teak decks - would you?

[tome]

Re: No.

Sorry, but I just cannot agree. I speak as someone who has owned several wooden boats in the past and who wouldn't want to ever go back down that route. Our previous boat was grp with non-slip decks, and one of my wife's top aesthetic priorities with our new boat was teak decks. I agreed with her.

I have no problem with people having an alternative viewpoint, but to suggest they are somehow in bad taste smacks of lofty self-opinion.

 

[gcwhite]

I would put teak in the cockpit, bathing platform and steps to the flybridge but not on the flybridge. There should be an area on the boat where one can relax even when guests spill suntan lotion or when the barbeque spits fat.

 

[LittleShip]

"Aesthetically, teak decks are the equivalent of go-faster stripes and rear spoilers on a Ford Escort. "

I don’t normally reply like this but............................ that's Bo#####s !!

Teal is primarily used as a none slip surface, it only becomes a slippery surface when it is sanded and varnished. kept in good condition and natural it is the best none slip surface you can have on a boat.

 

[Guest]

I found sand mixed with paint for example less slippy. Weighs a lot less. etc.

 

[iangrant]

I'm becoming convinced that perhaps I should paint my teak decks with sand and dulux, what colour I wonder//

mmmmm a new thread perhaps

Ian

 

[Mirelle]

Not such a silly idea

I have real teak decks, i.e. the deck is made out of teak planks, screwed to oak deck beams and caulked, with teak margin planks and covering boards. After 12 years of scrubbing the deck planks I coated them with Coelan and painted that, with Blakes nonslip, and I have never regretted it.

 

[Birdseye]

Hmmm. So what do I make of those replies, except perhaps that teak decks generate strong feelings.

Personally, I am indifferent verging on "dont want" from sailing point of view. But the boat I am thinking of buying is an expensive one, almost Swedish price levels, and so I wondered about impact on resale value. Two brokers have said "dont buy teak decks". At best, they say they are not worth anything at resale time. At worst, with problems, they are a serious liability.

But I'm less certain, hence the question. After the answers, I am still less certain! But thanks anyway.

 

[fireball]

We have teak in the cockpit and on the bathing platform - very nice it looks too ...
Would I put teak around the rest of the deck - no, but thats because I don't want to spend out the £000's required to do it.
The asthetics of teak decks do depend on the boat and the viewpoint of the owner.
IMO white non-slip GRP glares too much, but I'm not about to paint the boat....

 

[tome]

Re: Not such a silly idea

Why not just fibreglass over it, if it's leaking below?

Or would that be poor taste (unlike painting the teak, of course)?

 

[iangrant]

Re: Not such a silly idea

I WANT A SPOILER......I've already got the go faster stripe.

I'll keep the teak though..and suggest that the original poster that there are few down sides to a teak deck. (if washed and left alone)

Ian

 

[Mirelle]

You don\'t really want me to answer that?

Do you by any chance live in a "stockbroker Tudor" house?

Sorry, but if my "lofty self-opinion" clashes with yours, that's tough.

 

[Guest]

Re: Not such a silly idea

I'm not an expert on wood, or on anything else for that matter, but would guess that fibreglassing over wood would be very expensive, and would make it very difficult to check that the wood underneath was not rotting, would be expensive to remove, effect the boat's stability, have questionable aethetics, and generally be completely unnecessary.

Something a little like wooding over fibreglass in fact! /forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif

 

[tome]

Re: Not such a silly idea

Rather like painting over it, then?

 

[tome]

Re: You don\'t really want me to answer that?

No I don't live in a mock-Tudor house.

Were you an only child, perchance?

 

[Guest]

Another aspect to the matter

is that I would be doubly doubtful about teak decks if they are on top of any kind of cored deck (which most decks are nowadays). I would be paranoid that one of the screws might have penetrated the outer skin of the core, and increase the risk of damp getting into the core. Use of sealant wouldn't reassure me, better not to make holes in the deck in the first place. Even if no screw holes actually penetrated to the core, I would rather leave the nice waterproof gel coat intact so far as possible.

For that matter, I would generally avoid any boat that has core used in either the hull or deck, again because I would be worried about resale value in the future. But that is clearly a heretical view because it rules out most boats built nowadays, and I'm afraid is going to offend even more people! But I have a feeling that the secondhand market will be acutely aware of it in a few years time...

 

[jimi]

Re: Not such a silly idea

Yes think you're right best just to tar it over with a few kerbstones at the edges. Get a couple of manhole covers instead of hatches .. much more robust and weather proof.

 

[Guest]

Re: Not such a silly idea

errr, no...

Not sure that I really have to spell this out, but paint can easily be removed by sanding. It doesn't weigh much, and doesn't cost much.

 

[Mirelle]

Re: You don\'t really want me to answer that?

No. Were you? /forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif

 

[Guest]

Re: Not such a silly idea

Might be a better solution! /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif

 

[iangrant]

Re: You don\'t really want me to answer that?

Bloody heels do make a dent in them though!!