one the final projects in the refit of the 2005 Lazzara 110 skylounge I took over 2 1/2 years ago was the teak aft deck and steps. The boat also had a drainage issue in the cockpit (non skid) with water pooling against the transom. We added drains which helped but decided to use teak, properly angled for drainage I had gotten a few quotes, most were over $100k. I ended up using Santeak Marine Carpentry in Miami (their shop is at APEX on the river), I had seen their work on another boat here at the marina. $63k incl tax and everything for the aft deck, steps on both sides and the cockpit. They prefab’ed the panels after taking patterns last month. It was installed last week and I m very happy with the results. Took them only 5 days to remove the old teak and install. No screws, teak panels are epoxied to deck. Raw teak is 5/8 before sanding
So the teak is not individual boards? Looks like same "nasty" glue that my, teak no more was held down with. I had the glass done in Awlgrip with some non skid.
It an all individual teak strips but pre assembled in the shop with the black sealant. The deck was done in 5 panels, epoxied in and then caulked. You can’t tell which seams are the panel boundaries. here are a couple of pics of the panels before and during install
How are the panels formed? What holds the boards together in a panel? I don’t see any kind of backing board in the picture.
Ok, think I understand. Panels were full length & somewhat thin with width added by joining along any seam. Glue lines underneath running across seams in 2nd pic?
There are no backing boards. It’s the black caulking that holds the strips together before installation. the 2nd picture in my last post shows the bottom of the panels
I remember a project that came into the Huckins yard. Outside contractor (unkown). All details transferred to cardboard. Plywood backs made. Return to the boat with these plywood backs for fine fitting. When they fit perfect, Teak strips were then fastened (glued?) to these plywood backs. Then these large sections glued (globes of glue) down to the original rough decks. Looked fantastic. I'm assuming, if your original deck is real flat, that plywood back would not be needed. Then a fine job as on Pascals rig could be installed. 5/8" thick should last a long, long time.
In your pictures, I can realize the teak strips are glued directly, then a black caulk line added. In pic 0076, some of that black caulk has been scratched off the teak.
Back in the 80's the original Nautolex deck on my previous Bertram spt. fish was starting to look like crap and I loved the idea of teak. The proposals were all in the $6,000. range except for one from a guy that owned a hard wood shop 1/2 mile away. After making a deal with him that included my help & tearing out all the old vinyl & wood under it the stern rose like 3-4 inches at the water line. Evidently the wood became water logged due to some of the slits in the vinyl and the plan was to build back but keep as light as possible and hopefully pick up a couple knots. The job came out GREAT but as the years passed a hatred for the teak maintenance set in and when I learned about the drop in fiberglass decks that GlasTech was making for the 38 I was quickly at their door. My present Bert was the only one I had looked at with teak and getting rid of it was top of the new to me boat project list followed by all teak & holly flooring INSIDE. IMO nothing looks better when it's new or freshly cleaned and it's a great non slip, non glare, deck surface. but the Florida Sun is not its friend.
