00:00Yeah, so she's very comfortable. She's like a big floating waterbed. It's probably one of the biggest floating waterbeds in
00:07the world. And yeah, she's made out of lots of different materials, which I've found from lots of different industries.
00:15Sometimes along the coastline, sometimes I had to scuba dive to get them.
00:20Plastics found in rivers, creeks or drains, ropes, lots of it's a salmon farm pipe that's washed in, some oyster
00:27farm stuff, some commercial and recreational fishing stuff. And I just learned how to put it all together.
00:36The vessel has been surveyed and the report at the end of the survey said that this vessel will be
00:43around for a lot longer than most.
00:46Which is part of the problem, really, isn't it? The problem of the waste, it doesn't break down, it stays
00:52in the environment.
00:53That's correct, that's correct. So yeah, it was really great to read that report.
00:58And the regulators had to give in to that report because it was from a professional international marine surveying organisation.
01:09And that gave me the permission to leave Tasmania legally. And so I left Tasmania over two years ago.
01:18And I've slightly been cruising along the coastline, learning about the vessel and her performance, but also cleaning up and
01:24connecting with communities, connecting with the environment and living life.
01:29And it's been an incredible joy. There's been lots of lessons for me, lots of personal growth.
01:37And I think it's a bit like a walkabout. I think it's like a whitefella walkabout.
01:44And I know when I'm lying on the inside, it's like I'm in a cocoon.
01:49And it's like I'm evolving and about to bust out of some kind of wild creature who knows what that's
01:56going to be.
01:56But it's been amazing. And I highly recommend everyone goes on an individual journey like this for themselves to really
02:03understand themselves because we are incredible creators.
02:08And it's learning how to get ourselves out of our own way so that the real us can show up,
02:14the incredible us can show up.
02:15Yeah, so my journey has been very varied, like in my personal life, had lots of different experiences.
02:24And I really couldn't find my place in the world.
02:28I really was concerned about the world with what was happening with all the destruction, the discrimination, the extinction of
02:37species.
02:42And I couldn't find my place in the world. I didn't want to go and get another job and be
02:46another contributor.
02:49And I stumbled across building this. It happened out of the blue.
02:53And it slowly evolved.
02:56And it amazed me that I was, I happen to be the person that's built a boat out of rubbish,
03:01but it ties in a lot of my past skills.
03:05A big part of this project is about teaching people about responsibility and how a lot of us are pointing
03:20the finger at political leaders or organisations and we're complaining about them.
03:29And we're pointing the finger at everyone else and wanting someone else to take the blame and take responsibility.
03:36But when we choose to take responsibility, we get empowered.
03:41Rather than being a victim and disempowered, we get empowered.
03:45And when I chose to take responsibility for my life and for the world in which I live in, this
03:52is my world, as well as it's everyone else's world.
03:55I said, well, I'll just do the best that I can do with the money that I've got and the
04:01skills that I've got to make a difference in the world.
04:03At the end of the day, I'll never know about the day when I die.
04:07If each day I do a little bit, then I can put my head on my pillow at night thinking,
04:14yeah, you know, I did a good thing.
04:17So the vessel, you know, she's been out in some big storms, she's been out in 50 knots, eight metre
04:22seas.
04:24She handles pretty well in those conditions and I reckon she could handle 12 to 15 metre seas with probably
04:3070, maybe 80 knots.
04:32I've been out in 80 knots before in Bass Strait, 20 metre plus waves.
04:37I've sailed across the Atlantic Ocean before in other boats and I know that this vessel could probably handle some
04:45of that stuff.
04:46Fantastic. Samuel, thanks so much for your time.
04:49You're welcome, Ben. Thanks for having me.
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