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Great Sage of the Sea
Posts: 606
Location: Citrus County FL | Subject: What ship are ya on mate?
The answer to this is almost guaranteed to start a bar fight.... |
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Great Sage of the Sea
Posts: 602
Location: Visalia, Ca. | Subject: RE: What ship are ya on mate?
Better Hong Kong than Bumbay....
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Master and Commander
Posts: 1247
Location: Rockingham Western Australia | Subject: RE: What ship are ya on mate?
Is that what they call a Bum Boat?? |
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Master and Commander
Posts: 2262
Location: Foothills of the Ozarks | Subject: This is a Bum Boat
iPOD - 2009-10-04 6:08 AM
Is that what they call a Bum Boat??
The Vietnamese would actually go out into the open ocean with these things.
Edited by Doc Gardner 2009-10-04 7:05 AM
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Old Salt
Posts: 402
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Well I hope it don't ship fertilizer.
LOL
Steve |
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Great Sage of the Sea
Posts: 606
Location: Citrus County FL | Subject: Vietnamese bumboat
That's a coracle, and it was invented by the Welsh! |
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Plankowner
Posts: 9175
Location: Upper lefthand corner of the map. | Subject: RE: Vietnamese bumboat
Probably only in Wales.
I suspect that many peoples over time made something that could be covered by a single cow hide to be waterproof. The west just didn't know about it. No doubt goes back to the "caveman" days. |
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Admin
Posts: 2315
Location: Renton, WA | Subject: RE: Vietnamese bumboat
Ric, Once again your caveman knowledge comes in handy!! |
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Master and Commander
Posts: 1800
Location: Albany, GA. | Subject: RE: What ship are ya on mate?
They used them to cross streams, just like they used Bicycles to transport supplies on land. They walked beside them. When Bose'n Williams got his MOH, he shot up a whole bunch of them, along with the caretakers. A one time famous sniper shot was taken from a Swift Boat and hit an RPG round which detonated at 875 yards. Both boats moving, but the Bum up a small channel the Swift couldn't navigate. The shooter probably still claims he was aiming at the RPG. |
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