In 2008, Friedman and Gramlich had hoped to float the first prototype seastead in the San Francisco Bay by 2010[REF][REF] Plans were to launch a seastead by 2014,[REF] and TSI projected that the seasteading population would exceed 150 individuals in 2015 [REF].
In September 2016 the Seasteading Institute met with officials in French Polynesia[REF] to discuss building a prototype seastead in a sheltered lagoon.