Teak the deck.......

[Lucky]

£1600 for a 31ft boat Chris..... and Yes, its well well worth it !!

[Antares_9]

2.5 k for a 28ft boat,(not mine) bit on the high side,is it worth it?

Looks nice, shiny, ergo worth it.

[Guest chriscraft]

Yes that,s sounds more reasonable,and looking back at the pic,s(not seen them before),the stuff does look nice,i really need my bathing platform anti -slipped,do you think they would be intresed in a small amount ,or could i do it myself??

[Lucky]

Yes you could Chris, as long as you are handy with a knife !!

Give Victor a ring, he'll let you know everything you need to know.

[Antares_9]

I have a DVD on fitting Tec Deck if you want to borrow it Chris, it's very informative.

[Guest chriscraft]

Thanks when this comes top of the list,i.ll be touch, thanks

[mbird]

Hi Trev

One of the companies I saw at LIBS was called Foredeck Ltd. Their product was very similar to Tek Dek, but they claimed to be cheaper. The chap I spoke to also said if you could make a paper template of the area and send it to them, they would make up the decking as a complete panel for you to fit yourself. I will eventually want to do our bathing platform too, so I'll definatley give these guys a chance to quote.

For reference their web site is http://www.fore-deck.com

[Lucky]

Always worth shopping about !!

Just one thing though, whoever you get to supply/fit the decking, make sure you have the "borders" I notice on that web page Mark that the majority of pictures show decking without borders and I don't think this looks very nice:-

Where as here is mine (with borders):-

Obvously they all "do" decking with or without borders, I just think that although there would probably be a few pennies to be saved, it just doesn't look finished...

Just my 2p worth..

[mbird]

I completely agree Luke! I think I recall from the conversation I had with their MD that they can offer either with or without borders, but I would always go for the "with" option personally.

Incidentally, what is that extra bit of steelwork on your transom next to the fender cage above the starboard step for??

[Lucky]

I have absolutely no idea Mark - If anyone knows, please post it up !!!!

I presumed it was to hold a liferaft or something like that, or prehaps extra fenders ?? We were going to take it off and patch up the holes, but it has become very handy as a handrail sort of thing when getting in and out of the boat, so it stayed !

[Mowjo]

Hard to tell the size from the picture Lucky, but that looks just about the right size to take two lifebelts,,

[Antares_9]

Save it up for the "what's this bit do" competition Luke, it's about time we ressurected it. Might be a bit dodgy as you don't know the answer though.

[senator]

Don't know what your bit is for bet the tek deck looks great Luke

[Antares_9]

Well, thanks to Luke’s recommendation the bloke has been to measure up and make templates today so it shouldn’t be long now, we decided to have the exterior teak instead of the interior stuff as that was a bit shiny and slippery, also the guy said it would be difficult to make a really nice job with it as there are so many curves and rounded edges.

[Guest chriscraft]

Can we have a before and after shot please?

[Lucky]

Can we have a before and after shot please?

Good point - I wish I had took "before" pictures because you soon forget what it looked like !!!

[Antares_9]

Can certainly have an after shot if I can Persuade my cameraman to see to it , I imagine it will be finished before I next visit so no before shot, unless this is any help, same boat's marketing shots. Older model than ours but basically the same layout.

http://www.western-horizon.co.uk/archive_boat.php?boat_id=40#

[mbird]

Good point - I wish I had took "before" pictures because you soon forget what it looked like !!!

Here's a "similar" one Luke

[Antares_9]

Looks like that could benefit from a drop of oxalic acid Mark.

[pks1702]

Antares_9 wrote

Can certainly have an after shot if I can Persuade my cameraman to see to it

No problem with the after shot I shall be most intrigued. Trouble is when SWMBO sees your shiny new Teak I know I am going to get some ear ache about brightening ours

I don't have a before close up I can lay my hands on but a couple attached, funny things that happen on your swim platform.

[Lucky]

Is that your cat in the pic Perry ?

Ours is quite unsociable, but keeps getting closer and closer to the boat - Claire wants to put him on there, but I know he will just jump without looking first then 'someone' will have to jump in after him !!

[pks1702]

No not ours Luke one of David & Rachel's pair of Ships cats.

From memory I think the Mullet were of interest to him at the time.

Both do like to come onboard Kiki to inspect if I am keeping things shipshape.

[Antares_9]

Is that your cat in the pic Perry ?

Ours is quite unsociable, but keeps getting closer and closer to the boat - Claire wants to put him on there, but I know he will just jump without looking first then 'someone' will have to jump in after him !!

If he does decide to become a ship's cat Luke, buy yourself a folding quickly deployable Pike or Carp landing net, ideal for cats and small dog recovery and saves you getting wet.

[mbird]

Looks like that could benefit from a drop of oxalic acid Mark.

Nah, Cillit Bang would be better . Does need a bit of a scrub up, but with us on and off the boat in all weather doing jobs, it hardly seems worth it at the moment.

[Antares_9]

I understand the guys have finised the lino in the living room on Kingfisher so will get some "after" shots tomorrow, I'm quite exited, not sure if the polishing is finished yet as that is weather dependant.