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Has Reader Ever Seen Working Bumboat?

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Describe vessel. What was being touted & where?

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  1. I have only ever seen pictures of them or seen them in movies.  In some places I have lived we used similar boats to ferry goods ashore from delivery freighters because the water was too shallow for the freighter to dock.


  2. We had bumboats that would come alongside when we were loading or unloading cargo.  They would sell work clothes, gloves etc, usually cold beer, sundries, magazines, newspapers etc.  They were about 65 feet long, with ladders that went up to our spar deck to allow access.

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