Matches in DBpedia 2016-04 for { ?s ?p "Clinker built (also known as lapstrake) is a method of boat building where the edges of hull planks overlap, called a \"land\" or \"landing.\" In craft of any size planks are also joined end to end into a strake. The technique developed in northern Europe and was successfully used by the Norsemen and typical for the Hanseatic cog. A contrasting method, where plank edges are butted smoothly seam to seam, is known as carvel construction.Examples of clinker-built boats directly descended from those of Norsemen shipbuilders are the traditional round-bottomed Thames skiffs of the River Thames, and the larger (originally) cargo-carrying Norfolk wherries of England."@en }
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- Clinker_(boat_building) abstract "Clinker built (also known as lapstrake) is a method of boat building where the edges of hull planks overlap, called a \"land\" or \"landing.\" In craft of any size planks are also joined end to end into a strake. The technique developed in northern Europe and was successfully used by the Norsemen and typical for the Hanseatic cog. A contrasting method, where plank edges are butted smoothly seam to seam, is known as carvel construction.Examples of clinker-built boats directly descended from those of Norsemen shipbuilders are the traditional round-bottomed Thames skiffs of the River Thames, and the larger (originally) cargo-carrying Norfolk wherries of England.".