Clinker boats - each strake overlaps the one below it. But what happens at each end?
Well, properly, you cut 'lands' into adjoining strakes so that any clinker overlap gradually merges out. And because it's proper, I'm doing it on Swallow.
It's not tricky, but it
is time-consuming. Once the strake is shaped to fit the hull, it's time to cut the lands. Here is a 3mm wide land, about 40mm long, cut into a 2mm thick strake using a Stanley blade, and then sanded smooth with the
specialist tool in the background. (A bit of sandpaper glued to some wood). In the land, the strake runs down to half thickness.
...and on the boat, you do the same:
You can cut all four lands on each strake off the boat - but I've found it easier and less likely to result in disaster (lands on wrong sides) doing it this way.
In full-size proper boat-building, the strakes would be nailed to the stem and the transom, and clenched together with copper rivets along their edges. Way too much hassle! I'm glueing up the shell as I go - a technique used by those building modern 'clinker' boats from ply and epoxy. It's a clamptastic exercise!
So how do the ends look? Here's the transom. The strakes are left overlong at the moment, and won't be sanded flush until all are in place. The lands (all tongue and groovy) are working fine - I have disappearing clinkers!
...Though I doubt I could do this at a smaller scale.
Andy