JAXAshby wrote:
the design dates from when it was impossible to build a boat with a watertight
meeting of the ends of planks. Therefore, if one bent the planks around and up
so that they met above the waterline, you didn't have to worry so much about
taking on water.

How far back was this, Jax, the Vikings? In the 1800s they could
certainly make watertight plank ends.

Does your Scientific Sailboat Training include marine archeology now?

DSK