(help) - ^ Hellman, David (March 18, 2007). "Adventurer with a Maverick Streak". SF Gate.com. Retrieved Sep 30, 2010.
External links
- Our far-flung correspondents: The Crossing, New Yorker, June 27, 2005
- Sail of the Century, New York Daily News, Nov. 28, 1998
- Adventurer with a Maverick Streak, SF Gate, March 27, 2007
- NEIGHBORHOOD REPORT TRIBECA: Lift anchor, Hudson Park Orders Houseboat, New York Times, Oct. 3, 1999
- Son of Town Hall, Floating Neutrinos Website