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Chapter Two
2.The breadth 1⁄4 more then the thickness of the stem.
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(152 II 43) The Binding Strakes must be joined to the beams with cogged laps, of half the thickness of the binding strake and an inch of the deck beam, from the side, and also from above.
a In the gure CC [fig. 2.98] is the upper face of a cog. And
b The lower face of the cogged lap joint.
(76 II 3) 23. About the Binding Strakes.
1. The binding strak es, broad 17 inches, thick 4 1⁄2
inches, under the forecastle broad 14 inches, thick 3 inches;andontheforecastle broad7to8to9inches, thick2inches,theforemost iswide2feet,behindthe mast 3 feet 2 inches. The one, going to the fron t of the main hatch, from behind , and the other , that goes from the partner forward, below the forecastle, they are somewhat narrower forward and aft, and are let half into the beams, and the beam is cut one inch in the side, but left uncut above, and this makes the cogged lap joint.
2. The rabbet is broad and deep 2 inches.
Figure 2.96.
inside and outside planking against the frame parts. It was split on the inside to receive a wedge; on the outside nails or wooden pins (dottles) were hammered to close the open structure of the wood and keep water from seeping through. (Drawing by A. J. Hoving)
wedge was driven into it from the inside to fi t in a sm all groove cut int the wedge; on the outside one or more dot- tles (square-sectioned wooden nails) were driven into the treenail. These now had to be smoothed off.
48. Make the Binding Strakes and the Tuck closed.
(54 II 3) The binding strak es, are thick, yet narrow planks, lying on the deck beams, those of the main deck with grooves, longitudinally: for the rmness of the main deck, which is laid on it. Some align with the width of the hatches, and close them in: the binding strakes aft of the mast, lie nearer to the ship’ s center, than those lying against the hatches.
(60 II 4 6) The binding strak es, hold the beams to- gether; against toppling. The hold beam, holds the binding strake, supports, or props, against toppling.
(68 II 30)
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19. About the Binding Strakes, Carlings, and Ledges.
48. Make the Binding Strakes and the Tuck Closed
Again Witsen would not have won any prizes for cle ar formulation. It would h ave been better to s ay: Make the binding strakes and close the tuck. These two things, in fact, have nothing in c ommon. The binding str akes were heavy, longitudinal planks, lying partly set into the dec k beams, which also formed the s ides of the h atches. On each side they had a groove or rabbet for the ledges and adjacent deck planks. The ledges, with their other ends laid in the groo ve of the w aterway, supported the pl ank- ing of the deck.
The binding str akes were f arthest apart at the m ain hatch; forward and aft they would be laid closer together because all the other openings in the dec k were sm aller than the main hatch. It should be noted here th at in the seventeenth century British and Dut ch deck construc- tion differed considerably. The Dutch schaarstokken were long pieces of wood, adding a rem arkable longitudinal strength to the ship, while the English carlings were short pieces that connected only the beams.
That the tuck had to be planked was something alto- gether different, of course. This was done diagonally, from the corner of the w ing transom and sternpost. B ecause
The treenail, a wooden dowel that attached the
1. 1⁄4 of the thickness of the stem, for the thickness of the binding strake.
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