ORIGINAL: safeTwire
Very interesting information...thanks!
"Thor Heyerdahl and five companions deliberately risked their lives to show that the ancient Peruvians could have voyaged 4300 miles across the Pacific to Polynesia on a similar craft."
He named the raft: Kon Tiki, in honor of a legendary sun-king of the Incas. He wrote a book about this adventure entitled Kon Tiki also.
Me? I just glue it, sand it, cover it, fly it and crash it [8D]
They did this back around 1949
The logs became water logged and the deck was awash towards the end.