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Bending heated sub-sheer-strake planks in pairs

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posted on 2025-02-07, 13:48 authored by Zeeshan A ShaikhZeeshan A Shaikh
Boat builders Panchanan and Dilip Mondal use wooden stakes and levers to bend a pair of fire-heated planks into shape; these symmetrically-bent planks will become sub-sheer strake (naba dali) planks that will be set on opposite sides of the hull.

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Endangered Material Knowledge Programme

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Rights owner

Zeeshan Alli Shaikh

Cultural group

Namasudra

Country

India

Place

Dihimandalghat, West Bengal

Date of creation

2022-10-21

Unique ID

2022SG04-B07-1362

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