The Plastiki, a boat made out of 12,500 recycled plastic bottles, sails on Sydney Harbour Monday, July 26, 2010, four months after it set out from San Francisco on a journey across the Pacific Ocean meant to raise awareness about the perils of plastic waste. The 60-foot (18.2 meter) catamaran that weathered fierce ocean storms during its 8,000 nautical miles at sea, left San Francisco on March 20, stopping along the way at various South Pacific island nations including Kiribati and Samoa.
Jo Royle, left, and David de Rothschild, second from left, part of the crew of the Plastiki walk up a gang plank after arriving in Sydney on a boat made out of 12,500 recycled plastic bottles, Monday, July 26, 2010, four months after it set out from San Francisco on a journey across the Pacific Ocean meant to raise awareness about the perils of plastic waste.
David de Rothschild, front right, skipper of the Plastiki, a boat made out of 12,500 recycled plastic bottles, shakes hands with Ian Kiernan, the Founder and Chairman of Clean Up Australia and Clean Up the World, in Sydney, Monday, July 26, 2010. The Plastiki arrives in Sydney four months after it set out from San Francisco on a journey across the Pacific Ocean meant to raise awareness about the perils of plastic waste.
David de Rothschild, skipper of the Plastiki, a boat made out of 12,500 recycled plastic bottles, is greeted as he arrives in Sydney, Monday, July 26, 2010, four months after the ship set out from San Francisco on a journey across the Pacific Ocean meant to raise awareness about the perils of plastic waste.
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