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13. Stern Planking:
Figure 15C shows how stealers may or may not have to be used. There are many times when they will not be required. It all depends on the shape of the ship’s buttocks. This shape is as varied as there are types of ships to be built.
14. Correction plank:
Figure 15D is a midships view where if you elected and started planking from below the main wale downward and at the same time from the keel upward you may get into a situation where despite your best laid plans there results a gap between the planks. A gap that is too wide for the plank material being used or where two very narrow planks would be required to fill the gap. A carefully tapered and fitted correction plank can be used if needed. The correction plank should be somewhere near a standard size plank tapered at both ends and fixed over at its ends onto a bulkhead. This correction plank should not be tapered more than half the normal planks width.
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