''Son of Town Hall'' was a

junk raft A junk raft is a type of home-built watercraft made of plastic bottles or other recycled materials constructed by artists and community-minded groups organizing recreational flotillas, or by environmentally concerned individuals seeking to draw att ...

which made a

Transatlantic crossing Transatlantic crossings are passages of passengers and cargo across the Atlantic Ocean between Europe or Africa and the Americas. The majority of passenger traffic is across the North Atlantic between Western Europe and North America. Centuries ...

in 1998, built by

Poppa Neutrino Poppa Neutrino, born William David Pearlman, (October 15, 1933 in Fresno, California – January 23, 2011 in New Orleans, Louisiana) was a musician, raft builder and "free spirit" who lived his life outside expected norms. He has been called a mode ...

. Writer

Alec Wilkinson Alec Wilkinson (born 1952) is a writer who has been on the staff of ''The New Yorker'' since 1980. According to ''The Philadelphia Inquirer '' he is among the "first rank of" contemporary American (20th and early 21st century) "literary journali ...

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."

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Our far-flung correspondents: The Crossing
''New Yorker'', June 27, 2005

New York ''Daily News'', Nov. 28, 1998
Adventurer with a Maverick Streak
''SF Gate'', March 27, 2007

''New York Times'', Oct. 3, 1999

Floating Neutrinos Website Rafts Sailing ships of the United States Ships built in New York City 1995 ships {{waste-stub

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