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How Ships Are Built in Holland Today
(73 II 32) The fashion pieces wide 1 foot 9 inches, thick 8 inches: the ends reach down to 1 foot below the middle of the sternpost.
5. The Fashion Pieces
The fashion pieces were two very large, expensive, curved timbers that made the cur ve of the t uck. For ships built for speed, the point where the fashion pieces were joined with the stern was placed higher than for carriers. This was another moment when the shipwright could influence the properties of the vessel.
6. The Chock underneath it.
(73 II 49) but the chock, which comes in the corner of the fashion pieces, is sharp to one side.
6. The Chock underneath It
This chock seems to fill the remaining space between the fashionpieces.Ihaveneverseenit inshipwrecksorin models, and it is not mentioned by Van Yk.
7. The Broekstuk.
(54 II 33) The broekstuk [. . .] come in the tuck, for the same of rmness.
(67 I 11) 5. The broekstuk 1 inch thinner than the sternpost.
7. The Broekstuk
The translation of this word i s difficult, because there seems to be no equivalent in English. It is a plate of wood, one inch thinner than the sternpost, that firmly joined the lower ends of the f ashion pieces. Later, in section 40 (Make the hanging Knees, t the ceiling in the Bilge, make the crutches and the K eelson, and the Mast Step), we shall see that the broekstuk was also the basis for a number of knees, which strengthened the stern.
8. The transoms.
(147 I 4 6) In the Figure S [fig. 2.25], a Is the Wing Transom, and b one side of the F ashion Piece, c and e
Figure 2.20. Fashion piece.
Plate XLVII (drawing F).
(73 II 46) The broekstuk is thick 7 inches, and cov- ers the lower ends of the fashion pieces.
Figure 2.21.
Plate XLVIII (drawing F)
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