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The expertise of forming and fitting planks
as in carvel or clinker planked wooden hulls is not needed. The
hull is formed by using thin strips of approx 1" thickness,
which are then glued and edge nailed to each other to skin the
hull. The introduction of epoxy glues has simplified this process
dramatically. Material costs are not prohibitive, although hardwood
is used it can be machined from short or off-cut lengths. The
framework of the hull can either be made of wood, laminated plywood,
or fabricated from steel or aluminium, of either angle or strip.
The latter known as 'composite strip-plank construction'. |
