What are rafts?

Some articles on raft, rafts:

Las Balsas
... The 1973 Las Balsas expedition was the first (and so far only) multiple-raft crossing of the Pacific Ocean in recent history ... It is the longest-known raft voyage in history ... La Balsa expedition, only on that occasion with one raft and three companions ...
Lampuki Netting
... lower fronds from palm trees which they then weave into large flat rafts ... The rafts are pulled out to sea, usually with the small traditional fishing boats known as Luzzu,but can also be pulled out to sea by using larger modern fishing boats ... During midday lampuki school underneath the rafts, seeking the shade ...
Machurucuto Incident - Landing
... May, twelve guerrillas arrived off the coast of Machurucuto in two rafts ... While preparing to land one of the rafts capsized drowning one guerrilla ... The rest disembarked on the coast and abandoned their rafts ...
CD90 - Localization
... As a GPI-anchored protein, Thy-1 is present in the outer leaflet of lipid rafts in the cell membrane ... proteins, the Src family kinase (SFK) member c-fyn, and tubulin within lipid rafts ... HIV-1 Matrix co-localizes with Thy-1 in lipid rafts, the site of virus particle budding from cells, and Thy-1 is incorporated into virus particles as a result of this process ...
Lifeboat (shipboard) - United States Navy Liferafts
... United States Navy uses five types of custom inflatable life rafts as well as a number of commercially available Coast Guard approved life rafts ... Smaller combatant craft often use 6, 10 or 15-person commercial life rafts ... The number of life rafts carried on USN ships is determined based on the maximum number of personnel carried aboard plus 10% as a safety margin ...