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Figure 1.4. Shipbuilding according to Witsen: (A) The keel is laid on the keel blocks, and the stem and sternpost are erected; the first strake along the keel (the garboard strake) has also been fixed. (B) With the aid of cleats and planking tongs the lower plank shell
of the ship is shaped. (C) The turn of the bilge is made, using the shape of two bilge futtocks at the location of the main frame as a mold. (D) The “bowl” is filled with frame timbers and the master ribband is attached to some futtocks to indicate the maximum width and the sheer of the ship. (Drawing by Anton v.d. Heuvel)
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