GROUNDNUT CUTTER
Posted: Sun Jun 10, 2018 8:38 pm
Gambia issued in 2018 two miniature sheets for “Hooked on Fishing” which shows one D100 stamp and in the margin of the D170 , fishing vessels which are actually used in formerly times to carry groundnuts (peanuts) on the Gambia River down from the plantations to the merchant cargo ships in Bathurst. I am not sure if she are still used for this work in 2018.
In Gambia they are known as “groundnut cutter” there are two types. The MS shows a vessel with one mast and not any sail but I believe she were used before as gaff cutter.
In 1983 three stamps issued shows us a canoe type “groundnut cutter”
The canoe type is characterized by a keel piece projecting from both the bow and stern. Bottom curved fore-and-aft; moderate sheer; flared sides. Raked end transom. Rudder post offset to avoid the stern extension; rudder blade pivots below the extension; tiller. Hull gaily painted Stem vertical.
Open hold, wide side decks; groundnuts in sacks piled above deck level. One mast. Set a baggy spritsail, staysail, jib to a short jibboom
Length on deck 18.3m.
In 1953 and also on both of the MS issued in 2018 which shows us the “gaff cutter”. Plump stern; straight, raked transom, topstrake curves up towards the bow. Crew live on deck.
The rig consists of four sails, long gaff and boom mainsail, foresail, jib and gaff topsail to a topmast. Fitted with a long bowsprit, the main boom extends a little way beyond the stern.
As suggest on the MS that she are used for fishing, most probably now powered also by an outboard or diesel engine.
Source: Aak to Zumbra a dictionary of the World’s Watercraft and internet
Gambia 1953 1d and 1/3 sg 172 and 179. 1983 1b sg494 (in background of stamp) , 30b sg 501, 1d25 sg506. 2018 D100 and D170 mssg ?.
In Gambia they are known as “groundnut cutter” there are two types. The MS shows a vessel with one mast and not any sail but I believe she were used before as gaff cutter.
In 1983 three stamps issued shows us a canoe type “groundnut cutter”
The canoe type is characterized by a keel piece projecting from both the bow and stern. Bottom curved fore-and-aft; moderate sheer; flared sides. Raked end transom. Rudder post offset to avoid the stern extension; rudder blade pivots below the extension; tiller. Hull gaily painted Stem vertical.
Open hold, wide side decks; groundnuts in sacks piled above deck level. One mast. Set a baggy spritsail, staysail, jib to a short jibboom
Length on deck 18.3m.
In 1953 and also on both of the MS issued in 2018 which shows us the “gaff cutter”. Plump stern; straight, raked transom, topstrake curves up towards the bow. Crew live on deck.
The rig consists of four sails, long gaff and boom mainsail, foresail, jib and gaff topsail to a topmast. Fitted with a long bowsprit, the main boom extends a little way beyond the stern.
As suggest on the MS that she are used for fishing, most probably now powered also by an outboard or diesel engine.
Source: Aak to Zumbra a dictionary of the World’s Watercraft and internet
Gambia 1953 1d and 1/3 sg 172 and 179. 1983 1b sg494 (in background of stamp) , 30b sg 501, 1d25 sg506. 2018 D100 and D170 mssg ?.