These are long narrow clinker or carvel-built vessels which in a heavy sea have a rather peculiar motion. |
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Replacing a strake in a lapstrake boat is a little more difficult than it is with a carvel-built boat. |
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They ship a great deal more water than the southern carvel-built ships, but they are stronger, in the sense that they are more elastic. |
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Clencher-built vessels are much stronger, in proportion to their weight, than carvel-built ships. |
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The cutter was clinker-built and only cutters meant for foreign service were ever carvel-built. |
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It is not known when carvel-built ships first appeared in northern Europe. |
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What is the difference between a carvel-built and a clinker-built boat? |
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