What limited ship size using 18th-century carvel construction?

💡 Explanation

Ships faced _hogging_ caused by uneven buoyancy; this creates a maximal _longitudinal bending moment_; carvel planking failed rather than compressed, therefore hull bending was the limiting factor rather than hydrostatic loads.

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