The Ephemerisle is a proposed gathering in international waters for the purpose of experiencing freedom and learning more about anarcho-capitalist interaction. Basically, a bunch of people in boats travel to someplace outside governmental jurisdiction and hang out for a week or two. Kinda like the various ship city and found your own libertarian country projects that have been attempted, or the Raft from Snow Crash, except temporary and initially much smaller in scope.
Bold bulleted buzzwords:
Maybe anarcho-capitalism doesn't work. Maybe we really do have more freedom inside national boundaries. Maybe freedom isn't worth the loss of safety. Maybe no one is really that interested in moving to a new country. Maybe it will be too dangerous. Maybe existing governments won't permit autonomy.
Lets find out the size and shape of the obstacles we face. All of these potential problems seem, to me, more surmountable than converting the american public to anything resembling libertarianism (although the Free State Project is a new approach with great potential).
Some visions of the possibilities.
Where will Ephemerisle be? There is the usual conflict between autonomy and convenience. The carribbean is too small to ever get out of EEZ's, but perhaps that doesn't matter. Sailing range from the US would be great, but might risk interference. Need to be 200-350 miles from shore to be fully outside US jurisdiction. If we just have to be outside territorial waters, not EEZ's, we just need to be 12 nautical miles from land (or the convex hull of a countries land, in some cases). Figuring it out will be part of implementation.