Son of Town Hall

History
United States
Name	Son of Town Hall
Builder	Poppa Neutrino, New York City
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]

See also

• Poppa Neutrino
• Junk raft

References

1. "Son of Town Hall, First Raft made of Scrap to Cross the North Atlantic Ocean". The Floating Neutrinos. May 30, 2006. Retrieved Sep 30, 2010.
2. Hellman, David (March 18, 2007). "Adventurer with a Maverick Streak". SF Gate.com. Retrieved Sep 30, 2010.

External links

• Our far-flung correspondents: The Crossing, New Yorker, June 27, 2005
• Sail of the Century, New York Daily News, Nov. 28, 1998
• Adventurer with a Maverick Streak, SF Gate, March 27, 2007
• NEIGHBORHOOD REPORT TRIBECA: Lift anchor, Hudson Park Orders Houseboat, New York Times, Oct. 3, 1999
• Son of Town Hall, Floating Neutrinos Website