Fustereau

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 a square sail or not (if so, just like weidlings on the Rhine river), depending on 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[edit]

^ Robert Burn (March 2022) [1842]. A Naval and Military Technical Dictionary of the French Language: With Explanations of the Various Terms in English. p. 188. ISBN 978-1296834371.
^ Abel Poitrineau (1989). La Loire – les peuples du fleuve (in French). ISBN 978-2-7171-0639-8.
^ Loire Valley Official Website (2022). "Traditional boats".

[1] Robert Burn (March 2022) [1842]. A Naval and Military Technical Dictionary of the French Language: With Explanations of the Various Terms in English. p. 188. ISBN 978-1296834371.

[2] Abel Poitrineau (1989). La Loire – les peuples du fleuve (in French). ISBN 978-2-7171-0639-8.

[3] Loire Valley Official Website (2022). "Traditional boats".

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