Boat vocabulary can be crazy and frustrating. For example, what do you call the planks that line the inside of the cockpit, and give it that beautiful, rich look? Why the ceiling planks, of course. And you thought that word meant an overhead surface, didn’t you?
Oh well, I didn’t really like the look of the old ceiling planks I took out. And it was a simple matter to use the old ones as patterns and make new. Actually it was easier to make new than to strip and refinish the old ones. Not to mention the risk that one of the old, brittle planks might break when putting them back in.
The challenge was how to clamp the new planks in when fitting them. That is often the case. Boatbuilders as a group are some of the most creative clampers I know.