Someone on the list may find this interesting. I found it in reading The Yankee Whaler by Clifford W. Ashley (of Ashley Knots fame) written about 1926. On p.59, writing about the history of the whaleboat, he notes that "All the early boats were clinker-built--that is to say, "lap-streak" or "strake," a construction which resembles clap-boarding." I hadn't run across the "lap-streak" spelling anywhere before. Then Ashley goes on, p.61, to reference sounds made by the clinker-built boat, because it created a warning for whales during the hunt. He writes "J. Templeman Brown, speaking of the "clinker"-boat, says that the name was formed in imitation of the sound made by the boat while going through the water. I have frequently noted this in a clinker-built tender." The bibliography lists Brown as having been published in 1887. Personally, I love the clinker sound, especially when sleeping at anchor, when it makes perfect going-to-sleep music, but also when my boat is moving from drifting to a faster speed as the wind picks up, for it calls me to alertness of the changing conditions. I'm glad the Montgomeries are clinker built, never-mind the bit about the hull being four times stronger, or the drier sailing. David Patterson Cloud Girl, M17 #393