• This method is not applicable to the second planking.

• This photo was taken during the hull planking of the Boullongne. Here are the changes to be made:
• Instead of marking in advance the location of the last strake (2), lay the planking (B) since the level of a deck, until the strakes remain relatively right.
• Then trace the width of a strake below the planking laid.
• After begin planking since the keel, by curving the strakes with notches made with a razor saw. These notches make to the maximum 1/3 of the width of the strake.
• These notches are not done over the entire length of the strake, but only on the curved parts of planking. The parts to be notched are determined by marking the places where the strake leaves a rectilinear position.
• Video   

• 1. While planking progresses and that the inside of the hull is still accessible.
• 2. Apply carpenter's glue on the inside of planking.

• 1. The top planking is finished.
• 2. The width of the last strake remains open.
• 3. Note the curve of the lower strakes.

• Video     
• This video shows the installation of the curved strakes and the cut of their ends, then the installation of the last strake.

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