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Chapter Two
Figure 2.125. (top) Plate XX. Wash strake on the sheer rail Figure 2.126. (bottom) Plate XX. Vertuining plank
(274 II 7) In heavy ships, the side planks, that rise aft, are made of wainscot, w hich for the sak e of strength, lie with their edges overlapping, and for beauty’s sake, rise with a curve inward.
3. The others, standing 81⁄2 inches above it, are broad 5 inches, thick 3 inches.
4. The Molding is broad 11⁄2 inches.
(80 I 23) 40. About the uppermost railings.
1. The uppermost railing at the main Mast stands 2
feet 81⁄2 inches from the sheer rail.
2. The other, aft, 3 feet 6 inches, from the sheer rail. 3. The third 4 feet 5 inches.
4. The fourth 6 feet 1 inch.
5. The fth 7 feet 11⁄2 inches.
6. Aft straight up, 7 feet 9 inches.
7. The aftermost is long 18 feet 9 inches.
8. The other forward from there, 10 feet 5 inches.
9. The third forward, 13 feet 6 inches.
10. The fourth forward, 14 feet 5 inches.
11. The fth forward, 14 feet 4 inches.
(80 II 17) 41. About the vertuining.
1. The lowermost board broad 10 inches, forward 9
inches, thick 1 inch.
2. To the second railing from forward one board. 3. To the third two boards.
4. To the fourth three boards.
5. To the fth ve boards.
6. Thick 1 inch, broad 1 foot.
7. Notched above.
8. The fourth railing stands 5 inches apart.
9. The fth hance is straight above, curved below. 10. The hance is thick and broad as the railing.
(55 I 1) Fillings: are pieces of wood, which are used to ll one place or the other, where wood is short.
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(55 I 33) Railings, as depicted on the fth plate [fig. 2.128], are broad battens, that are placed above and around the ship’s side aft and forward.
62. Hereafter It Is Done Up Outside, with Wales, Filling Strakes and Sheer Rails, Washstrake, Vertuining, and Railing
With this st ep the external planking of the hu ll was fi n- ished. The lower pair of wales had been pl aced before launching, and the second pair was now made above the gunports so th at the scuppers of the upper dec k would come between them.
Above this pair, in between which filling strakes closed the hull, was the area for the gunports of the upper deck, if need be. If these were not made, the space in between the second and third wa le was of ten not muc h broader than that between the lower wales.
(80 I 11) 38. About the Railing forward.
1. The railing here is broad 3 inches, thick 11⁄2 inches. 2. The Molding broad, 1 inch.
Figure 2.127. Figure 2.128.
(right) Plate XXVI. Filling chock (below) Plate XXIV. Railing
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