_modified: "2024-02-01T16:07:08.137Z" description: "The Flipflopi is a sailing boat made from 100% recycled plastic and flip-flops collected from the streets and beaches in Kenya. \n\nHere we want to share how it was made and what we learned on the way." id: "ZjbRY1cbFdskopwhjHw8" _deleted: false steps: - _animationKey: "unique1" title: "Intro" text: "First off, this boat is a first of its kind, a prototype. The processes we used were done for the first time and are not perfect (far from that!). So don’t take this as a guide to copy identically but more as something to learn from and and to get inspired :)\n\nIf you want to dive more into details, see more photos, and test results, have a look at the document here:\n👉 https://drive.google.com/file/d/1NZgn58G6XC_cCiG8W5toE4hkAw53BlPY/view?usp=sharing" images: - fullPath: "uploads/howtos/ZjbRY1cbFdskopwhjHw8/flipflopi-howto-step1.jpg" updated: "2020-10-07T17:13:54.859Z" downloadUrl: "https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/onearmyworld.appspot.com/o/uploads%2Fhowtos%2FZjbRY1cbFdskopwhjHw8%2Fflipflopi-howto-step1.jpg?alt=media&token=e0f4a538-623a-4e06-bfd4-23972eb7b3db" size: 268426 timeCreated: "2020-10-07T17:13:54.859Z" type: "image/jpeg" name: "flipflopi-howto-step1.jpg" contentType: "image/jpeg" - title: "We got a boatbuilder" images: - updated: "2020-10-07T17:14:34.327Z" contentType: "image/jpeg" timeCreated: "2020-10-07T17:14:34.327Z" size: 276219 downloadUrl: "https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/onearmyworld.appspot.com/o/uploads%2Fhowtos%2FZjbRY1cbFdskopwhjHw8%2Fflipflopi-howto-step2-1.JPG?alt=media&token=569309dd-f64b-48ec-9a16-673152322e1b" name: "flipflopi-howto-step2-1.JPG" fullPath: "uploads/howtos/ZjbRY1cbFdskopwhjHw8/flipflopi-howto-step2-1.JPG" type: "image/jpeg" - downloadUrl: "https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/onearmyworld.appspot.com/o/uploads%2Fhowtos%2FZjbRY1cbFdskopwhjHw8%2Fflipflopi-howto-step2-2.JPG?alt=media&token=9214fa21-7557-497a-8e52-904bc6333af2" type: "image/jpeg" size: 376147 timeCreated: "2020-10-07T17:14:34.035Z" name: "flipflopi-howto-step2-2.JPG" updated: "2020-10-07T17:14:34.035Z" contentType: "image/jpeg" fullPath: "uploads/howtos/ZjbRY1cbFdskopwhjHw8/flipflopi-howto-step2-2.JPG" - name: "flipflopi-howto-step2-3.jpg" timeCreated: "2020-10-07T17:14:08.456Z" size: 190836 updated: "2020-10-07T17:14:08.456Z" fullPath: "uploads/howtos/ZjbRY1cbFdskopwhjHw8/flipflopi-howto-step2-3.jpg" contentType: "image/jpeg" downloadUrl: "https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/onearmyworld.appspot.com/o/uploads%2Fhowtos%2FZjbRY1cbFdskopwhjHw8%2Fflipflopi-howto-step2-3.jpg?alt=media&token=0ed17bd4-6211-4cb6-a955-2be40eb5b87c" type: "image/jpeg" _animationKey: "unique2" text: "Okay, so it all started with finding a local boat builder, who was confident and visionary enough to believe that we could build a boat from a totally different material than what they were used to.\n\nAli Skanda, from Lamu, was our man and gathered his boatbuilder team to apply their knowledge to a new material.\n\nWe definitely recommend finding someone who knows how to build boats, so you can focus on learning how to use plastic for already existing processes, instead of trying to learn another complex skill on top of that!" - images: - downloadUrl: "https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/onearmyworld.appspot.com/o/uploads%2Fhowtos%2FZjbRY1cbFdskopwhjHw8%2FBoatBuild-1.jpg?alt=media&token=498ed637-8c74-4acb-aa0f-f3bb725c6ecb" name: "BoatBuild-1.jpg" updated: "2020-10-07T17:14:56.652Z" timeCreated: "2020-10-07T17:14:56.652Z" size: 301740 type: "image/jpeg" contentType: "image/jpeg" fullPath: "uploads/howtos/ZjbRY1cbFdskopwhjHw8/BoatBuild-1.jpg" - timeCreated: "2020-10-07T17:14:40.105Z" fullPath: "uploads/howtos/ZjbRY1cbFdskopwhjHw8/flipflopi-howto-step3-1.jpg" size: 86418 type: "image/jpeg" name: "flipflopi-howto-step3-1.jpg" downloadUrl: "https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/onearmyworld.appspot.com/o/uploads%2Fhowtos%2FZjbRY1cbFdskopwhjHw8%2Fflipflopi-howto-step3-1.jpg?alt=media&token=86fce571-0d40-4cd9-a071-b2da5ac22d31" contentType: "image/jpeg" updated: "2020-10-07T17:14:40.105Z" - updated: "2020-10-07T17:14:44.485Z" size: 125091 contentType: "image/jpeg" name: "flipflopi-howto-step3-2.jpg" timeCreated: "2020-10-07T17:14:44.485Z" downloadUrl: "https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/onearmyworld.appspot.com/o/uploads%2Fhowtos%2FZjbRY1cbFdskopwhjHw8%2Fflipflopi-howto-step3-2.jpg?alt=media&token=4205d102-0c83-4bc1-a4ea-1c0b59b7c435" type: "image/jpeg" fullPath: "uploads/howtos/ZjbRY1cbFdskopwhjHw8/flipflopi-howto-step3-2.jpg" title: "We made a plan" _animationKey: "unique3" text: "With Ali Skanda we made a plan and designed the boat.\nThe goal originally was (and still is), to build a boat which would be big enough to travel the message to fight single-use plastic and plastic pollution around the world.\n\nHere some of the sketches to get an overview of the boat components." - text: "As the approach was to have everything made locally in Kenya, a big challenge was (still is) to find collaborations with recycling manufacturers who deliver quality materials, reliably.\n\nWe started at at point where they were mixing plastic types together or even add sawdust or sand (as a “stiffener”) and it’s already a success to have them working with only one type of plastic, without anything else mixed in.\n\nPart of this was getting material samples and testing joineries which would be used in the boat.\n\nStarting with samples can save you a lot of time and costs, before ordering a bigger amount of materials.\n\n" images: - updated: "2020-10-07T17:15:32.047Z" name: "flipflopi-howto-step4-2.JPG" type: "image/jpeg" contentType: "image/jpeg" size: 322859 timeCreated: "2020-10-07T17:15:32.047Z" fullPath: "uploads/howtos/ZjbRY1cbFdskopwhjHw8/flipflopi-howto-step4-2.JPG" downloadUrl: "https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/onearmyworld.appspot.com/o/uploads%2Fhowtos%2FZjbRY1cbFdskopwhjHw8%2Fflipflopi-howto-step4-2.JPG?alt=media&token=f8c969b7-4901-4147-aa59-ee78dab98353" - downloadUrl: "https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/onearmyworld.appspot.com/o/uploads%2Fhowtos%2FZjbRY1cbFdskopwhjHw8%2Fflipflopi-howto-step4-3.jpg?alt=media&token=74110c37-c537-441a-a622-c32e3e9fa163" fullPath: "uploads/howtos/ZjbRY1cbFdskopwhjHw8/flipflopi-howto-step4-3.jpg" name: "flipflopi-howto-step4-3.jpg" type: "image/jpeg" contentType: "image/jpeg" timeCreated: "2020-10-07T17:15:09.971Z" size: 195061 updated: "2020-10-07T17:15:09.971Z" - downloadUrl: "https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/onearmyworld.appspot.com/o/uploads%2Fhowtos%2FZjbRY1cbFdskopwhjHw8%2Fflipflopi-howto-step4-4.jpg?alt=media&token=56f98d19-8a05-410c-81c5-4b6ce7ab603a" updated: "2020-10-07T17:15:35.598Z" size: 372682 fullPath: "uploads/howtos/ZjbRY1cbFdskopwhjHw8/flipflopi-howto-step4-4.jpg" name: "flipflopi-howto-step4-4.jpg" timeCreated: "2020-10-07T17:15:35.598Z" contentType: "image/jpeg" type: "image/jpeg" _animationKey: "uniquebtiset" title: "Test local manufacturers" - text: "With the processes more or less figured out, we started producing the recycled parts for a 24m boat! They were HUGE!
\n\nThe quality was very rough, but it was good to see that it was possible. And as this hasn’t been done before and was going to be a big investment, we decided to make a “smaller” 9m prototype first.\n\nSo in the next step you'll see how we actually made the Flipflopi Dogo (“dogo” = “small” in Kiswahili)." title: "We started" _animationKey: "unique89rnqd" images: - size: 357480 type: "image/jpeg" contentType: "image/jpeg" fullPath: "uploads/howtos/ZjbRY1cbFdskopwhjHw8/flipflopi-howto-step5-2.jpg" name: "flipflopi-howto-step5-2.jpg" updated: "2020-10-07T17:16:06.053Z" timeCreated: "2020-10-07T17:16:06.053Z" downloadUrl: "https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/onearmyworld.appspot.com/o/uploads%2Fhowtos%2FZjbRY1cbFdskopwhjHw8%2Fflipflopi-howto-step5-2.jpg?alt=media&token=f80f62af-f8c6-40f5-9a52-ff769ab731f8" - fullPath: "uploads/howtos/ZjbRY1cbFdskopwhjHw8/IMG_6381.JPG" updated: "2020-10-07T17:16:07.921Z" timeCreated: "2020-10-07T17:16:07.921Z" contentType: "image/jpeg" downloadUrl: "https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/onearmyworld.appspot.com/o/uploads%2Fhowtos%2FZjbRY1cbFdskopwhjHw8%2FIMG_6381.JPG?alt=media&token=4242e3ab-2d51-49d9-a1ef-08d7dad6eb54" name: "IMG_6381.JPG" type: "image/jpeg" size: 310549 - images: - updated: "2020-10-08T13:47:46.610Z" contentType: "image/jpeg" size: 255180 timeCreated: "2020-10-08T13:47:46.610Z" type: "image/jpeg" fullPath: "uploads/howtos/ZjbRY1cbFdskopwhjHw8/FF-boatbuilding-process-1.png" name: "FF-boatbuilding-process-1.png" downloadUrl: "https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/onearmyworld.appspot.com/o/uploads%2Fhowtos%2FZjbRY1cbFdskopwhjHw8%2FFF-boatbuilding-process-1.png?alt=media&token=2e5c5955-700d-44c1-a399-3d45213d7f87" - type: "image/jpeg" updated: "2020-10-08T13:47:46.373Z" contentType: "image/jpeg" downloadUrl: "https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/onearmyworld.appspot.com/o/uploads%2Fhowtos%2FZjbRY1cbFdskopwhjHw8%2Fflipflopi-howto-step5.jpg?alt=media&token=810cc5da-f703-4e0b-b893-6a78d7047ed5" fullPath: "uploads/howtos/ZjbRY1cbFdskopwhjHw8/flipflopi-howto-step5.jpg" timeCreated: "2020-10-08T13:47:46.373Z" name: "flipflopi-howto-step5.jpg" size: 236684 - timeCreated: "2020-11-19T17:44:49.019Z" size: 218012 name: "IMG_0902.JPG" updated: "2020-11-19T17:44:49.019Z" fullPath: "uploads/howtos/ZjbRY1cbFdskopwhjHw8/IMG_0902.JPG" contentType: "image/jpeg" type: "image/jpeg" downloadUrl: "https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/onearmyworld.appspot.com/o/uploads%2Fhowtos%2FZjbRY1cbFdskopwhjHw8%2FIMG_0902.JPG?alt=media&token=4b46ad27-cac4-49a6-9b5e-1cc51d377a15" title: "The big parts " text: "The production of the BIG PARTS like keel and ribs was one of the biggest challenges. We managed to work with what we could get, with a lot of space for improvements!\n\nWe collaborated with the closest plastic recycling manufacturer Regeneration Africa in Malindi, where they usually produce fencing posts and tiles. \n\nHere is an overview of their process. (second image).\nWe made over 30 metal moulds for different boat parts which were filled this way, using HDPE which is the most common and easiest type to collect separately (after PET).\n\nSam and his team were a huge help to explore and figure out different processes and materials! " _animationKey: "uniquejeff9f" - text: "For the planks we collaborated with other manufacturers in Nairobi, which also produce fencing posts as well as other construction material.\n
\nIt's a quite common practice there to mix in sawdust to make the material stiffer and cheaper to produce (but that material mix also breaks much easier than pure plastic). It took a couple of attempts, but in the end we managed to get the 100% recycled plastic planks.\n\nThese planks were produced with professional, industrial machines, but could definitely be made with the Precious Plastic Extrusion Pro as well! (More info here: https://community.preciousplastic.com/academy/build/extrusionpro)" _animationKey: "unique4wm7to" images: - contentType: "image/jpeg" downloadUrl: "https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/onearmyworld.appspot.com/o/uploads%2Fhowtos%2FZjbRY1cbFdskopwhjHw8%2Fflipflopi-dogo-42-.jpg?alt=media&token=3ba094e9-3400-4690-b5cb-c7ef86729bfa" timeCreated: "2020-10-08T15:10:14.533Z" updated: "2020-10-08T15:10:14.533Z" size: 437520 name: "flipflopi-dogo-42-.jpg" fullPath: "uploads/howtos/ZjbRY1cbFdskopwhjHw8/flipflopi-dogo-42-.jpg" type: "image/jpeg" - downloadUrl: "https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/onearmyworld.appspot.com/o/uploads%2Fhowtos%2FZjbRY1cbFdskopwhjHw8%2Fflipflopi-howto-step6-1-.jpg?alt=media&token=59a0f852-a3ab-43a0-a69d-20892394cdbb" name: "flipflopi-howto-step6-1-.jpg" type: "image/jpeg" timeCreated: "2020-10-08T13:57:58.437Z" size: 382790 contentType: "image/jpeg" updated: "2020-10-08T13:57:58.437Z" fullPath: "uploads/howtos/ZjbRY1cbFdskopwhjHw8/flipflopi-howto-step6-1-.jpg" title: "The planks" - _animationKey: "unique8naxsl" title: "The flipflop sheets " images: - updated: "2020-11-07T12:26:47.439Z" contentType: "image/jpeg" type: "image/jpeg" name: "flipflopi howto-flipflops-1.jpg" downloadUrl: "https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/onearmyworld.appspot.com/o/uploads%2Fhowtos%2FZjbRY1cbFdskopwhjHw8%2Fflipflopi%20howto-flipflops-1.jpg?alt=media&token=d0f58560-be0c-4a80-bc07-d83194cd42ef" fullPath: "uploads/howtos/ZjbRY1cbFdskopwhjHw8/flipflopi howto-flipflops-1.jpg" size: 118569 timeCreated: "2020-11-07T12:26:47.439Z" - downloadUrl: "https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/onearmyworld.appspot.com/o/uploads%2Fhowtos%2FZjbRY1cbFdskopwhjHw8%2Fflipflopi%20howto-flipflops-2.jpg?alt=media&token=4899d777-36c7-4e45-9022-96c287bd24db" name: "flipflopi howto-flipflops-2.jpg" type: "image/jpeg" fullPath: "uploads/howtos/ZjbRY1cbFdskopwhjHw8/flipflopi howto-flipflops-2.jpg" updated: "2020-11-07T12:26:48.518Z" timeCreated: "2020-11-07T12:26:48.518Z" contentType: "image/jpeg" size: 127824 - timeCreated: "2020-11-07T12:26:55.007Z" contentType: "image/jpeg" size: 263882 type: "image/jpeg" fullPath: "uploads/howtos/ZjbRY1cbFdskopwhjHw8/IMG_6261.JPG" name: "IMG_6261.JPG" updated: "2020-11-07T12:26:55.007Z" downloadUrl: "https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/onearmyworld.appspot.com/o/uploads%2Fhowtos%2FZjbRY1cbFdskopwhjHw8%2FIMG_6261.JPG?alt=media&token=1124b88f-7646-44de-b187-cee64644101c" text: "40% of all the waste collected on the beaches were flipflops.\nThis is where the project got its name from and why flipflops were an obligatory element of this boat. \n\nSo we covered the whole boat with sheets of recycled Flipflops, giving it a very colourful look and adding an extra protective layer (the whole boat feels like a big yoga mat :))\n\nThe sheets were made by local flipflop artist James who cuts the flipflops into pieces, glues them together and sands them to an even sheet.\n" - text: "Time to build the boat!\nStarting with the keel, the ribs and connection parts,\nthen making the hull with the extruded planks, \nand finishing with the colourful Flipflop sheets.\n\nOther than using this new material, the boatbuilders made the boat in their traditional way, meaning that they used very basic tools (every screw was inserted with a hand drill and a screwdriver!).\n\nThis is obviously something we won't be able to teach you here - that's what you need a boatbuilder for! :)\n\n" _animationKey: "unique4oxnn8" images: - type: "image/jpeg" contentType: "image/jpeg" size: 385622 updated: "2020-10-07T17:18:46.464Z" downloadUrl: "https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/onearmyworld.appspot.com/o/uploads%2Fhowtos%2FZjbRY1cbFdskopwhjHw8%2Fflipflopi-dogo-36.JPG?alt=media&token=60448cf8-4590-4d4b-9ca1-c06d838d9ffe" timeCreated: "2020-10-07T17:18:46.464Z" fullPath: "uploads/howtos/ZjbRY1cbFdskopwhjHw8/flipflopi-dogo-36.JPG" name: "flipflopi-dogo-36.JPG" - size: 457867 fullPath: "uploads/howtos/ZjbRY1cbFdskopwhjHw8/flipflopi-dogo-27 copy.jpg" timeCreated: "2020-10-07T17:18:46.487Z" name: "flipflopi-dogo-27 copy.jpg" contentType: "image/jpeg" type: "image/jpeg" updated: "2020-10-07T17:18:46.487Z" downloadUrl: "https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/onearmyworld.appspot.com/o/uploads%2Fhowtos%2FZjbRY1cbFdskopwhjHw8%2Fflipflopi-dogo-27%20copy.jpg?alt=media&token=ae7ae136-b651-41b3-8f44-24a4e8996f3d" - timeCreated: "2020-10-07T17:18:46.615Z" size: 637538 updated: "2020-10-07T17:18:46.615Z" name: "flipflopi-flipflopis.jpg" downloadUrl: "https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/onearmyworld.appspot.com/o/uploads%2Fhowtos%2FZjbRY1cbFdskopwhjHw8%2Fflipflopi-flipflopis.jpg?alt=media&token=43118215-2b71-4e16-b9c8-05fc9ef50b3e" fullPath: "uploads/howtos/ZjbRY1cbFdskopwhjHw8/flipflopi-flipflopis.jpg" type: "image/jpeg" contentType: "image/jpeg" title: "The boat build" - images: - contentType: "image/jpeg" name: "FF-boatbuilding-process-7.jpg" downloadUrl: "https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/onearmyworld.appspot.com/o/uploads%2Fhowtos%2FZjbRY1cbFdskopwhjHw8%2FFF-boatbuilding-process-7.jpg?alt=media&token=e3803b95-837f-49be-8ef2-183b61dc1acb" type: "image/jpeg" timeCreated: "2020-10-07T17:19:28.791Z" size: 253106 fullPath: "uploads/howtos/ZjbRY1cbFdskopwhjHw8/FF-boatbuilding-process-7.jpg" updated: "2020-10-07T17:19:28.791Z" - updated: "2020-10-07T17:19:12.159Z" fullPath: "uploads/howtos/ZjbRY1cbFdskopwhjHw8/flipflopi-sailing-3 copy.jpg" downloadUrl: "https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/onearmyworld.appspot.com/o/uploads%2Fhowtos%2FZjbRY1cbFdskopwhjHw8%2Fflipflopi-sailing-3%20copy.jpg?alt=media&token=7bf50f59-26cb-48bc-bbad-95ff11642f77" timeCreated: "2020-10-07T17:19:12.159Z" name: "flipflopi-sailing-3 copy.jpg" size: 97843 contentType: "image/jpeg" type: "image/jpeg" - timeCreated: "2020-10-07T17:19:33.534Z" fullPath: "uploads/howtos/ZjbRY1cbFdskopwhjHw8/9-phase 1-Diani-.jpg" size: 354807 downloadUrl: "https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/onearmyworld.appspot.com/o/uploads%2Fhowtos%2FZjbRY1cbFdskopwhjHw8%2F9-phase%201-Diani-.jpg?alt=media&token=4cc992d0-df75-4b96-ac10-601cc58dbc6e" name: "9-phase 1-Diani-.jpg" contentType: "image/jpeg" updated: "2020-10-07T17:19:33.534Z" type: "image/jpeg" title: "Sail!" _animationKey: "uniqueunumjl" text: "Alright, now we only had to add (second hand) parts from other sailing boats like the mast, boom, sail and ropes. And were finally ready to do what the boat was meant to be for: Sailing around Kenya to create awareness around the problem and inspire local communities to be part of a positive change!\n\nOn our first expedition the boat sailed smoothly for more than 500km from the north of Kenya to Zanzibar, carried its passengers safely while creating excitement and fascination everywhere we went!" - text: "It was a big process with a lot of learning, and yes, the result is a functional boat - but the process was quite rough with a lot of space for improvement. \n\nOn the way we also made more tests and analysed the properties of the materials.\nYou can find a report here: \nhttps://drive.google.com/file/d/1Qf6IKGYNRBJ3DJkxxsOehNt4faN2SPxk/view?usp=sharing\n\nAnd the document we shared in Step 1 has everything with more details as well :)" images: - timeCreated: "2020-10-07T17:19:42.760Z" name: "Screenshot 2020-10-07 at 19.08.43.png" fullPath: "uploads/howtos/ZjbRY1cbFdskopwhjHw8/Screenshot 2020-10-07 at 19.08.43.png" contentType: "image/jpeg" downloadUrl: "https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/onearmyworld.appspot.com/o/uploads%2Fhowtos%2FZjbRY1cbFdskopwhjHw8%2FScreenshot%202020-10-07%20at%2019.08.43.png?alt=media&token=947e4262-5bd0-4805-b474-9cac2a4c15e7" size: 186171 type: "image/jpeg" updated: "2020-10-07T17:19:42.760Z" title: "Things we learned" _animationKey: "uniquexta1dh" - images: - size: 202674 timeCreated: "2020-10-08T15:10:24.140Z" fullPath: "uploads/howtos/ZjbRY1cbFdskopwhjHw8/kubwa-next.jpg" updated: "2020-10-08T15:10:24.140Z" type: "image/jpeg" name: "kubwa-next.jpg" contentType: "image/jpeg" downloadUrl: "https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/onearmyworld.appspot.com/o/uploads%2Fhowtos%2FZjbRY1cbFdskopwhjHw8%2Fkubwa-next.jpg?alt=media&token=fc957f2a-71dd-4887-ac3e-5bb79ad83490" title: "Join us for the big boat! :)" text: "We already reached hundreds of thousands locally and globally with our expedition and the story around the boat. It's a great tool to reach people in a positive way to push good changes.\n\nSo, we'll be building a much bigger boat which can sail longer distances and reach millions!\nThere is still a lot to improve and figure out for a boat of that size! But as Ali Skanda says:\n\"Kila kitu inaweze kana.\" - Everything is possible :)\n\nHope this was insightful or at least a bit inspiring 🙃\n\nWant to get involved? ✉️ theflipflopi@gmail.com\nOr become a supporter (yay!) 👐 https://www.patreon.com/theflipflopi\n\nAnd if you end up building a similar boat, make sure to share it! 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