Sinker Cypress, Atchafalaya Swamp

[LSUDad]

My good friend Zach, I’ve taken a boat ride back in the swamp, looking for the cuts. They are 20 ft long sections, many have been down over 100 years. He has his own Mill, a band saw. Most stuff is a ruff cut, 1X4 is 1” by 4”. Not finished lumber. He can cut anything. I helped him and his dad a few days. He wanted to give me lumber, but I didn’t have any place to store it.

Here is a couple slabs of honey locust.
 

 

[LSUDad]

Cypress PutPut boat. If you’ve never seen one, you’ve been missing out. My cousin that owns the Pelican Shipyard, this is his boat. Built by a Mr. Mendoza, from Bayou Sorrel. 

 

 

 

 

[LSUDad]

My friend that lifts Sinker Cypress, another talent...

 

 

 

 

[houtiger]

Those are PRETTY boats, too pretty to get wet!

[LSUDad]

3 hours ago, houtiger said:

Those are PRETTY boats, too pretty to get wet!

The thing is, once the boats are put into the water, they leak a little, the wood and packing swell up, then seals. To remove the water, you have to bail it out. 

[houtiger]

That big boat, looks like you could take your whole baseball team fishing with you!

[LSUDad]

43 minutes ago, houtiger said:

That big boat, looks like you could take your whole baseball team fishing with you!

They are long and thin, used in the swamp, going in between cypress trees. Easy to navigate. They have engines that many had built in Plaquemine. Some single or two cylinder. The reason called put-put boats, that’s how they sounded. My cousin that owns the Shipyard, has a number of the old engines.