page_title: Strake
hierarchical_section_title: Strake
caption_attribution_description: Gokstadskipet, Vikingskipmuseet, Oslo
context_page_description: On a vessel's hull, a strake is a longitudinal course of planking or plating which runs from the boat's stempost to the sternpost or transom.
  The word derives from traditional wooden boat building methods, used in both carvel and clinker construction. In a metal ship, a strake is a course of plating.
context_section_description: On a vessel's hull, a strake is a longitudinal course of planking or plating which runs from the boat's stempost (at the bows) to the sternpost or transom (at the rear).
  The word derives from  traditional wooden boat building methods, used in both carvel and clinker construction. In a metal ship, a strake is a course of plating.
caption: A clinker-built Viking longship, whose overlapping planks constitute "strakes".
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