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whalen

Posted 2009-10-03 8:17 PM (#31279)

Great Sage of the Sea

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Location: Citrus County FL

Subject: What ship are ya on mate?

The answer to this is almost guaranteed to start a bar fight....

titan

Donald L. Johnson

Posted 2009-10-03 11:54 PM (#31280 - in reply to #31279)

Great Sage of the Sea

Posts: 602

Location: Visalia, Ca.

Subject: RE: What ship are ya on mate?

Better Hong Kong than Bumbay....

iPOD

Posted 2009-10-04 3:08 AM (#31281 - in reply to #31279)

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??

Doc Gardner

Posted 2009-10-04 7:01 AM (#31282 - in reply to #31281)

Master and Commander

Posts: 2254

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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Land Lubber

Posted 2009-10-04 3:01 PM (#31288 - in reply to #31279)

Old Salt

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Subject: RE: What ship are ya on mate?

Well I hope it don't ship fertilizer.

LOL
Steve

whalen

Posted 2009-10-04 4:58 PM (#31294 - in reply to #31279)

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!

coracle

Ric

Posted 2009-10-04 5:37 PM (#31295 - in reply to #31294)

Plankowner

Posts: 9165

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.

Don Gentry

Posted 2009-10-05 12:20 AM (#31300 - in reply to #31295)

Admin

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Location: Renton, WA

Subject: RE: Vietnamese bumboat

Ric,

Once again your caveman knowledge comes in handy!!

Sewer Pipe Snipe

Posted 2009-10-05 2:00 AM (#31301 - in reply to #31279)

Master and Commander

Posts: 1796

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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