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Ephemerisle will be an annual gathering on the water of people interested in seasteading. The first gathering will be inside the [[SFBay|San Francisco Bay]].  Future years might be outside the bay or further out in the ocean.  It could have some of the flavor of [http://www.burningman.com/ Burning Man] (also [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burning_Man here]).
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Welcome to Ephemerisle! The first-ever floating festival of politics, community and art will be held October2-4, 2009 in the Sacramento Bay Delta (exact location TBA in August.)
 
 
It will happen October 2nd to October 4th.
 
 
 
Some early ideas about it are described [http://seasteading.org/seastead.org/ephemerisle/ here].
 
 
 
The [http://groups.google.com/group/ephemerisle-planning ephemerisle-planning mailing list] has discussions about how it might work.
 
 
 
Boats will be an important part of the gathering. See [[SFSeasteadersSailingClub|The SF Seasteaders Sailing Club]] for information about handling boats.
 
We may also have a central custom built platform. It might be something cheap using techniques similar to [http://wps.com/BM/PVC-Quonset-Hut-assembly/ this PVC pipe quonset hut design] from Burning Man, or we might need something more expensive such as [http://www.candock.com/product_cube.php Candock]
 
 
 
One proposal is to have an [[Ephemerisle Contest]] between seastead models.  These models would be large enough to play on, like [[User:Vincecate/WaterWalker2|WaterWalker2]].  There might be constraints like requiring that the model can be transported by a single pickup truck.  Prizes might be in the $500 to $2,000 range.  If the location does not have waves, [[Low_Cost_Wave_Tank#Speedboat_Wake|speedboat wakes can be used to test models]].
 
 
 
Some [http://dmv.ca.gov/boatsinfo/boatreg.htm California boat regulations] should be kept in mind when designing new structures that might be boat-like.
 
 
 
== Some options for organizing Ephemerisle ==
 
 
 
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| [http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&q=8095+N.+Rio+Blanco+Road,+Stockton,+California+95219&ie=UTF8&split=0&gl=ai&ei=B5vtSZreMoT2McGxne0P&ll=38.045539,-121.418796&spn=0.007723,0.013819&t=h&z=16&iwloc=A  Paradise Point in Stockton]
 
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| [[Ephemerisle:Location/San_Mateo_West | San Mateo Bridge, west end]]
 
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| [[Ephemerisle:Location/San_Mateo_East | San Mateo Bridge, east end]]
 
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| [[Ephemerisle:Location/Richmond_Bay | Richmond_Bay]]
 
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| [[Ephemerisle:Location/San_Pablo_Bay | San Pablo Bay]]
 
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| [[Ephemerisle:Location/Long_Beach | Long Beach]]
 
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| [[Ephemerisle:Location/Europe | Europe]]
 
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Revision as of 20:59, 30 July 2009

Welcome to Ephemerisle! The first-ever floating festival of politics, community and art will be held October2-4, 2009 in the Sacramento Bay Delta (exact location TBA in August.)