There are six crew members that will be going across and none of them have met and all are very different. This is good because they would be able to tell stories for weeks on end to each other and there would still be more to tell. One of the worst parts about going across the sea on a raft is being bored and not knowing what to do. With so many different personalities, it is more likely that they would last longer, because they would be laughing and thinking and telling stories. If they already knew each other there would be less to tell and if they all had the same personalities things could get very boring very fast. If they couldn't think of things to do the crew could get mutinous and start rebelling or fights could start out on board.
They got permission from the Peruvian government to build a balsa raft in one of their boatyards and so they made the boat. Besides them, there were other Peruvians who helped to build the raft. Important officials sometimes came to look at their raft and ominously shook their heads. They said there was no way that they would be able to make it to the South Pacific Islands alive.
In other words, don't travel in a raft across the Pacific with your family. Things might get mutinous. ;)
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