Irwin Schuster sent me some photos of an Atchafalaya Basin piroque he found in in the Peabody-Essex Museum in Salem, MA.
The forward rowing platform seems cumbersome in contrast with the beautiful lines of the piroque.
A friend once told me that the defining characteristic of a piece of art is whether you can live with it.
This is a boat I could live with but I would sit down to row, if only to eliminate the rowing stanchion.
Small matter how it's rowed with a craft as sweet as this. Put this one down on the list of boats Doryman wants to build.
