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MichaelQ 
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 Topic: Teak Floors in ’79 NautiquePosted: June-16-2008 at 1:00am |
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Here are some pictures of my '79 Nautique. In 2005 I removed the carpet and installed a teak floor.
These pics are from this morning. 
A fresh coat of Dura-Tuff - and Sean's feet 
The "mirror" sheen tones down nicely with a little wear 
A good shot of the MSD & just put the 3m closed cell foam down 
Finally back together - yes, I know the pylon is backwards - it allows me to open the engine box with the barefoot boom on. 
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ryanowen
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Posted: June-16-2008 at 1:03am |
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Wow! That looks amazing!
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Luchog
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Posted: June-16-2008 at 1:27am |
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really nice!!!
what's that light blue line out of the T-stat line? |
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MichaelQ
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Posted: June-16-2008 at 1:51am |
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Thanks guys.
The lin runs water to the shaft seal. I removed the old packing nut this spring and put in an OJ Dripless Shaft Seal ($149 @ skidim ). |
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BuffaloBFN
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Posted: June-16-2008 at 8:46am |
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MQ, that's sharp!!!
Pardon me for being nosey, but if you took any pics along the way...I'd luv to see those too! Is it slippery when wet? |
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eric lavine
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Posted: June-16-2008 at 10:31am |
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Luch, its for the dripless seai.
Michael, let me guess, you do floors for a living jk, beautiful work |
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8122pbrainard
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Posted: June-16-2008 at 10:40am |
Eric, It's teak-holley cabin sole plywood. 
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WakeSlayer
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Posted: June-16-2008 at 1:42pm |
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That is awesome. Love how it looks.
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Posted: June-16-2008 at 1:46pm |
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That is a beautiful floor and this stuff doesn't even compare, but I think its neat stuff. I stumbled across it at a local marina and wished I had some use for it. It is some kind of synthetic and is (as the name implies) flexible. It actually looks pretty good and would probably make a pretty good alternative to carpet or plastic when you are looking at a refloor job.
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Posted: June-16-2008 at 3:27pm |
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Some responses,
Pictures. Sorry, I dont have any pictures of the process - Ill try to write something up to give you an idea of what was involved. Slippery. The Dura-Tuff clear coat is as hard as a rock similar to a new gel coat. The plywood and coating are used in the saloons of yachts (Peter is right although I think I used a lighter plywood than the one in his pic). Yes, it can be slippery when wet - just like gel coat. Since there isnt a lot of beam (or floor surface) in a 79 Nautique we havent had any problems with people slipping (and Ive got 3 little kids who haven't had a problem). Here is why I did it . . . The carpet never dried out and I was frustrated with the boat staying soaking wet all day after a morning of waterskiing. After I'd ski with my buddies, my wife would come down with the kids and their clothes would be wet in no time. Now all I have to do is wipe down the floors and the boat is perfectly dry. The teak floor amplifies the "old school" quality of the boat and since I grew up with wood boats (Sande Ace & Chris Crafts) I really missed the character of wood |
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Posted: June-16-2008 at 4:33pm |
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That looks absolutely awesome! well done Michael!
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