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To what extent was the "boxy" shape of the dutch ships controlled by woodworking methods of the 1700's?
Was it easier or faster or cheaper to build ships with straight sides and abrubt angles rather than a hull with gentler contours?
Also it looks like the contours of the ships as originally built gave a greater hull volume than the autocad revision. Were the ships designed to have a more stable hull with greater displacment and shallower draught than would have been possible with a rounded hull contour?
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