The closing one

The last piece of the planking, the one closing the hull, is special. Its position on the hull is different from a boatyard and another, and different ways coexist.
In the Cafiero boatyard, on the gozzo "Santa Maria del Lauro", this plank is the third one from the keel.
It is narrower than the others: while the edges of the other planks are cut to be perpendicular to the ribs in the very point of connection with them, following the rules of the "righella dei cardamoni", the edges of the so called "chiudente" ("the closing one"), and the ones of the contiguous planks, are cut to give it a wedge like section.
This shape is easily inserted between the other planks, avoiding any forcing, but at the same time allowing the "chiudente" to act as a wedge during torsions and bendings of the hull.
This plank too is wet and warmed up at fire, and then nailed to the ribs. And when Michele's last hammer bangs arrange it into its position, the planking on the ribs has become a boat's hull...