| Career (United States) | |
|---|---|
| Name: | Son of Town Hall |
| Builder: | Poppa Neutrino, New York |
| Laid down: | 1992 |
| Launched: | 1995 |
| Notes: | "Self-righting, self-steering under sail, unsinkable (floating on logs and polyurethane foam)" |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Junk raft |
| Length: | 50 ft. (15.5 meters) |
| Beam: | 12 feet (3.5 meters) |
| Draft: | 20" (2/3 meter) (boards up); 6 feet (2 meters) (boards down) |
| Propulsion: | Auxiliary diesel: 19 HP Lister |
| Sail plan: | Square rig [1] |
Son of Town Hall was a junk raft which made a Transatlantic crossing in 1998, built by Poppa Neutrino.
Writer Alec Wilkinson gave a vivid description of Son of Town Hall in his book The Happiest Man in the World, saying "The raft looked like a specter, a ghost ship, as if made from rags and rope and lumber, a vessel from the end of the world, or something medieval, a flagship of nothingness, the Armada of the Kingdom of Oblivion."[2]