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J.B. Castagnos
| | Posted on Monday, March 25, 2002 - 09:18 pm: | 
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We had our spring kickoff at my camp this weekend. Bo Hinch put some pictures up at
http://albums.photo.epson.com/j/AlbumIndex?u=3009275&a=30153476&pw
There were over sixty people served, good cajun food and a good time. J.B. |
kevin
| | Posted on Tuesday, March 26, 2002 - 01:11 am: |
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Hi J.B,
Looks like a good time was had by all.And a nice place too.
The photo of the punt like boats,Were they designed for a particular purpose.They look very workman like.
Regards Kevin |
miro
| | Posted on Tuesday, March 26, 2002 - 08:24 am: |
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Hi Joe, it looks like a marvelous party - and some good engines too. I like the 2 cylinder St Lawrence.
When are you having the next one - maybe I will foresake all of this snow and ice and visit you. Heck, I might even bring the DisPro.
miro |
J.B. Castagnos
| | Posted on Tuesday, March 26, 2002 - 10:33 pm: |
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Kevin, these are copies of the work boats that were very poular here from the teens to the fifties. Around here the flat front boats are called a bateau (bah toe), french for boat. The pointed boats are called a skiff. They were the main means of transportation, most of the settlements were only accesable by water. The solid bulkheads made live wells for fish and crabs. The pull poles on the back were used for pulling cypress logs through the pull runs, narrow canals dug into the swamps, into the lakes where the steam boats would take them to the mills. Old timers talk about pulling a long string of logs from morning to night, not moving a mile an hour. They were also used for picking moss, used for furniture and matress stuffing. Small trees were placed across the boat and moss was piled as high as the men standing. These boats were made of cypress and were usually 22 to 26' long. Lockwood Ash was one of the most popular engines in this area, followed by Caille, and Detroit - American. These engines were very tough and could take the abuse of the swamps, the outboards were still pretty fragile. When Lockwood quit production a local company, Nadler Foundry, a Lockwood dealer at the time, bought the patterns and rights and continued making the same engine under the Nadler name until the early fifties. Nadler closed it's doors last year after 112 years in business. |
J.B. Castagnos
| | Posted on Tuesday, March 26, 2002 - 10:39 pm: |
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Miro, I'll post an open invitation next time we have a party, hope some of you can make it. A friend of mine just had a Dispro built in the north, don't no exactly where. He's up there picking it up right now. He found an unfinished housing and had to do the machine work on it, can't wait to see it, tey're beautiful boats. J.B. |
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