American stuntman Robert McDonald is due to set off from the Netherlands to London on a shake down cruise for his 50′ viking ship replica. McDonald then intends to recreate earlier viking voyages across the Atlantic to North America via Iceland and Greenland.
Unusually McDonald chose to build his boat out of 15,000,000 recycled ice-cream sticks with the help of his son and more than 5,000 school children. The ship took four years to build using the ice-cream sticks which were sent in by children from around the world.
There are apparently enough sticks left over to build another couple of ships, not forgetting the 5,000 now experienced school children. Any takers?
Unlike the original viking ships, McDonald’s boat is sensibly decked over but doesn’t seem to have much provision for manning the oars should the wind drop. The project’s website is very scant on details but presumably they have an engine and all mod cons.
The project is looking for volunteer crew for the voyage if anyone is feeling particularly adventurous.
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