Mar 29, 2023
The Acali was a raft which
was used in the Acali
Expedition or Acali
Experiment.[1] It
has also been nicknamed the Sex Raft.[2] The
raft had a complement of eleven people: five men and six women. It
left Las
Palmas, Spain on 12 May 1973
and took 101 days to drift across the Atlantic
Ocean and reach Cozumel, Mexico,
with a single stopover in Barbados. The experiment was conceived by
Mexican anthropologist Santiago
Genovés (who had previously been a crew member
of Thor
Heyerdahl's Ra
expedition) to investigate interpersonal relationships in
conditions of limited space and social isolation.[3][2][4] The
participants showed a restraint towards aggression which created
frustration within Genovés and led him to start to try to create
conflict, and at one point he took command of the float. Despite
these attempts, the group remained peaceful.
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