Periauger - Wikipedia A periauger or perogue ( pɪˈroʊg, ˈpiroʊg ) is a shallow draft, often flat-bottomed two-masted sailing vessel, often without a bowsprit, which also carried oars for rowing Periaugers of varying sizes and designs were used extensively in the inland waterways of the eastern seaboard of the United States during the 18th to early 19th century
The Visit Of The Periauger - TownDock. net The roots of the Periauger date back to colonial times – the design coming to North Carolina with French settlers This would have been a common craft used by settlers in the mid 1700’s to travel the North Carolina waterways
Periauger | Visit North Carolinas Northeast - Travel and . . . The Periauger is the only known replica in the world of a boat used to haul goods across the inland waterways of King George’s young colony Originally it would have been a dugout log split and equipped with two forward sails and oars called sweeps
Beaufort North Carolina History: The Periauger - Blogger Periauger is a generic term for a two-masted boat made of a dugout and split cypress log and propelled by both oars and sails Historical references indicate that for many Colonial settlers, the periauger was the vessel of choice, especially on the sounds and rivers of North Carolina
Ocracoke Island Journal: Periauger - Blogger Periaugers (sometimes called perogues) had no bowsprit, and were originally constructed from dug-out cypress logs Later, the logs were sometimes split down the middle, and planks added between, to make a larger vessel Some periaugers were constructed entirely of planks
Periaugers Journal The online journal of Periauger (aka Miss P); the replica of a 1730's shallow draft, flat bottomed work boat belonging to the Perquimans County Restoration Association
Periauger - NCpedia A periauger was a wooden boat created by digging out a log, then splitting it longitudinally and adding at least one keel plank between the halves The keel plank improved stability and increased cargo capacity without increasing draft
Periauger - Wikiwand A periauger or perogue ( pɪˈroʊg, ˈpiroʊg ) is a shallow draft, often flat-bottomed two-masted sailing vessel, often without a bowsprit, which also carried oars for rowing