skmagicslides

By sksmagicslides

Clinker Built

viking style boating
a traditional clinker
light & strong for raids

actually if you’ve ever tried rowing one - they are pretty heavy
but they the are well built and robust.
as a child we had a clinker built dinghy,  and a larger one for fishing with an outboard motor.

clinker construction, method of shipbuilding characteristic in north European waters during ancient and medieval times, in which the planks were overlapped and, in earlier times, usually joined by sewing. The earliest-known specimen, found in Als, Denmark, dates from about AD 300. The Viking ships that raided Europe and discovered America were clinker built, as were the ships with which William the Conqueror invaded Britain in the 11th century. Clinker construction provided less efficient streamlining than edge-to-edge (carvel) construction but gave the extra strength needed for safety in stormy waters.

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