Teak Floors in ’79 Nautique

Some responses,

Pictures. Sorry, I don�t have any pictures of the process - I�ll 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 isn�t a lot of beam (or floor surface) in a �79 Nautique we haven�t had any problems with people slipping (and I�ve 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

That is awesome. Love how it looks.

Luch, its for the dripless seai.
Michael, let me guess, you do floors for a living jk, beautiful work

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 ).

Wow! That looks amazing!