Have you ever gazed out onto Jamaica Bay and spotted a rather garisghly painted wooden raft and said to yourself, "What the hell is that thing?"
Well, after some checking I found that the vessel in question is called the "Dragonfly's Banquet"
and was built in Provincetown, MA, in the winter of '95-96 by Tim Johnson and Gretchen Neutrino, using materials from the decks and cabins of the Son of Town Hall, the first recycled raft to cross the Atlantic, along with other recycled materials from beaches and construction sites. Gretchen painted the murals which decorate the hull, cabin and sails of the raft. Tim and Gretchen sailed Dragonfly's Banquet from Provincetown to Martha's Vinyard and then to New York where it is now part of the Rockaway's Artists Alliance collection and is moored in the middle of the Jamaica Bay.
I was on that vessel last Tuesday eve and it was quite an event to behold. But let me say that the crew were very capable and got us to our destination safely and with quite a bit of fun on the way! It's like a floating artist's den!! Gorgeous!!!
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