Overview of the skill:
A clinker dinghy is made up of a number of planks each side; the number of planks is
determined by the size and shape of the vessel. A clinker plank is overlaid the plank below for a lap (clinker is also known as lapstrake construction, as strake is another name for a plank and lap describing the joint between each plank).
Each plank is joined through the lap, and it tends to make a very strong and light structure which is ideal for boat construction. The joint usually is not caulked especially on the small dinghy. So ‘watertightness’ relies on a good lap between planks and it being well fastened.
There are different ways to finish each end of a plank in clinker hull construction; for
example the full thickness of the plank could run into the stem or transom. However,
usually the plank’s thickness is reduced so that the planks become flush at the stem or
transom. This is known as a half lap (half the thickness is removed from the bottom edge
of the top plank and the top edge of the bottom one, hence half lap). This type of joint is
also known as the geralds.
This technique in constructing a hull has been successfully used for quite large vessels
(Viking long boats for example), however, it tends to be limited to smaller vessels today. It makes light, strong and pretty dinghies.
The skill demonstrated will focus on preparing the existing fitted plank for the next one,
sorting the stem and the transom. Then preparing the next plank, fitting and fixing it into
position. All this will happen on a small sailing dinghy (14′ clinker Fowey River sailing
dinghy).
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Directed by Punkcity
Additional work by James Buran
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Under the knife I surrendered
The innocence yours to consume
You cut it away
And you filled me up with hate
Into the silence you sent me
Into the fire- consumed
You thought I’d forget
But it’s always in my head
You’re the pulse in my veins
You’re the war that I wage.
Can you change me?
Can you change me?
You’re the love that I hate
You’re the drug that I take
Will you cage me?
Will you cage me?
You’re the pulse in my veins
You’re the war that I wage.
Can you change me?
Can you change me?
From the monster you made me
This is the world you’ve created
The product of what I’ve become
My soul and my youth
It’s all for you to use
If I could take back the moment
I let you get under my skin
Relent or resist?
Seems the monster always wins
My heart’s an artifice, a decoy soul
I’ll lift you up and then I’ll let you go
I’ve made an art of digging shallow holes
I drop the darkness in and watch it grow
My heart’s an artifice, a decoy soul
Who knew the emptiness could be so cold?
I’ve lost the pieces that could make me whole
I am the darkness
I’m the monster