California college students rescued after getting stranded on boat made of buckets, kiddie pools

Posted: May 13, 2021 at 10:04 am

On Saturday (May 8th), two students from University of California Santa Barbara went out into the Pacific Ocean on a boat they’d constructed out of two kiddie pools, plywood, duct tape, and 20 five-gallon buckets and ended up needing to be rescued. The call for help came from someone onshore who spotted them thanks to strobe lights they had on-board their vessel. Rescue crews noted on Twitter that alcohol was not a
factor, and there were no injuries to report.

If only they had some Flex Seal….

Credit: SBCFireInfo via Twitter

If Nautical Nonsense Is Something You Wish-Two male students in their 20’s were rescued unharmed at 2:37 a.m. Sat off Isla Vista after they were unable to return to shore in their boat fashioned from duct tape, buckets, and kiddie pools. Alcohol was not a factor. *Call Newsline* pic.twitter.com/Ug568BY9EF

— SBCFireInfo (@EliasonMike) May 8, 2021