Many wooden boats today are assembled with industrial-strength chemical adhesives and seemingly bulletproof caulks. With these high-tech emollients, it's easy to forget some of the reasons for using mechanical fastenings such as screws, rivets, and clench nails-or why they are even used at all anymore. First off, it's important to note that a traditional, plank-on-frame hull is a world apart from its modern, cold-molded colleagues or even those assembled with glued-lap plywood, where the components are very thin pieces of wood that are essentially embalmed, made stable, and "welded" into place to produce a monocoque structure like an airplane.
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