somebody knows a good oem teak deck supplier in Italy ?

BartW

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in UK you have Wattsons,
anybody know a similar company in Italy that delivers the same quality of teak deck's ?
or delivers to some of the big IT boatyards ?

I'm in the process of preparing some winter refurbishing on our boat,
repairing / remaking the bulwarks is the big job.
we will need to replace the teak on deck level aswell,
there is only 5mm left of the orriginal 12mm, ...(boat is now 26yo)
and make it all water sealed.

so far I have been talking with 2 yards here around Naples,
they claim to have their own solution for making a new teak deck (?)
mixed feelings about it when asking detailed questions.
 
many thanks PF,
I was going to send you a mail,
can you PM me the contact details of the part of Aprea mare that you worked with ?
I had some people from " Aprea " family on the boat, but appears there are a few different yards there,
they were from CN Marina di Stabia.

best Bart.
 
Bart Aprea is very common in Naples - Salerno area.

Most famous is Nord Compensati. (They supply the most famous yards FG, Sanlorenzo, Azimut-Benetti etc etc)

But I can get you some other names if you are interested.
 
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BartW said:
many thanks PF,
I was going to send you a mail,
can you PM me the contact details of the part of Aprea mare that you worked with ?
I had some people from " Aprea " family on the boat, but appears there are a few different yards there,
they were from CN Marina di Stabia.

best Bart.
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PM -sent
 
PowerYachtBlog said:
Bart Aprea is very common in Naples - Salerno area.

Most famous is Nord Compensati. (They supply the most famous yards FG, Sanlorenzo, Azimut-Benetti etc etc)

But I can get you some other names if you are interested.
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it seems that Nord compensati just supply's teak or panels to the yard, don't do placing(?), nor cutting to size, (?)

I believe that Wattsons prepare the teak, and perhpas also place it,
that's the kind of service / company that I am looking for...
so in case you know.. pls let me know

I've send a mail to Comilegno, and will see them at Metz trade, but I'm afraid they also just supply the wood.
 
SForzi --- cut it to a template and fit ,but don,t supply the bare wood .
https://www.scmgroup.com/pt_BR/scmwood/news-events/case-studies/h46448/sforzi-teak

Perhaps the Apreamare yard craftsmen could fit teak planks cut to spec by your supplier Comilegno -that way you control the quaility .

Are you worried about the quality of the teak ?

Having said that there's a lot of teak decking on Apreamare boats ---- and they seem to wear well
 
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Portofino said:
SForzi --- cut it to a template and fit ,but don,t supply the bare wood .
https://www.scmgroup.com/pt_BR/scmwood/news-events/case-studies/h46448/sforzi-teak

Perhaps the Apreamare yard craftsmen could fit teak planks cut to spec by your supplier Comilegno -that way you control the quaility .

Are you worried about the quality of the teak ?
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one option is to put the boat in a shed, and organise the craftsmen to remake the bulwark myself,
the same for the teak, order it from a co that can supply, fit and finish it all, nothing todo with the place / shed /yard where the boat will be.
 
BartW said:
it seems that Nord compensati just supply's teak or panels to the yard, don't do placing(?), nor cutting to size, (?)

I believe that Wattsons prepare the teak, and perhpas also place it,
that's the kind of service / company that I am looking for...
so in case you know.. pls let me know

I've send a mail to Comilegno, and will see them at Metz trade, but I'm afraid they also just supply the wood.
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Wattsons don't do fitting, only supply. You have to find a man to fit it.
 
BartW said:
it seems that Nord compensati just supply's teak or panels to the yard, don't do placing(?), nor cutting to size, (?)
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I believe they (as well as other suppliers mentioned, this one included, just to throw in another example), on top of supplying the wood, can pre-cut it to order.
But I don't think any of these raw material suppliers do the fitting, 'cause it's an entirely different business.
Btw, I'm not surprised to hear that the fitters you spoke with pretend to supply "their own" material.
In fact, they don't (obviously, I would add), but they know that in jobs like the ones you are interested in, they can make a pretty margin on the raw material alone - which a single end user is unlikely to find at the prices they can get, anyway...

PS: did you decide to have the job done in the W side of IT, eventually?
 
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MapisM said:
PS: did you decide to have the job done in the W side of IT, eventually?
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I had one quote from that yard on the E side, so far this was not really attractive, and the place is so far away...
I'm considering to place the boat in a dry place here on the west side, and organise the work with independant workers from naples region or from Belgium.
Regarding fitting the teak, when carefully precut by a specialised supplier, do you consider that to be a difficult job, or could that be done by a handy carpenter, unexperience with teak decking?
I have enough lead blocks onboard ( from the diving) for holding the planks down ;)
 
Understood.
Yup, it's indeed a long way to go back up there in the Adriatic - I asked just because for some reason I had in mind that you were going to come back to PM as your home port anyway, but coming to think of it I don't think you ever told me so.
If you are staying in the SW part of Italy, I trust that we'll meet in S Sardinia next summer! :encouragement:

Back to the point:
BartW said:
Regarding fitting the teak, when carefully precut by a specialised supplier, do you consider that to be a difficult job, or could that be done by a handy carpenter, unexperience with teak decking?
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My short answer is yes.
I mean, it's no rocket science of course, but even just with recaulking, you can easily see the difference between a job done by an experienced professional and a generic carpenter.
Now, when replacing the planks, the caulking part is actually a bit easier (no need to remove old caulk, which is tricky), but overall the job is more difficult in most other ways.
And on top of that, in your wooden deck the teak is structural, which adds a level of complication vs. just covering a grp deck...
 
petem said:
Bart, have you considered asking Wattsons for a quote. I know they're not particularly busy at the moment and may be willing to fly out to measure up. With the weak pound it may be economically viable.
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That idea is still in my mind, but first challenge is to find a place/yard where we can organise the work ourselves...
 
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