Which plating is located along the bottom edge of the hull immediately adjacent to the keel?

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Which plating is located along the bottom edge of the hull immediately adjacent to the keel?

The garboard strake is the first row of plates along the hull at the very bottom, running right against the keel. This placement is what defines it: it sits along the bottom edge immediately adjacent to the keel, forming the seam where the hull begins to rise from the keel. A keel strake would lie on the keel line itself, not along the bottom edge beside it; a bilge strake sits higher up where the bottom meets the sides near the bilge; a draft strake is associated with the lower hull area but not the edge directly next to the keel.

The garboard strake is the first row of plates along the hull at the very bottom, running right against the keel. This placement is what defines it: it sits along the bottom edge immediately adjacent to the keel, forming the seam where the hull begins to rise from the keel.

A keel strake would lie on the keel line itself, not along the bottom edge beside it; a bilge strake sits higher up where the bottom meets the sides near the bilge; a draft strake is associated with the lower hull area but not the edge directly next to the keel.

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