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Raft Model - Kon-Tiki, Thor Heyerdahl
Reg. No: ST 034710
- Summary:
- "Kon-tiki" was a wash through type raft. Fitted with a bipod main mast carrying two dissimilar size square sails and a mizzen mast carrying a small square sail. Kon-Tiki was made of nine balsa tree trunks by Thor Heyerdahl at Callao in Peru, launched 28 April 1947 and was used to prove the feasibility of pre-Columbian Peruvian raftsman reaching the Polynesian islands. The six-man crew of the raft reached the Tuamotu Group on 7 August 1947 having travelled 6970 kilometers in 101 days. This model was received by the Museum in 1952.
- Acquisition Information:
- Long-term Loan from G. Harris, 1952
| Discipline: | Technology |
| Dimensions: | 3810 mm (Height), 1780 mm (Width), 4320 mm (Length) |
More information
| Tagged with: | sailing vessels, plans |
| Themes this item is part of: | Transport Collection |
| Primary Classification: | WATER TRANSPORT |
| Secondary Classification: | Wind Power - Sailing Boats |
| Tertiary Classification: | model rafts |
| Maker of Item Modelled: | Thor Heyerdahl, Calao, Calao Constitutional Province, Peru, circa 1952 |
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