The material, which was loaded on a schooner sailing vessel, will be sculpted into a piece of art called Nowhere Island.
This is a handy feature considering the vessel is capable of sailing in all kinds of water from the Mediterranean to the Antarctic.
The prospect of sailing a 50-ton wooden vessel identical to those built 2, 600 years ago across the Atlantic might appear foolhardy, had Beale not already challenged maritime history two years ago.
On that winter's night more than a year ago, Captain Schettino was trying to show off his vessel and his seamanship by sailing desperately close to the shore, reports the BBC's Rome correspondent Alan Johnston.
The EPA ordered the Badger to stop the practice in 2008 and granted a four-year grace period, which expired in December raising the possibility that the historic vessel would be unable to continue sailing.
Together the two men embark on a scheme that involves incapacitating the ship's skipper, changing the vessel's identity at sea, and sailing from San Francisco to Panama City to the west African coast in search of a port where, in return for cash, no questions are asked.
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It was to be followed by two other French planes based in Dakar, and a naval vessel currently cruising in the Gulf of Guinea, several days' sailing away.
The vessel, which was built in 2001 and registered in Antigua and Barbuda, was sailing from Perth to Antwerp in Belgium with a cargo of timber.
The vessel, which was built in 2001 and registered in Antigua and Barbuda in the Caribbean, was sailing from Perth to Antwerp in Belgium with a cargo of timber.
But one thing, for example, that it's done is - when it is sailing at night, it has rigged up its lights in such a way that it looks like a cargo vessel rather than an aircraft carrier.
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