[Pblais]

It's not teak but it is dimensionally stable. If you could get real Asian teak it would be different. Real teak has been replaced with "Honey teak". It is commercially sustainable and more correct for a modern environmentally minded world. Real teak only comes from Asia where the process of getting it is not an upbeat story. Honey Teak also has 1/3 the teak oil that makes teak what it really is. When you sand with fine sand paper real teak appears to bleed. It's the oil that makes teak desirable. Real teak won't ever be what it was - it is all but gone. Busting you behind to pretend it is is still here is a mistake.

Your chore is to maintain a boat that you love. If you do that you have won the battle. There is no extra points for anything else.