Caulking fee

Amount that the shipowner used to pay for caulking the ship, which was mostly made of wood. – Cracks and small holes on the ship’s outer wall and deck were filled with tow, tallow, pitch and tar using special tools such as horsing irons, caulking irons, hammers and making irons. Insurers often made regular calfing compulsory for the shipowner; otherwise the insurance was taken out with the restrictive clause “free from leakage”. Companies specializing in calfing were therefore active in the seaports. The calfater’s fee was usually included in the freight charge. – See casting charge, capping charge, leakage, loading charge, shipowner’s charge.

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