It’s the difference between forcing jigsaw pieces to fit into each other using muscle and sliding well-fitting peices together. This type of hull is light and quite strong.Įdge Set: The process of using force to push the edge of a plank up against it’s neighbor so that their edges mate. The outer planking is usually not caulked, so the seams must be made very precisely. The plank seams are staggered so that the inner and outer seams don’t line up. Builder often put a coat of thickened varnish between the plank layers, which acts as a sealer. Usually the inner layer is a softer, lighter wood such as cedar. A common place to find deadwood is between the keel and the upper keel or rabbet.ĭespiling: The process of copying the information off of your spiling batten onto a plank.ĭouble Planked Hull: A hull that is made up of two layers of planking. Rigging puts a huge amount of strain on a boat, and these parts help to distribute the load so that no single fastener has to carry it all.Ĭonstruction Drawing: A drawing of the boat showing details one will need to actually build a boat, such as how the stem attaches to the keel, location and number of frames, etc.ĭeadwood: Wood that serves primarily as filler between other structural members. They really are more like sloped floorboards or walls, but hey, this is boat talk.Ĭhain Plate: A metal strap (sometimes a metal sheet) that spreads the load from the rigging out along a wide surface. The seam between the planks is sealed with caulking (cotton or oakum) and putty.Ĭeiling: The floorboards that rise up along the inside edge of a boat. The buttock lines help to describe how the boat shape changes from center to edge.Ĭarlin: A longitudinal deck framing member (i.e., one that runs fore and aft).Ĭarvel Planking: Planking where the boards butt against each other edge to edge. Like slicing a banana the long way for a banana split.

After the screw is sunk, a bung is driven into the hole to seal it.īuttocks: Slices of a boat made lengthwise, and top to bottom. The binder attaches to the sheer via lapstrake planking, but butts up to the plank below it via carvel planking.īung: a wooden plug that goes into a bung hole to seal up a screw and protect it from water infiltration.īung Hole: The countersink above a screw head that allows a screw to seat below the surface of the wood. The degree of backing out changes along the plank’s length as the curve of the frames it rests on changes.īatten: A long, thin strip of wood used to create a fair curve.īearding Line: The line formed by the inboard edge of the Rabbet.īinder Plank: The plank just below the sheer in a combination lapstrake / carvel planked boat such as a Whitehall. This allows the plank to sit tight up against a curved frame. This is a work in progress and will be updated from time to time.īacking Out: Scooping out wood from the inside of a plank to give it a little hollow.

Wooden ship construction