They're scrapping the seariver med (nee exxon valdez).They'll either ditch it or scrap it for less than a couple million I bet.The cost of cleaning old tankers is often so high they often aren't even recycled, just ditched. The valdez' tanks could be simply plated over with new steel and made livable.All single-hulls are illegal now.We were thinking of making a touring seasteading school teaching sustainability technologies and much more. To be docked seasonally at a home port in iceland or finland, where the long days get you REALLY big broccoli etc. Kind've an eco tourism thing. Who wouldn't want to go on the valdez and see a robotic greenhouse? It's daytime in the tropics in the greenhouse, nevermind the week long nights. Look at te giant mangoes and olives! Iceland loves this kind of thing.The conversion would feature a hydroponic greenhouse, cistern, limited livestock, windmills, biodeisel lab, kitesails etc... All about sustainability.Hopefully we can just have it delivered to international waters without any concerns. Are there any international laws to impede this?Do I need to be or hire a skipper, and is it the same outside the 12 mile?Would a sail conversion like the dynarig or kites be able to move it, say 2-4 knots? We'd don't need to move fast unless it's important Exxon probly won't sell it to "hippies", but ti is important to point out that the valdez need not be hated, and many love her. We could be oponents to greenpeace who want it off the seas in the name of decency, I don't feel hat way. Blame the drunk, not the boat. Perhaps exxon won't hate on us.Failing that, if the right hull can be found and we get positive response from a scandinavian city, perhaps another scrap tanker can do, though the value-added sentiment of the valdez could really push this.Maybe this world just aint wonderful enough for it to ever happen.

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