FAREWELL PLASTIKI!
March 19th, 2010, posted by Shore Crew Tags: Build, Events, PlastikiThe time has come, the Plastiki is ready to begin her momentous voyage on Saturday 20th March, setting sail from Sausalito, CA, under San Francisco’s iconic Golden Gate Bridge on an adventure that will take her crew across the Pacific Ocean to Sydney Australia, on a mission to deliver a global message to beat waste.
The crew and team have been working around the clock and are finally ready to set sail this Saturday, its a very exciting time and we would love to have our supporters and followers there to share it with us and give the crew the send off they have waited so very long for (nearly 4 years in fact!).
So come and join us to wave the Plastiki and the crew off and wish them a safe voyage.
Departure will be from Clipper Maritime Centre, 420 West Harbor Drive, Sausalito, CA, 94965 at around 9:30am PST so arrive any time before then.
And if you are the sailing type why not wave us off from the water and accompany us on the first of our 100 days at sea.
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Wish you a safe trip! Keep us posted on FB/Twitter etc
Cheers from Munich!
From a snowy Stockholm we are wishing you all the best, and a good treasure hunting among the garbage!
Wind on your back’s and the sun on your face’s.
You mean 9:30 a.m. PDT! Bon voyage!!
Lykke til på ferden!
Good luck with the voyage!
Godspeed from Kavala Greece and the IWC Collectors Forum we are all by your side.
Bon voyage, Smudge and friends, and come back some day to San Francisco Bay.
Dear Plastiki-crew,
all the best wishes for a good journey: Fair winds! Godspeed! Or in my native language: Mast- und Schotbruch und immer eine Handbreit Wasser untern dem Kiel!
Cheers,
Randolf
It was a thrill to see the garden being installed on board the other day. Enjoy the salad bar and best wishes for your trip! Tom – YourGardenShow.com
Jo
Enjoy the journey and may you achieve all you want.God speed we will be following your progress.
alan & sue
We have been in Pago Pago, American Samoa for the past six months. US Mail service is available here & direct flights from Honolulu should parts be needed. Plus we have the cheapest fuel in the hemisphere and great internet service.
We’ll be getting underway again, ourselves, in about six to eight weeks… heading west, too.
Hope to see you here… or out there soon!
Happy Sailing!
Kirk, Cath & Stuart McGeorge ~~~_/) ~~~ s/v Gallivanter
best wishes and smooth sailing to the crew of the plastiki! how utterly awesome, and inspiring that such a vessel has been created! i will be telling everyone i know about the endeavor of the plastiki and have already sent the link tyo your site to all i know.
good luck and godspeed!
jay
Thank you! For bringing this urgent matter to light and showing that there can be a smarter way o handle plastic as a resource. Really inspiring to see! I spread the word and wish you all the best!
Good luck Plastiki! We wish you all the best. For other readers wanting the latest innovations and news in the combat against plastic bags follow my blog at http://greenbagsforever.blogspot.com/
Good luck on this adventure. I’ve been following you for the past two years and brought my daughters to visit your place at Pier 41. It is so exciting that you are setting sail. On the first day of spring, of all days. May the journey be a safe one to the seas where I come from as I was born in New Caledonia. Bon voyage!
Good Luck Jo, and all your crew too.
Looking forward to following your progress all the way to Oz.
I’m such a putz! I live here in Sausalito and noticed the sailing time is in 10 minutes! I missed it!
Bon Voyage!
Waste is killing our environment. Here’s hoping you succeed at bringing needed worldwide attention to the obscenity that is the Great Pacific Garbage Patch.
My followers and I will RT your posts.
@BIOblogger
Safe journey Pastiki!
I’ll never forget that I bought a new cell phone today, which is made out of used water bottles and has a solar panel – it’s just a little thing to do, but I’l never get tired of doing those little steps that I can do to do my bit for saving the planet. The Plastiki project is one of these very important signs that need to be send out into the world to make people wake up and to show us all that there are actually things that we can do, even though it seems like the industry is what rules the world. We all have a choice. It doesn’t mean, we all have to buy an expensive cell phone when the old one breaks, but we can try to go little steps, one by one.
Wishing everyone all the best and the Plastiki crew an amazing and safe journey !!!
I’ll be reminded of this awesome vessel whenever someone makes my phone buzz :-)
Good luck for a successful and safe voyage.
I’m wearing my Plastiki watch today and I will keep it on until you arrive in Sydney.
Please don’t recycle the Plastiki boat after the end of the voyage.
It should go into a museum for all to see and remember the recycling message.
People should be able to see it first hand as a representation of what you have achieved.
Russell.
Thanks for your efforts and getting the word out there,.. Surf it!
Hope you have a memorial journey ,just like that pocket book adventure The Voyage of the Cap Pilar (schooner) as i now next to nothing about sailing only done it once ,but enough for me .it takes great courage .shh… …you may find a mysterious message in a purple bottle,with white top .don’t tell anybody .when you pass the great pacific garbage patch.don’t panic.and tell me after please.you can see who i am by going to youtube-steelback2 guitar music , myspace -mantagna for art by .Good Luck from Scotland.
Meus caros!
Parabéns a toda a equipe do Projeto Plastiki!
Desejo a vocês muito sucesso neste empreendimento! Ficarei acompanhando esta fantástica viagem pela web!
Grande Abraço a todos!
Marcos Viana
(From Brazil)
The Green Gremlins at Grace Church School will be keeping track! We wish you the best! http://www.greengremlins.wordpress.com.
Firstly I would like to congratulate you on your amazing voyage. I saw an interview with your captain on Channel 9 Sydney Australia and was horrified to hear you say people should use the green bags sold in supermarkets. These bags are not bio degradable and do not break down when in land fill or water. Can you imagine a seal or dolphin swimming with one of those bags around its neck – slow and painful death. These green bags are collected from the rubbish in Australia and recycled into childrens plastic furniture.
The only bags I use are the hemp bags which are sold in supermarkets, slightly more expensive but much more friendly to the environment.
Keep up the great adventures