Somebody suggested that the post apocalyptic boat from the last post was a jangada, a design native to Brazil. Could be. Here's a picture of a jangada.
Hull shape looks similar, but all the jangada pictures on the internet show them rigged for sailing. Who knows. Ongoing mystery.

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Ahoy! I be a not-a-bit experienced brazilian sailer. And aye, that be a jangada. Actually, I be preparing to build one right now, have some budgets bout da wood and styrofoam and some sketches also.
http://www.facebook.com/paulokoj4k
The album "Projeto da jangada" is public. Check it out! =]
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