Ron Webb wrote:
I lived on the island of Guam from 1985 thru 1988. One of the things I noted
there was that if you went down to the lumber yard, the 2x4's you got would
be straight grained Phillipine mahogany. And it was cheap!

I've sometimes wondered if it would be profitable to travel to Guam, or the
Phillipines, or wherever, and put together a big platform consisting of
nothing but the most valuable wood at hand, then mount a GPS, a satellite
phone, and a set of sails controlled by computer. Tell the thing to sail
itself to L.A. or wherever, and call me when you're close...then sell all
that beautiful wood...



What an imaginative idea. I know there is a certain class of folks who
already make surface submersibles (only the snorkels show...)
but they keep them crewed, and run a diesel to get them to the US with
their valuable aromatic or sensory modification goods.

Brian W