Collective Spirit

Went to see this amazing boat today. Impossible to do it justice in a photograph. For more information see Boat Project

Collective Spirit was on display in Torre Abbey's Spanish Barn forming the centrepiece of a maritime exhibition.

Collective Spirit is a 30ft vessel made from donated wooden items, and one of the major outcomes of last year’s Cultural Olympiad. From February to July 2011 the public, living in the South East, donated their wood to the project from pencil, piano and pine to exotic zebrawood and every piece had a story behind it. Donations arrived in their thousands, from the highly personal to pieces of national importance. All of these donations have now been used to build a state-of-the-art seafaring yacht named Collective Spirit.

Wonderful idea and craftsmanship.