Boat building
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Boat building is the design and construction of boats — and their on-board systems. This includes at minimum the construction of a hull, with any necessary propulsion, mechanical, navigation, safety a
A canoe being built with the stitch and glue method
A workshop building traditional wooden boats
Damaged boat mid-reconstruction; carvel planking partially removed
Caulking irons and oakum
Clinker (boat building)
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Clinker-built, also known as lapstrake-built, is a method of boat building in which the edges of longitudinal hull planks overlap each other.
Boat building
…believed to have originated in the Mediterranean. A number of boat building texts are available which describe the carvel planking method in detail. Clinker is a planking-first technique closely associated with Nordic countries, though used over a wider area of Northern Europe. Wooden planks are fixed to…
Diagram of clinker construction in the first half of the 20th century
Clinker built dinghy showing some of the basic structural details. The single rowing thwart supports the after end of the centre-board case. The pairs of knees at each end of the thwart can be seen; also the longitudinal stringer (rising) on which the thwart rests.
The Nydam boat, an early example of clinker construction.
The Gokstad Ship, a Viking longship, displaying the overlapping planks that characterize clinker construction.