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Las Balsas raft – original sail design by Vital Alsar. Between 1966 and 1973, Spanish explorer Vital Alsar led three expeditions to cross the Pacific Ocean by raft – La Pacífica in 1966, La Balsa in 1970 and Las Balsas in 1973.
The 1973 Las Balsas expedition is the only known multiple-raft crossing of the Pacific Ocean. It is the longest-known raft voyage in history. It is the longest-known raft voyage in history. The expedition was led by Spaniard Vital Alsar , who, in 1970, led the La Balsa expedition, only on that occasion with one raft and three companions.
In 1973, the Las Balsas rafts were towed into Ballina by fishing trawlers after their journey from Ecuador. [4] One of the rafts is preserved in the Ballina Naval and Maritime Museum. [ 5 ] They had planned to arrive in Mooloolaba in Queensland , but currents forced them off their course.
The first took place in 1966, using a simple raft, La Pacífica. The voyage was cut short by damage caused by teredo worms in the wood of his raft, which sank after 143 days—Alsar being rescued by a German ship. A second attempt in 1970 on a new raft, La Balsa, was successful, and reached Mooloolaba after 161 days and 8,565 miles (13,784 km). [1]
Balseros spotted and rescued by the Carnival Liberty in 2014. Balseros ("rafters", from the Spanish balsa "raft") were boat people who emigrated without formal documentation in self constructed or precarious vessels from Cuba to neighboring states including The Bahamas, Jamaica, the Cayman Islands and, most commonly, the United States since the 1994 Balsero crisis and during the wet feet, dry ...
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Balsa raft Tupaq Yupanqui sailing from Peru to Easter Island December 2015 Balsa raft Rahiti Tane sailing from Peru to Easter Island December 2015. The Kon-Tiki2 Expedition built and sailed two balsawood rafts from Peru to Easter Island in 2015. [1]