teak laid decks?

[Malish]

A pal in the USA lives on board her Vancouver 42 - 14 years ago she decided to strip the teak off her deck and paint it instead.
This literally took her months to do, working singlehandedly - it took a long time just stripping the old teak off (filling the screw holes as she went along, to reduce the risk of water getting into the core), and then sanding, filling and fairing.
She used a moisture meter along the way as well, and was very happy to find that moisture levels in the core were low.
Here is a photo of the port side deck before the teak and the ally toerail was taken up.

So was this purely a precautionary removal?

 

[pretzel_logic]

Another consideration is where you're going to sail it. In the Med, teak decks get unbearably hot to the extent that it's painful to walk on in bare feet, and Mrs PL has burnt herself sitting on the teak before now.