Building A Dinghy
Since the ninth century, perhaps culminating in the nineteenth, many ships were clinker-built. Although it was developed primarily for use on wooden ships, some later iron ships also used this method. To give an understanding of what it involved, the best course is to describe the building of a pulling dinghy (a rowboat). The reader should allow for the added complexity which comes from larger size.
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