It left Las Palmas, Spain, on 12 May 1973 and took 101 days to drift across the Atlantic Ocean and reach Cozumel, Mexico, with a single stopover in Barbados. Frequently dubbed the " Sex Raft " by the media, [3] it was the subject of a 2018 documentary film …

Jun 6, 2019 · Picture of the 1973 Acali raft that crossed the Atlantic with 11 people onboard in a controversial... [+] scientific experiment in human behavior. From the documentary film The Raft directed...

Survive the Raft follows a diverse group of nine strangers from different races, religions, political affiliations, and belief systems who live and work aboard the Acali II raft for twenty-one days. The contestants must put aside their differences in order to complete challenges and earn money together as a team.

Jan 23, 2019 · In 1973, as the Vietnam war raged, a Mexican anthropologist named Santiago Genovés had a wildly revolutionary idea: to pick ten participants from different cultural demographics around the globe, and sail with them across the Atlantic Ocean aboard a small engineless raft, dubbed the Acali.

Jan 29, 2024 · However, considering more than five decades have gone by and he didn’t feature in the 2018 documentary ‘The Raft’ — wherein surviving members relive their experiences — it feels safe to assume he has since unfortunately passed.

Jan 15, 2019 · In 1973, five men and six women crossed the Atlantic on a raft as part of a scientific experiment by Mexican anthropologist Santiago Genoves, studying the sociology of violence, aggression...

Jul 9, 2019 · More than 40 years later, Swedish filmmaker Marcus Lindeen has now re-examined the Acali experiment in an award-winning documentary titled The Raft. Two interweaving narratives – one historical, one contemporary – define the film.

Jan 15, 2019 · Genoves asked a British boat builder for help and together they came up with a 12x7-meter raft that was named The Acali.

Survive the Raft: With Nate Boyer, Maddie Witt, Elliot Capella, Russell Ellis. Follows nine candidates who sail for twenty-one days on the Acali II to test if personal interest will jeopardize the team's chance to win a fortune.

Jun 6, 2019 · More than 40 years after the crossing from the Canary Islands to Mexico, the six women who sailed on the Acali gather aboard a plywood replica built for the film on a soundstage in Sweden.