4. Tatami Project - 9/19
• robust stability + mobility Auspicious Configurations
(easily towable and
attachable)
• "modular" building materials -
stuff you can find in standard
sizes at any hardware store
• least amount of cutting and
forming necessary
• least cost without sacrificing
seaworthiness or ease of
assembly
• most affordable, compact
transportation requirements
6. 6 days before launch - 9/26 - NIMBY
David Staiton designing a
rope knotting pattern to
hold the barrles on.
Goal: avoid drowning us
all.
Requirements: teach
someone how to tie knots.
7. Back
Breaking
Labour!
Avio suffers the weight of his ambitious 8-tatami layout.
8. I Know! Let's Ask the Internet! - 10/3
Q: "What the best knot to tie
around barrels to lash them to
boards?"
5 minutes later...
A: "Bowlin[sic] knot best knot.
11. When you commit to
making something real,
reality must make room
for you.
12. Wait, what? How did this happen?
"...And the Apocaisle camp wins
the award for sheer ravenous
audacity, diving headfirst into
construction of a two-story tiki
bar and working pirate radio
station only two weeks before
the event."
--Seasteading's Ephemerisle
Newsletter, Oct 15th 2009.