8.2.1 All
workmanship is to be of good quality and in accordance with good shipbuilding
practice. Any defect is to be rectified to the satisfaction of the
Surveyor before the material is covered with paint, cement or other
composition. The materials and welding are to be in accordance with
the requirements of the Rules for the Manufacture, Testing and Certification of Materials, July 2022.
The assembly sequence and welding sequence are to be agreed prior
to construction and are to be to the satisfaction of the Surveyor.
Plates which have been subjected to excessive heating while being
worked are to be satisfactorily heat treated before being erected
in the hull.
8.2.2
Wood
sheathing on decks. Where plated decks are sheathed with wood,
the sheathing is to be efficiently attached to the deck, caulked and
sealed, to the satisfaction of the Surveyor.
8.2.3
Rudder
and sternframe. The final boring out of the propeller boss
and sternframe skeg or solepiece, and the fit-up and alignment of
the rudder, pintles and axles, are to be carried out after completing
the major part of the welding of the after part of the ship. The contacts
between the conical surfaces of pintles, rudder stocks and rudder
axles are to be checked before the final mounting.