mistery boat

[MADOC1]

i saw this boat in south austin in about '90 and hauled it home. it included a rough trailer and it was only $50! might have been stolen, but it was ugly. anyway i hauled it home in the pickup and came back later and got the trailer. i stripped many layers of paint and redid it. also added a small oak molding around it. anyway what would you call this type of boat? i think it came from la. it is about 14' long and about 4' wide. it is comprised of only 5 pieces. the sides are one piece cedar or cypress. they are 15" wide and 3/4 thick. the transom and the front are 1 1/2 thick. the bottom is 3/8 plywood and flat. any ideas? skiff, garvey, jon boat?
ok noo pics. i guess they are too large. will work on that. the bow is 6" x 30" and the transom is 16" x 50". thx for any info.

jim

[cstevens]

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ok noo pics. i guess they are too large. will work on that.

Jim, even though the forum gives you the option to upload photos it doesn't actually work. You need to host the photo somewhere else and then link to it from here. Smugmug and Flickr are two popular options. Don't use Photobucket though - it doesn't work.

[sharpiefan]

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Per Thorne's 'How-to', here's how to post photos on this forum:
...FIRST - Don't attach photos. Only a tiny version will display.
...SECOND - Post the photos on the web. Use your own website or a free image hosting service like www.flickr.com, picasaweb.google.com, picturetrail, etc. Images posted on Facebook must be set to "Public" access via the Edit option, not limited to "Friends".
...THIRD - Once posted on the web, right-click the photo to "Copy Image Location", or drag the photo to another browser window, then copy the image URL (web address) which will end in ".jpg". You can test by pasting the photo URL into the location field (http://* ) of a web browser and see if the photo displays. Remember that this process will not work for photos located just on your computer, on members-only Yahoo groups, or on Facebook unless set to "Public" view. (In Flickr - You usually have to first click the photo to bring up the black-framed viewer, then click the "View All Sizes" link near the top right. Then you can get the image URL by right-clicking the image. Alternately you can go to the Actions menu on the upper left, then select "View All Sizes".
...FOURTH - DO THIS EVERY TIME TO POST IMAGES IN THREADS: A. In any "Reply" window you can click the "insert image" icon --> a little yellow square icon with a dot at each corner, a tiny tree in the center. Depending on browser version and Reply/Edit status, this may bring up a simple window with a field to paste the URL into, or the "Add an Image" window described below. B. If the window titled "Add an Image" comes up, click the "From URL" tab, paste the URL of the photo in the field, deselect the box for "Retrieve remote file and reference locally", then click the "INSERT IMAGE" button. The Forum software will resize some large images, so look at your post to see the actual displayed images.




Does it look like this?

[MADOC1]

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sharpiefan, yes it is very similar. thx. i don't understand the photo thing but i guess i can at least start with flicker and go from there.IMG_0111 by jim maddock, on Flickbr />
jim

[sharpiefan]

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This

https://www.flickr.com/photos/148047845@N05/36230211181

points to the hosting site page holding an image. You need to do whatever it takes for your browser to view the image itself - sometimes it's as easy as picking "View Image" from a drop-down menu. You'll know you have it right when the address in your browser window looks like this:
https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4426/36230211181_267ac71d83.jpg
...copy this & paste into your forum comment window, then surround it with HTML image tags -- make it look like this, using square brackets in place of the curly ones; leave no space between [img] and http.... or .jpg and [/img]

{img}https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4426/36230211181_267ac71d83.jpg{/img}

[cstevens]

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With flickr it's actually even easier than that:

1. Upload the image to your flickr account

2. View the image in the flickr "photostream" view

3. Make sure it is set to "public" visibility (there is an option below the photo to change its visibility)

4. Use the "share" option (right-pointing arrow under the photo)

5. Select the BBCode option in the share dialog and specify the image size (I usually select 800x600)

6. Copy and paste the share code from the dialog into the edit window here on the forum. You won't see the image right away but it will appear when you publish the post.

That approach does add an extra link to Flickr below the image. You can remove it by eliminating the second tag pair. You can also easily set the privacy setting for a large group of images using the "camera roll" view, if needed.

[MADOC1]

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i got on flicker finally and pasted a pic a couple of replies back.IMG_0111 by jim maddock, on Flickr

[rbgarr]

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Nice. I'd call it a bateau, French/Acadian word for a simple, straightforward boat.

[MADOC1]

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thx for all the help. would you believe this is the first time to c&p for me? now how do i delete it?

jim

[MADOC1]

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rbg, thx. that makes sense since i believe it came from la or east texas.

jim

[sharpiefan]

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Googling "cajun bateau", I found these flatboats in this book --
Folk Boats of Louisiana (LINK)

[MADOC1]

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wow, hadn't thought of that. that is cool and will follow up on it. thx. hmm, a bateau on lake travis.

jim

[MADOC1]

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one more.IMG_0115 by jim maddock, on Flickr

[Seabeau]

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sharpiefan: Here in southeast GA. we call your green hulled type of punt, an Ogeechee River Boat. Built before the advent of outboard motors, a fisherman would sit in the narrow stern, maneuver and paddle with a short paddle in one hand and "fish" with the other.

[sharpiefan]

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sharpiefan: Here in southeast GA. we call your green hulled type of punt, an Ogeechee River Boat. Built before the advent of outboard motors, a fisherman would sit in the narrow stern, maneuver and paddle with a short paddle in one hand and "fish" with the other.

Thanks. It was a blind stab in the dark.

A while back, we had some threads about Racer Evans/Ogeechee River boats, and a builder (LINK) was kind enough to join the conversations. If you're interested, you can get a list of the threads by putting this in your browser search window:

site:http://forum.woodenboat.com/ "racer evans"