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Carvel Boatbuilding

Carvel boatbuilding is a method of constructing wooden boats by fixing planks to a frame, edge to edge and forming a smooth hull.

Clinker boats – the Viking era

Clinker boats are used for many purposes. The technique dates back to the Viking era when speed, weight and strength was paramount.

Lofting

What does it mean, this ‘lofting’? A black art that used to be guarded jealously and was the domain of only the master shipwright.

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Video: Sailing cargo vessel at anchor, Dunbar UK.

Video: Sailing cargo vessel at anchor, Dunbar UK.

De Tukker: A 1912 coastal trader turned sail training vessel. Now part of the EcoClipper fleet, she sails cargo and travellers across seas.
De Tukker: A 1912 coastal trader turned sail training vessel. Now part of the EcoClipper fleet, she sails cargo and travellers across seas.

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