[Public-List] Teak inlay in cockpit seats and hatch cover
Gordon Laco via Public-List
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Fri Feb 3 11:41:33 PST 2017
Hello gang –
As I commented earlier, I’d like to do the teak job on my liner boat cockpit seats, companionway slider and stern locker. All still have the teak plywood, and it’s in good shape, which isn’t helping me develop the gumption to change them.
Last year we had a guest aboard who commented on the fantastic ‘tartan’ pattern in the wood on our companionway. I was puzzled for a moment, then I realized she was admiring the way years of sanding has removed parts of the top two veneers of wood, leaving a pattern of two wood grains at 90 degrees to each other under the varnish… I just said ‘thanks’.
The plywood in the seats and stern is still intact, but did not draw any remarks, admiring or otherwise.
Gord #426 Surprise
On 2017-02-03, 2:19 PM, "Public-List on behalf of via Public-List" <public-list-bounces at lists.alberg30.org on behalf of public-list at lists.alberg30.org> wrote:
I used 3/8" solid teak and resealed the port seat insert with 5200
when it began to get loose. No movement from that one now. I did the
same thing with the lazarette and the starboard seat insert. I did not
put these in with 5200, but mostly they are holding well. I also had
to throw out previous work by a local lumber yard that did not follow
my directions. The original teak veneer on the companion way hatch and
the sea hood still survive. For different reasons, I painted them to
match the deck color. Full disclosure, The companionway veneer hatch
was getting very thin because of sanding by me and previous owners.
David, 432
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Subject: Re: [Public-List] Teak inlay in cockpit seats and hatch cover
FWIW, I do have a liner boat, and the previous owner replaced the
plywood inserts with solid teak. Eventually water got under that,
causing it to warp and crack. One board popped out altogether.
- George
On 2/2/17 12:07 PM, Wes Gardner via Public-List wrote:
> I think I would follow Mike's comments and suggestions to the
letter.
> I believe, as Mike points out, that the seats are problematic
because
> of the flex. I also agree that plywood may not be the answer here
> over the long term. My boat is a non-liner boat so doesn't have
those
> issues, it has solid wood seats and a plywood main hatch, which did
> fail and was rebuilt/reinforced with solid wood exterior ribs and
> then glassed over and painted.
>
> Sent from my iPad
>
>> On Feb 2, 2017, at 12:02 PM, Mike Lehman via Public-List wrote:
>>
>> Stephen,
>>
>> I have been through this a number of times on several Albergs. The
bad part
>> about teak veneer plywood, is 1. over the years the veneer wears
off and
>> you see the opposing grain for the layers below. 2. Particularly
on the
>> seats, the perimeter leaks and water gets under the plywood and
with
>> freeze-thaw the plywood eventually gets loose and comes out.
>>
>> For the main hatch and the lazarette the fix I did on our boat
#505 (Liner
>> boat) was similar to what Larry Morris did. I removed the plywood
entirely
>> and installed solid teak strips with epoxy beneath and epoxy
between the
>> joints in the strips. For the epoxy between the strips was I added
a white
>> coloring to make it look like teak and holly. I keep my hatches
finished
>> with Cetol Natural (now using AwlWood MA) and they look great and
have held
>> up for 20+ years without a problem. More recently, on other boats
I have
>> repaired, I milled 5/4 teak the strips to have an edge overlap the
>> perimeter all the way around, so water cannot get into the edges
between
>> the wood and the fiberglass edges. This lip makes the wood about
1/4" proud
>> of the fiberglass, but has worked out well and survived the test
of time.
>>
>> The seats are a different story. I was perplexed why these repairs
failed
>> around the edges and let water get under the wood and eventually
pop up.
>> This is not the case with the seats that have to overlap on later
repairs,
>> but did happen on my original fix. So, I once again remove the
wood and
>> this time installed rubber imitation teak and holly on the seats,
like you
>> find on many more modern boats. Two problems with this 1. water
still found
>> its way under the rubber and 2. while it looked good at first,
after a few
>> years it looked like shit (nautical term). So why do the seats
fail? I
>> concluded that is it because we stand on the seats and that cause
the seal
>> around the perimeter to fail. So, my permanent fix for the seat,
which has
>> now held up for 10 years without and problems...I glassed them
over. I dug
>> out everything; cut pieces of Coosa Board
>> http://www.coosacomposites.com/bluewater.htm [1] and epoxied that
in the seats
>> for strength. Then glassed over the Coosa Board, ground it smooth,
and
>> painted it with KIWI Grip. Okay, so it takes some of the wood-look
away,
>> but the Albergs have teak coamings and toe rails and hatches so it
still
>> looks good. The seats are now strong, you can jump on them, they
do not
>> need periodic refinishing, and the KIWI grip gives a very nice
non-skid
>> finish so no more busting your ass while slipping on wet varnish
wood.
>>
>> Hope this helps.
>>
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Feb 1, 2017 at 5:00 PM, Stephen Gwyn via Public-List <
>> public-list at lists.alberg30.org> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> My boat (Hull #495) has teak plywood inset into fibreglass for
both
>>> the cockpit seats / locker lids and the sliding hatch. After only
45 years,
>>> the teak is starting to rot. The depression in the cockpit seats
>>> is 3/4" deep. The depression on the sliding hatch cover is 3/8"
deep.
>>> This piece of teak has fore-and-aft cuts on the bottom side so
>>> the plywood can bend to meet the curve.
>>>
>>> I'd like to switch to teak battens, with black sealant in
between.
>>>
>>> Has anybody done this?
>>>
>>> SG
>>>
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