I am new to the
boating world so sorry if this question is pretty basic. My
boat has 17 separate
teak accent
panels mostly in the
cockpit and swim platform, see picture to get an idea. The
teak was coming up so I have pulled it all up over the past week and sealed the screw holes with
epoxy. There were no soft spots or signs of
delamination but the
fiberglass was wet under some small
parts of the gel coat. Is that something that requires more extensive destructive type testing? I pulled up the gel coat wherever it didn't have good adhesion (largest area was ~2.5cm square). I plan to coat each area with
epoxy before putting down the Nuteak so it should be
water / UV proof but I want to make sure I don't miss my one chance to
repair the
deck. Am I being paranoid or missing any obvious steps?
And in case you are wondering why the teak that looks OK in the pictures needed to be replaced it is because it was actually glued on top of a layer of sopping wet old teak
plywood (with sealent in cut grooves). The old teak was perfectly preserved aside from the fact it was rotten. Actually the
boat is designed so the teak is recessed slightly in the
deck to give a flush finish once installed. When I bought the boat I did wonder why some teak
panels were flush and others were raised above the
fiberglass level. Now I know, but I have no idea why a previous owner put teak on top of teak... Oh the adventures of a
project boat...