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AUGUST 1, 1997

Planks which fit under the square-tuck stern are
carved to shape. They are called oxters,
the Scots dialect name for armpits.

Grown oak timbers, selected in Latvia,
are sawn to form the ships frames

Spars are being shaped from
locally grown maritime pine.

Another view of the carved
oxter planks (see image at top).