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04-05-2007, 07:20 AM
Stockton Man Makes Raft For Cross-Pacific Voyage
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(CBS13/CW31) STOCKTON A 74-year-old man is on his way from Stockton to the San Francisco Bay right now on a home made raft. That's quite a feat, but he plans on going even farther-- all the way to China.
Meet Poppa Neutrino. He is the kind of guy who enjoys taking the road less traveled but, many of the miles he has logged have been on floating rafts. When CBS13 caught up with him, he was about to take his small dog, and equally small boat on his longest voyage yet.
He's taking off on his first part of the trek today to San Francisco and then on to China.
You may remember a trip he took a few years back where Neutrino and his family sailed across the Atlantic in pieced together vessel. Of course, that was more the size of a house boat. This homemade raft, however, is more the size of a Volkswagen bus, but with a five horse-power outboard motor.
When questioned on why he chose such a small boat, Neutrino said, "When you are on a large boat and it breaks up, they put you on a smaller one. Why not start out with a small one?"
He also added that when you start out small you can always upgrade along the way.
"Rafts can be made bigger, you can get wood, and tie it together, make it as big as the titanic," said Neurtino.
And we all know how that turned out.
It's expected to take Pappa Neutrino a couple days to get to San Francisco. He plans to leave the San Francisco Bay for China sometime around April 17th.
(© MMVII, CBS Broadcasting Inc. All Rights Reserved.)
Why isnt anyone trying to stop this man? Its not going to end up well.
More Watercooler Stories
(CBS13/CW31) STOCKTON A 74-year-old man is on his way from Stockton to the San Francisco Bay right now on a home made raft. That's quite a feat, but he plans on going even farther-- all the way to China.
Meet Poppa Neutrino. He is the kind of guy who enjoys taking the road less traveled but, many of the miles he has logged have been on floating rafts. When CBS13 caught up with him, he was about to take his small dog, and equally small boat on his longest voyage yet.
He's taking off on his first part of the trek today to San Francisco and then on to China.
You may remember a trip he took a few years back where Neutrino and his family sailed across the Atlantic in pieced together vessel. Of course, that was more the size of a house boat. This homemade raft, however, is more the size of a Volkswagen bus, but with a five horse-power outboard motor.
When questioned on why he chose such a small boat, Neutrino said, "When you are on a large boat and it breaks up, they put you on a smaller one. Why not start out with a small one?"
He also added that when you start out small you can always upgrade along the way.
"Rafts can be made bigger, you can get wood, and tie it together, make it as big as the titanic," said Neurtino.
And we all know how that turned out.
It's expected to take Pappa Neutrino a couple days to get to San Francisco. He plans to leave the San Francisco Bay for China sometime around April 17th.
(© MMVII, CBS Broadcasting Inc. All Rights Reserved.)
Why isnt anyone trying to stop this man? Its not going to end up well.