Wherry
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A wherry is a type of boat that was traditionally used for carrying cargo or passengers on rivers and canals in England, and is particularly associated with the River Thames, the River Cam and the Bro
Thames wherry built to 18th-century design at Kingston upon Thames
Tyne Wherry information sheet from Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums collections
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.
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…Cam and the Broadland rivers of Norfolk and Suffolk. London passenger wherries evolved into the Thames skiff, a gentleman's rowing boat. Wherries were clinker-built with long overhanging bows so that patrons could step ashore dryshod before landing stages were built along the river. It is the long angled bow that…
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.