Engineering:Fustereau
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A fustereau (or fûtreau as in current French) is a small light flat-bottomed boat traditional of the Loire Valley, in France .[1]
This kind of boat can be equipped with whether fitted with a square sail or not (if so, just like weidlings on the Rhine river), depending of the wanted usage. Typically, fustereaus are around 10m-long.[2]
Historically, such riverboats have been used by fishermen, travelers, and local inhabitants for a long time. Nowadays, they are still used for crossing from one bank to the other, or for tourism.[3]
References
- ↑ Robert Burn (March 2022) (in en). A Naval and Military Technical Dictionary of the French Language: With Explanations of the Various Terms in English. pp. 188. ISBN 978-1296834371. https://books.google.com/books?id=_rFLAQAAMAAJ&q=fustereau&pg=RA1-PA24.
- ↑ Abel Poitrineau (1989) (in fr). La Loire – les peuples du fleuve. ISBN 978-2-7171-0639-8.
- ↑ "Traditional boats" (in en). 2022. https://www.loirevalley-france.co.uk/outings/other-trips-and-excursions/traditional-boats.
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