The thin teak laminate on the surface of the plywood panels of "teak deck" in the cockpit of Tringa is beginning to fail and peel off.
I will probably make up replacement panels of solid timber 6mm thick in slats with black caulking between the slats. I can do this at home and fit each panel to the boat as a second stage.

Having been quoted close to £1000 for enough "ethical" teak to do the job, I'm looking at alternatives!
There are various alternative timbers to choose from and all the synthetic teak look-alike products.

What have other people done?

Martin

Hi Martin

I haven't done it yet, but when I do (soon, I fear) Flexiteek will be top of my list. We were admiring a beautifully maintained Nicholson 39 in Fair Isle harbour (just thought I'd drop that in!) and she had a gleaming new cap rail - totally synthetic, but completely indistinguishable from a very expensive piece of teak. The owner said it was about a third of the price of the teak quote.

Good luck
Peter

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