Donovan Hohn (June 22, 2008), "Sea of Trash", New York Times Organizers hoped to "creatively raise awareness about plastic debris and pollution in the ocean," specifically the Great Pacific Garbage Patch trapped in the North Pacific Gyre, by sailing 2,600 miles across the Pacific Ocean on a 30 feet raft made from an old Cessna 310 aircraft fuselage and six pontoons filled with 15,000 old plastic bottles.