Editing Strake (section)

== Terminology ==
In boat and ship construction, strakes immediately adjacent to either side of the [[keel]] are known as the ''garboard strakes'' or ''A strakes''. The next two are the first broad or ''B'' strake and second broad or ''C'' strake. Working upward come the bottom strakes, lowers, bilge strakes, topside strakes, and uppers also named sequentially as the ''D'' strake, ''E'' strake, etc. The uppermost along the topsides is called the sheer strake.<ref>{{cite book |title =Principles of Naval Engineering |publisher =[[United States Government Publishing Office]] |date =1970 |location =[[Washington, D.C.]] |page =19 }}</ref>   Strakes are joined to the [[stem (ship)|stem]] by their hood ends.<ref>[http://www.surveyorsforhire.com/boat_facts/general_wood_boat_information  General wooden boat information]</ref>

A rubbing strake was traditionally built in just below a [[Carvel (boat building)|carvel]] sheer strake.  It was much less broad but thicker than other strakes so that it projected and took any rubbing against piers or other boats when the boat was in use. In [[Clinker (boat building)|clinker]] boats, the rubbing strake was applied to the outside of the sheer strake. Many current pleasure craft reflect this history in that they have a mechanically attached (and therefore replaceable) rub rail at the location formerly occupied by a rubbing strake, often doubling to cover the joint between a [[Boat building#Fiberglass (Glass-reinforced plastic or GRP)|GRP hull]] and its innerliner. [[Inflatable boat|Inflatable]] [[dinghy|dinghies]] and [[Rigid-hulled inflatable boat|RIB]]s usually have a rubbing strake (typically a glued-on rubber [[extrusion]]) at the edge.<ref>Examples of extruded rubbing strakes [http://www.henshaw.co.uk/categories/12-rubbing-strake]</ref>

A "stealer" is a short strake employed to reduce the width of plank required where the girth of the hull increases or to accommodate a tuck in the shape.<ref>{{cite web |title=stealer, n.2 |url=https://www.oed.com/view/Entry/189468?rskey=uetolc&result=2#eid |website=www.oed.com |publisher=[[Oxford English Dictionary]] |language=en}}</ref> It is commonly employed in carvel and iron/steel shipbuilding, but very few clinker craft use them.