Figure 16:

Moving into the full planking operation, from the bulkhead planking graph Figure 11 determine the widths of the various planks at the given bulkheads. Cut these planks section by section fitting them into place as you move along. Don’t try to cut all the required planks at once for the full ship as some creep or errors will occur as you go along. It is no good having a heap of undersized planks lying on the bench that aren’t going to fit. So cut and fit section by section. At the stern if you see a droop develop immediately as in figure 19, think about adding a half stealer into the equation. Doing a half stealer will prevent an unnecessary full stealer having to be used so early in the process.

NOTE: Rules for half stealers and full stealers and drop planks are listed under there own heading later in this project.

If it becomes immediately necessary to add a full stealer then it will have to be done but this should only be really necessary in a hull with very full buttocks where the planks are curving up dramatically.