The white cedar planks are then fitted over the ribs to form the outside of the hull. Next, the planks are sealed with caulking material, completed essentially the way wooden boats have been built ...

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The first racing shells, known as Lapstrake, or clinker boats, had hulls made from overlapping wooden planks called strakes. The hull is the shell frame, or main body, of the boat. George Pocock ...