scantlings - The dimensions of all kinds of timber used in the construction of a vessel.
Scantlings The dimensions of a ship's timbers.
Scuttle Deliberately sink a ship. A cask lashed in a convenient part of the ship to hold water for daily use.
scantlings
The materials and other specifications for a vessel's construction.
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scarph
An overlapping joint used to couple two timbers end-to-end without increasing their dimensions. Types include simple butt (flat) scarphs and more complicated hooked and keyed scarphs. (back) ...
The scantlings or plate thicknesses are usually given in the order bottom/side/cabin thickness and are in millimeters. A good modern boat would be 10/6/4 mm.
SCANTLINGS The dimensions of a building material, especially the width and thickness of a timber. The dimensions of the structural parts of a vessel. SCHOONER RIG See SAILBOAT RIGS.
SCANTLINGS A term applied to the dimensions of the frames, girders, plating, etc., that enter into a ship's structure.
[edit] Rules of thumb to determine the deck scantlings:
The thickness of the decking affects how strong the hull is, and is directly related to how thick the skin of the hull itself is, which is of course related to how large the vessel is, ...
The 42PH hull is laid up to massive scantlings. A layer of Core-Cell foam is sandwiched between numerous layers of fiberglass, making for a strong and moderately light hull.
Where grounding is possible, this type of keel is suitable with its massive scantlings, but there is always a problem of the increased draft with no additional cargo capacity.
denoting that their scantlings are as required for their respective rating classes.
 See also: Boat, Forward, Hull, Beam, Stern
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