How to pronounce “rafts” in English

We're just going to build the raft as we're trying to sail down the river.I guess rafts have sails-- some rafts.So I'd written up a brief pitch document for "Bookburners" outlining the concept, a few basic characters, and then

All away to the east coast of Siberia to Anadyr where I picked up this Russian ice breaker-- it's not quite fully an ice breaker.And when we came ashore in these little Zodiac rafts, these Russian rangers were so happy to see us, so happy

Everybody loves it. He starts GiantFlamingo.com.This guy has made over six figures selling these pink flamingo pool rafts.Because in that moment, he didn't just say, this would be a cool thing to do someday.

Because they're the kind of things that make you go I should have done that or I could do that with eight million different things.OK, so one starts with these pink flamingo pool rafts.Who's ever been on one of these?

But the punch line was that ocean currents would have flown from west to east.And there would have been these episodic storms, where rafts could have been moved very rapidly across the Mozambique Channel.So it kind of provided the mechanism that I'd been searching for for much of my career.

Then, my last big trip was the Alaska-Yukon expedition, which was 4700 miles in 6 months.Skis, foot, and pack rafts.That was in 2010.

Who's ever been on one of these?Or one starts with these, excuse me, white dove pool rafts.Who's ever been at a pool party with one of these?

Who's ever been at a pool party with one of these?They're pretty cool. So a few years ago, there's a guy who's at a pool party with these white dove pool rafts.And he's, like, wouldn't it be cool if there's a pink flamingo version of these?

When you were talking about training and initiation, it reminded me of watching a History Channel video on BUD/S training, you guys have probably seen it.And there's the hell week scene, and it shows this guy who they're trying to get in these rafts and put them against the current and thentake them down and whatnot.

So of course, you can make up a story given what we know today.And actually, when these cyclones do happen, people have observed giant rafts of vegetation out in the middle of the Mozambique Channel with standing trees,because it's so violent.

That's not going to cost you a nickel.She's Cuban Jewish. My joke is, they didn't come on rafts, they parted of the Caribbean.