The strakes each side are usually lettered alphabetically from the keel outward and upward, the garboard strake being known as the' A' strake and the next strake as the 'B' strake, and so on up to the sheer strake .
Kwicala ngalinye lemichwe kudla ngokubakhona oonobumba abalandelelanayo ngokoonobumba bokuqala begama abakumphamndle nakumphezulu wesinqanawa, umchwe we-garboard waziwa ngokuba ngumchwe 'A' uze umchwe olandelayo ube ngu-'B', njalo njalo kude kufikelelwe kumchwe wokuphambukisa.