Hi Hande,
I say credit where credit is due because, while we are not premadonnas, it is nice to have a bit of compliment and some feedback on what we are doing if only to affirm that we are at least doing something sensible. Many times, an idea may seem daft, but with thinking out and stepping back to consider it against other ideas, it seems no less practial. I try not to compliment after every picture because that is not constructive. Seeing a series of process shots turn into a completed structure is more impressive, unless a single picture has an effect on me.
As regards Vice/Vice, Vice is the English term for an implement mounted on a bench that holds something steady to work upon. In the States, Vise is used to describe the same thing. It stems from the fact that America has a diverse heritage, with immigrants from most European countries as well as people from Central and South America bringing their dialects of Spanish and Brazillian.
Many Europeans learnt English as it became the standard language, but have their own manners of translation. The German language is at times back wards to English by way of where Adjectives (I think) are placed, and you will notice this when listening to some Americans speak. The divergance of English and American English is similar to that between French and Swiss French, which are different enough to catch even French person out! Academy French evolved by way of court fashion in speech while the Swiss French remained much nearer to old French. I learnt this off a program on radio Four some years back- 'From your Correspondant' I recall.
Did you paint the seals on the raft containers or apply a strip of something around the edges?