“All these big fancy type folk try be telling us all sort of nonsense. Go to school, study hard. Get a job, make good money. Get an apartment, have a happy family….. Blah blah blah, it’s all a bunch of useless garble. All ye really need is errything I got right here! Me trusty floor on some fanciful, free haggled floats, a nice stove for all my food needs. Oh’er I almost forgot! The most comfortable mattress I err’ did find, call it ye ole faithful. She never lets me down, nor complains. All that plus an AC unit and some solar. What more could a humble guy want? Fancy towers…pshh this right here the life.”

Local homeless floater boasts that raft life is the best life in New Hashima’s seas. Claims of “avoid rent, by floating!” have been shouted at by local bypassers on the streets.Others think he’s just crazy, asking “where will you be when the city sinks?” Whatever it is, he’s never been seen off his raft. He’s even floated so much that he’s become a staple of the community! If you can even call his disheveled heap that. 

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The inspiration for this small craft was to create something ridiculous that could be found within a cyberpunk world, at a very small profile. And rather than a sleek hoverbike, take the opposite approach with a very run down mode of transportation that looks like it's made out of found objects. Using a huge grate balanced across an old raft and a kayak, with various objects and boards on top really captures that aesthetic. Strands of found lanterns, a musty mattress, and a stolen air conditioner with solar power all capture this look.

It was intended to be a ridiculous little craft, and all those bits added to this disjointed, drifting hovel that a local crazed “sailor” calls home; especially a standalone air conditioner and a mattress. Afterall, nothing says “home sweet home” like personalizing your space!

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