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Old 09-08-2007
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Cool!!!
They do a similar thing with big, as in 70-80 feet loa, African pirogues (traditional wood boats). If you view their profile you see the keel is crescent shaped. They beach them every night by running them aground parallel to the shore. Most of the crew (20-30 men) then run to the bow which raises the stern. Two other crew on the beach pull the stern shoreward. Then the deck crew runs to the stern which lifts the bow. The bow is then hauled shoreward. This is repeated over and over and the boat is walked up the beach. The boat is finally turned bow seaward and on the final "rock" has big log rollers inserted beneath the keel. When they relaunch they just roll the boat into the water. The whole process only takes 10-15 minutes, it's amazing to see and very clever.
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