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  • Question:
    Planking - The good method of planking a hull ?

  • Answers:

  • The strakes of the finishing planking must have a variable width to cover the hull regularly.
  • This width of strakes is going to be calculated at level of each bulkhead (2).

  • The calculation formula is simple:

    • - Divide the height of the biggest bulkhead by the width of the planking strips. It gives the number of strakes which will be laid.

    - Divide the height of each bulkhead by the number of strakes. It gives the width of strakes onto each frame.

    - Profile the strakes with a jig reproducing the obtained widths.


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