Inhabitat reports that the Plastiki is finally launched, and waiting to set sail this spring from San Francisco across the Pacific to Sydney. The catamaran is built from 12,500 recycled two-liter bottles and plastic sheets.
The 7500-mile journey to Australia kinda puts our 50-mile trip to Joliet to shame. I'll look forward to at least joining the voyage, arm-chair fashion, by reading along online.