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Background and History of Absolute Absolution Project
In August of 1999, Ed Garry, who crewed on the Atlantic crossing of the Son of Town Hall, headed for the Pacific Northwest of North America to build a log raft, to be called Absolute Absolution, from logs off the beaches and other salvaged scrap. June Donaldson, who had joined the crew of Son of Town Hall in the Mediterranean, accompanied him to assist in the project. Having spent months searching for giant logs without success, they headed south into the desert for better weather and space to re-evaluate. Ed then decided to change the venue: he and June joined Poppa Neutrino and Capt. Betsy in heading for the top of the Mississippi River, where they began work on the Vilma B. As this raft travelled the river to New Orleans, they gained valuable experience in raft building and leadership. The first hull of the Absolute Absolution catamaran was built in Corpus Christi, Texas, and launched in June of 2001. The project then moved to Port Isabel, where the second hull was built, and launched in October 2001. This is a Fourth Way Project, and therefore will change its direction and details many times along the way. The Absolute Absolution is a 53 ' catamaran with a semi-traditional sailing hull, built using Floating Neutrinos raft techniques of positive buoyancy and creative recycling of salvaged materials.
The construction project itself has already served as a raft building school, with volunteers learning to create their own rafts as well as helping to build the Absolute Absolution.
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