🔍 Key Concepts

• Review the definitions of turn of the bilge, stringer plate, entrance, and garboard in basic ship-construction terminology. • Note that letter G is pointing to the very lowest part of the hull plating along the centerline area, not up on the sides or deck. • Think about where water, mud, or scale would collect inside the hull and what the adjacent keel plating is called.

💭 Think About

• Ask yourself: Is G showing a curved transition between bottom and side, a longitudinal strengthening plate near the deck, the shape of the bow, or the bottom plating next to the keel? • Compare the location of G with the frames and floors: is it at the turn of the side, along the bilge radius, or right along the keel at the centerline? • Which of these terms specifically refers to bottom shell plating next to the keel, rather than a general structural member or hull shape term?

✅ Before You Answer

• Verify which term refers to the curved part joining bottom and side plating (and see if G is actually there). • Verify which term refers to the bottom shell plating alongside the keel and see if G’s arrow lines up with that area. • Confirm that stringer plate is usually higher up (deck or longitudinal strength member), not at the extreme bottom centerline of the hull.