125: Far From Home pt.2: Pleasure Cruise

Maia Warner-Langenbahn
Oct 1, 2025
2 min read

Would you trust love one more time... if you had to do it on a boat? Literally? This week we follow one man, Santiago Genovés, as he seeks to answer a few too many questions the easiest way he knows how. Forcing a dozen strangers to spend three months on a raft at sea. What happens when people drift far from home and into the arms of someone else? This week, The Acali "Sex Raft", on Well, I Laughed!

Chapters

00:00:00 Catch-Up

00:21:23 Pleasure Cruise

00:28:46 Ripe for Violence

00:37:24 The Raft

00:43:16 Social Controls

00:54:59 Meet Your Characters

01:03:09 The SOP

01:06:55 Off to Sea

01:27:23 One Month

01:34:50 Weeks 5-6

01:38:55 Halfway

01:48:54 Rudder Breaks

01:53:53 Shark Week

01:59:18 A Storm? In the Caribbean? Groundbreaking.

02:03:41 Re-Mutiny

02:11:52 Arrival

02:14:36 Was it a Success?

Photos Referenced

Acali Sex Raft - courtesy of Matrograph Pictures
The Acali Raft
The toilet onboard the Acali
The lounging area on the Acali, on the roof of the cabin
L-R: Bernardo, José Maria, Eisuke, Mary, Edna, Maria, Fé, Servane, Santiago, Rachida, Charles
A photo of Santiago speaking at the crew's final meeting after arriving in Cozumel

Further Reading

The Raft Documentary by Marcus Lindeen (Available for purchase on Roku, YouTube, Apple TV, Amazon Prime Video, and Google Play Movies)
The Acali Experiment: Five Men and Six Women on a Raft Across the Atlantic for 101 Days by Genovés Santiago via Internet Archives
- Note: Santiago uses pseudonyms for the crew members. José Maria = Marcos, Servane - Sofia, Charles = Antonio, Rachida = Aisha, Mary = Ana, Fé = Esperanza, Maria = Ingrid, Edna = Teresa, Bernardo = Emiliano, Eisuke = Komico
Point to Point: The meanderings and musings of my life by Mary Ellen Gidley