Enterprising American sailor navigates Spain/Portugal river on a boat made from 160,000 wine-corks.
Pollock, a speechwriter for former President Clinton and free-lance writer, got the idea when at age 7 he saw reed boats in Peru and thought what buoyant material he might use to make his own boat in Michigan.
He began saving cork stoppers from bottles of wine drunk by his parents, then began collecting them from bars and restaurants in his home town.
"People used to shout to me in the street, 'Hey, cork guy!'" he recalled.
(via New World Disorder)
