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This Toy Pirate Ship Sailed From Scotland to Norway

By George Day · On September 6, 2017

Two Scottish brothers launched their Playmobil Pirate Ship into the North Sea, and it didn’t sink. Why throw a boring, old bottle into the ocean when you can send your message on a pirate ship instead? That’s what two young Scottish brothers were thinking back in May when they jury-rigged their Playmobil square-rigged ship and launched it into the North Sea. Three months and 400 miles later, the toy vessel’s made it all the way to Norway and is preparing for an epic transatlantic voyage to the Americas. Read more. 

 

 

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