I see now.. a "Belly boat" is something, that, around here, because of the sheer # of Cotton mouth's, You'd NEVER catch Chuckie Boy IN one LOLOL< Chuck
----- Original Message ----- From: "DonO" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, August 02, 2005 8:02 PM Subject: Re: [VFB] Thread Sizing/Belly Boats- now pirogues > Chuck, > A bellyboat is an inner-tube stryle boat- some round, some horse-shoe > shaped. > > Pirogues are 'cajun canoes'- lots of styles. The cajuns paddle their > pirogues around the dense swamps, but can pole them in open marshy areas. > I've seen them as short as 5' long and about 15" wide up to 15' long and 30" > wide. A flat bottom and very shallow draft is what I remember as key for > getting around in the swamps and marshes. When they built them with squared > fronts and backs, we called them skiffs, but I don't know if that was > technically correct. > > DonO > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Chuck Alexander" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Tuesday, August 02, 2005 6:36 PM > Subject: Re: [VFB] Thread Sizing/Belly Boats > > > > I lived in Baton Rouge when I was 4-5 yrs old MANY moons ago, but aren't > > the"belly boats" the little tiny boats that the Cajuns use in the swamps > > with a "Cudjel (sp) pole) to push, rather than Oars??? Thanks, Chuck > > > >
