tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6466695305125791022.post2778896551598445982..comments2024-03-13T08:16:23.560-07:00Comments on Indigenous Boats: Carving a Pirogue in LouisianaBob Holtzmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05878339327766256094noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6466695305125791022.post-75692689089474771712012-07-09T20:16:05.882-07:002012-07-09T20:16:05.882-07:00actually the boats were rowed facing forward becau...actually the boats were rowed facing forward because a cajun wants to see where he's going, not where he's been. :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6466695305125791022.post-77606515794980828842011-12-16T18:23:10.716-08:002011-12-16T18:23:10.716-08:00Wonderful story, grew up in bayou country 1951-197...Wonderful story, grew up in bayou country 1951-1971, my college Nichols State University in Thibodaux, has a pirogue exhibit in it;s library and holds a annual pirogue race on Bayou Lafourche. Oh to glide through the swamp. Now I row the Chesapeake tributaries. Thanks, Merci Beau Coupebayou brihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12414866981329040538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6466695305125791022.post-48765224596090246882011-12-15T06:51:23.299-08:002011-12-15T06:51:23.299-08:00Thanks for posting the link. I got a number of us...Thanks for posting the link. I got a number of useful tidbits out of it. Perhaps the most important was that the very heavy log was turned into a boat that the builder could carry under one arm. Two things contributed to this. One was a relatively thin hull and two was a short length combined with a narrow beam. I have seen several dugouts built by people with no access to traditional dugout specimens and all were too heavy to carry, mostly because the hulls were too thick, usually a minimum of two inches.<br />I also noticed that the boats with oars in the periphery of the video were rowed with the rower facing forward. My guess is that the large number of obstacles that boats in this environment had to contend with made good visibility more important than efficiency in rowing. I also thought that there was some resemblance between the superstructures on which to mount the row locks and allow the rower to stand resembled the superstructure on a jangada, though I am sure the two different traditions came by this solution independently.Wolfgang Brinckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08314364206955412017noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6466695305125791022.post-35439416889229604172011-12-13T11:24:56.661-08:002011-12-13T11:24:56.661-08:00Great Video! Thanks for posting!Great Video! Thanks for posting!Chuck Z. Vespuccihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12003561052786122778noreply@blogger.com