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It seems like there's rather more discussion here of boatbuilding than is necessary to explain what a strake is. Shouldn't this material be in a boat building article, and just pointed to from this one?

It's all about strakes. If you don't want to know about strakes in connection with boatbuilding, there's nearly nothing left to write about.(RJP 10:26, 21 November 2005 (UTC))

Contents 1 Examples of "Strake" 1.1 Washington Post article refers to Divine Strake 2 What are they *for*? 3 This article attempts too much

[edit] Examples of "Strake"

Would it be appropriate to mention significant uses of the word "strake"? In particular, I'm thinking of the US military's designation of a new munition, "Divine Strake," as follows:

[edit] Washington Post article refers to Divine Strake

Pentagon to Test a Huge Conventional Bomb By Ann Scott Tyson Washington Post Staff Writer Friday, March 31, 2006; Page A09

A huge mushroom cloud of dust is expected to rise over Nevada's desert in June when the Pentagon plans to detonate a gigantic 700-ton explosive -- the biggest open-air chemical blast ever at the Nevada Test Site -- as part of the research into developing weapons that can destroy deeply buried military targets, officials said yesterday.

The test, code-named "Divine Strake," will occur on June 2 about 90 miles northwest of Las Vegas in a high desert valley bounded by mountains, according to Pentagon and Energy Department officials.

68.22.199.109 17:22, 12 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] What are they *for*?

This article goes into a great deal of detail about what a strake *is* (in boatbuilding), but says almost nothing about *why* there are strakes.

A quick look at the dictionary suggests to me that "strake" may be the generic term for any longitudinal strip of hull planking. Is that true? If so, the entry here should be rephrased to clarify that. The current phrasing suggests to me that a strake is an extra piece of wood or metal attached on the outside of the hull for some additional (unspecified) purpose. Elysdir 04:48, 21 June 2006 (UTC)

 You are correct, they are simply fore-aft shell structure. There are a few 'special' strakes, as mentioned in the article, including rubbing strakes. Parts read as if taken right from a book, website or interview though. Probably should be tagged for cleanup and/or verification.

[edit] This article attempts too much

The article is not encyclopedic in that is attempts to cover a great variety of topics. It should be broken up into small articles or merged with existing work. see Strength of Ships and Shell plating. Jmvolc (talk) 14:55, 20 December 2007 (UTC)