Boat thread - Page 2

Lamplighter · 01-18-2015, 01:08 PM

It looks as though “pirogue” is right, as it is used in the headline
of an octobre 2013 article about the night-time sinking on the Niger
in Mali of a large one with 20 deaths and 23 missing.
The article also uses the word “pinnaces” to describe such boats, smaller in size.

xoxoxoBruce · 01-18-2015, 02:41 PM

Google tells me the picture is captioned, "A canoe on the Niger River". That's hardly what I'd envision if someone said canoe. A good example of even if you understand the language, you might not get the meaning if you don't know the culture of the speaker. The value of photographs is immeasurable.

Anyway, that "canoe" looks like half the design was dictated by practical needs and half by aesthetics. I suppose it's traditional and may be trying to please certain gods, but it's certainly pleasing to the eye. That's verified by the sheer number of photographs and art prints for sale online, featuring a lone pirogue on the Niger.

Sundae · 01-20-2015, 02:58 PM

I didn't look properly at the posting date of the OT.
I was shocked by how young Ali's boys looked and the husband refs.

Caught up eventually.

Gravdigr · 01-24-2016, 11:47 AM

The Costa Concordia, after two years of being partially submerged, at imgur.

Clarification: The Costa Concordia was not submerged in imgur, it was submerged in the Tyrrhenian Sea.

Gravdigr · 01-25-2016, 11:43 AM

From canoekayak.com

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glatt · 01-25-2016, 11:50 AM

Pygmy kayak.

I considered building one, but they were only available in kit form when I was looking. I wanted to build from plans and save a buck or two. They are attractive though.

xoxoxoBruce · 01-25-2016, 12:32 PM

Attractive? I'd say so, attractive enough to pick up a blond and a redhead.

BigV · 01-25-2016, 04:42 PM

Yeah, but they look like a couple of bitches.

xoxoxoBruce · 01-25-2016, 07:59 PM

Gotta take what comes, when you're paddling your own canoe.

Gravdigr · 01-28-2016, 08:46 AM

xoxoxoBruce · 08-31-2016, 12:54 PM

Built in 1928 for Ransom E. Olds and sold in 1930 to Al Capone...

BigV · 08-31-2016, 09:36 PM

those look like 1928 dollars.

She's lovely.

Gravdigr · 09-16-2016, 10:33 AM

Better bigger.

footfootfoot · 09-16-2016, 11:35 AM

Overstated. Not very extreme at all. Let's start with seeing how the boat deals with getting hit broadside with a big wave.

Not impressed.

Gravdigr · 09-17-2016, 01:49 PM

It says "our most extreme", not "the most extreme", or, "foot's most extreme"...It may very well have been their most extreme boat evar.

It is beyond doubt the most extreme boat test I've ever seen those guys do, because it's the only boat test I've ever seen those guys do.

01-18-2015, 02:41 PM	#17
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Google tells me the picture is captioned, "A canoe on the Niger River". That's hardly what I'd envision if someone said canoe. A good example of even if you understand the language, you might not get the meaning if you don't know the culture of the speaker. The value of photographs is immeasurable. Anyway, that "canoe" looks like half the design was dictated by practical needs and half by aesthetics. I suppose it's traditional and may be trying to please certain gods, but it's certainly pleasing to the eye. That's verified by the sheer number of photographs and art prints for sale online, featuring a lone pirogue on the Niger. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

01-20-2015, 02:58 PM	#18
Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	I didn't look properly at the posting date of the OT. I was shocked by how young Ali's boys looked and the husband refs. Caught up eventually. __________________ Life's hard you know, so strike a pose on a Cadillac

01-24-2016, 11:47 AM	#19
Gravdigr The Un-Tuckian Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: South Central...KY that is Posts: 39,517	The Costa Concordia, after two years of being partially submerged, at imgur. Clarification: The Costa Concordia was not submerged in imgur, it was submerged in the Tyrrhenian Sea. __________________ These statements have not been evaluated by the FDA, EPA, FBI, DEA, CDC, or FDIC. These statements are not intended to diagnose, cause, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. If you feel you have been harmed/offended by, or, disagree with any of the above statements or images, please feel free to fuck right off. Last edited by Gravdigr; 01-24-2016 at 11:53 AM.

01-25-2016, 11:43 AM	#20
Gravdigr The Un-Tuckian Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: South Central...KY that is Posts: 39,517	From canoekayak.com __________________ These statements have not been evaluated by the FDA, EPA, FBI, DEA, CDC, or FDIC. These statements are not intended to diagnose, cause, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. If you feel you have been harmed/offended by, or, disagree with any of the above statements or images, please feel free to fuck right off.

01-25-2016, 12:32 PM	#22
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Attractive? I'd say so, attractive enough to pick up a blond and a redhead. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

01-18-2015, 01:08 PM	#16
Lamplighter Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Bottom lands of the Missoula floods Posts: 6,402	It looks as though “pirogue” is right, as it is used in the headline of an octobre 2013 article about the night-time sinking on the Niger in Mali of a large one with 20 deaths and 23 missing. The article also uses the word “pinnaces” to describe such boats, smaller in size.

01-25-2016, 11:50 AM	#21
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	Pygmy kayak. I considered building one, but they were only available in kit form when I was looking. I wanted to build from plans and save a buck or two. They are attractive though.

01-25-2016, 04:42 PM	#23
BigV Goon Squad Leader Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Seattle Posts: 27,063	Yeah, but they look like a couple of bitches. __________________ Be Just and Fear Not.

01-25-2016, 07:59 PM	#24
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Gotta take what comes, when you're paddling your own canoe. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

01-28-2016, 08:46 AM	#25
Gravdigr The Un-Tuckian Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: South Central...KY that is Posts: 39,517	__________________ These statements have not been evaluated by the FDA, EPA, FBI, DEA, CDC, or FDIC. These statements are not intended to diagnose, cause, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. If you feel you have been harmed/offended by, or, disagree with any of the above statements or images, please feel free to fuck right off.

08-31-2016, 12:54 PM	#26
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Built in 1928 for Ransom E. Olds and sold in 1930 to Al Capone... Attached Images __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

08-31-2016, 09:36 PM	#27
BigV Goon Squad Leader Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Seattle Posts: 27,063	those look like 1928 dollars. She's lovely. __________________ Be Just and Fear Not.

09-16-2016, 10:33 AM	#28
Gravdigr The Un-Tuckian Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: South Central...KY that is Posts: 39,517	Better bigger. __________________ These statements have not been evaluated by the FDA, EPA, FBI, DEA, CDC, or FDIC. These statements are not intended to diagnose, cause, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. If you feel you have been harmed/offended by, or, disagree with any of the above statements or images, please feel free to fuck right off.

09-16-2016, 11:35 AM	#29
footfootfoot To shreds, you say? Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: in the house and on the street-how many, many feet we meet! Posts: 18,449	Overstated. Not very extreme at all. Let's start with seeing how the boat deals with getting hit broadside with a big wave. Not impressed. __________________ The internet is a hateful stew of vomit you can never take completely seriously. - Her Fobs

09-17-2016, 01:49 PM	#30
Gravdigr The Un-Tuckian Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: South Central...KY that is Posts: 39,517	It says "our most extreme", not "the most extreme", or, "foot's most extreme"...It may very well have been their most extreme boat evar. It is beyond doubt the most extreme boat test I've ever seen those guys do, because it's the only boat test I've ever seen those guys do. __________________ These statements have not been evaluated by the FDA, EPA, FBI, DEA, CDC, or FDIC. These statements are not intended to diagnose, cause, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. If you feel you have been harmed/offended by, or, disagree with any of the above statements or images, please feel free to fuck right off.

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