Not all plastics are created equal – and to prove it, a rakish banking heir and a team of young adventurers have built a huge ship out of plastic. Called Plastiki, the 60-foot catamaran's hull is made ...

San Francisco recently saw the unveiling of the Plastiki, a boat constructed of 12,500 2-liter plastic bottles that will be embarking on a 7,500 mile journey to Sydney this spring. Built by Adventure ...

It’s been several months since we brought you news of the Plastiki, a boat made of 12,500 plastic bottles, so we figured it was time for an update. When we left the Plastiki expedition last, David de ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Ismael Essome, an engineer from Cameroon, is reusing plastic bottles to create fishing boats. The African country annually ...

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Amsterdam-based Tideman Boats BV, a high density polyethylene boat builder, just opened its first location in North America, in North Andover, Mass. "Tideman Rigid Buoyancy Boats have been sold from ...

FAIRBANKS - If aluminum boats are like pickup trucks, the DragonFly mini jet boat is a sport utility vehicle. Black, made of plastic and weighing about the same as an aluminum boat, the DragonFly is ...