Repairing Turtle/Hatch Soft Decking (Tuggers Vol. 64)

  The decks of the turtle and hatch become spongy if water gets by the teak's caulked joint and into the plywood sub-decking.  The solution is simple, replace the plywood.  A picture is worth 1000 words; here's one of Lady #8.  In it you can see that the turtle's plywood sub-decking has been removed as has the hatch's teak decking.  

  Here's some good news, if the turtle's teak deck and sub-deck are removed first, the hatch's retaining screws can be removed and with them the hatch itself.  This saves from having to remove the entire turtle.  You want to remove the hatch because it's easier to repair it off the tug; its plywood underside, which is visible from inside the saloon, needs a precisely cut white laminate covering. 

  Some thoughts on the repair: use a good, marine-grade plywood; put a waterproofing layer (epoxy) on top of the new plywood; finally, epoxy, rather than screw, the new teak decking down. 

  

  

  

On Jul 17, 2015, at 2:59 PM, John Dann <jdannoms@sbcglobal.net> wrote:

hi Dave - 

please look at the following

would or could the use of this stuff work to harden up the teak in the companionway and hatch?

i'm no expert

your thoughts appreciated

john

J. J. Dann, MD, DMD
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