The Acali Experiment
The\xa0Acali\xa0was a raft which was used in the\xa0Acali Expedition\xa0or\xa0Acali Experiment.[1]\xa0It has also been nicknamed the\xa0Sex Raft.[2]\xa0The raft had a complement of eleven people: five men and six women. It left\xa0Las Palmas,\xa0Spain\xa0on 12 May 1973 and took 101 days to drift across the\xa0Atlantic Ocean\xa0and reach\xa0Cozumel,\xa0Mexico, with a single stopover in Barbados. The experiment was conceived by Mexican anthropologist\xa0Santiago Genov\xe9s\xa0(who had previously been a crew member of\xa0Thor Heyerdahl's\xa0Ra expedition) to investigate interpersonal relationships in conditions of limited space and social isolation.[3][2][4]\xa0The participants showed a restraint towards aggression which created frustration within Genov\xe9s 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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