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| Planking Methods-wood Various methods include; sheet plywood, stitch-N-glue, double diagonal, cold-molded, and strip. SHEET PLYWOOD is the simplest wood planking method. STITCH-N-GLUE is a simplified sheet plywood method which eliminates the use of stems and chines, thus avoiding the "fairing" required in conventional plywood construction. DOUBLE (MULTI-) DIAGONAL planking is more involved; used when compound shapes are incorporated into the hull (i.e.“bulbous forefootâ€, “reverse curveâ€, “round bilgeâ€). Uses strips of plywood or solid wood veneers laid over the hull in layers of opposite diagonals, glued together, most often with epoxy. COLD-MOLDED is a term that can be used interchangeably with above. STRIP w/FRP on Both Side - utilizes thin strips of wood, edge glued together. One method uses the wood as a “core†with fiberglass on both sides (see STRIPPER, GLEN-L 11 designs). 
STRIP w/FRP on Outside - The more common method uses strips fitted, glued, and fastened on edge with optional fiberglass on the outside only (See WHITEHALL, HARBOR MASTER, AMIGO designs).
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