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    This document discusses various materials used for boat decks and hulls, including the pros and cons of different options. It notes that teak decks are beautiful but prone to leaks and rot. Plywood is recommended for decks and hulls if the hull shape is suitable for plywood. It also provides tips on joint construction and grades of plywood to use.

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    This document discusses various materials used for boat decks and hulls, including the pros and cons of different options. It notes that teak decks are beautiful but prone to leaks and rot. Plywood is recommended for decks and hulls if the hull shape is suitable for plywood. It also provides tips on joint construction and grades of plywood to use.

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    maintain. Laid teak decks, as seen on high-quality the architect before purchasing the plans.

    yachts, proxade excellent footing along with beautiful I have designed several multiconic pl)'wood hulls
    appearance, but have many drawbacks. They develop where the bottom sections were so rounded forward
    leaks, require much more care, often require refasten- that the chine faired almost invisibly into the top-

    ing, and are not as tight as plywood. It is common to sides. These boats have triple-planked bottoms of
    see a teak deck laid over a ply'wood subdeck, pro\ad- three layers of 'A-inch plywood, so the builder does

    ing the appearance of teak with the strength and not have to force a hard bend into heavy plywood.
    tightness of plywood. However, a leak in the teak The butts are a weak point in a plywood hull

    overlayer may be hard to trace because water can run because the bottom or topsides have a seam all the

    between the layers, if they are not perfectly bedded, way across. Usually a wide plywood doubler is fitted

    and drip irito the cabin many feet from where it inside the joint, and, while strong, it can create hard
    enters the teak-planked deck. Such construction is spots in the hull if not carefully done. A well-made
    very prone to rot because the water lies between the scarf joint is much better in this respect, or, on larger

    layers, keeping the plywood continually damp. Even- hulls, several layers of plywood can be used with the
    tually, massive repair work is necessary. butts well staggered.

    Strip-planked decks are also quite feasible and are Another problem with plywood is that, when
    tight and strong. They can be oil finished for good painted, it looks like plywood. Careful sealing and
    footing and good appearance and, generally, treated priming are necessary to prevent lifting of the grain.

    as the laid fir or pine decks you see on some large An epoxy sealer helps to reduce this problem. Ply-
    craft. Older construction methods may use tongue- wood is available with resin surfaces, and this mater-
    and-groove decking covered with canvas laid in glue ial can give an excellent paint job on interior sur-
    or white lead, but this method is inferior to plywood faces. However, 1 prefer a Formica finish for real
    or strip-planked decks. durability and zero maintenance.
    Home craftsmen often wonder whether they
    should use exterior- or marine-grade plywood. Both
    Plywood Hulls
    grades are glued with the same waterproof resin
    The same features that make plywood an excellent glue, but exterior-grade plywood has voids (holes) in
    decking material also make it an excellent hull mater- the inner surfaces, while marine-grade has the voids
    ial, but only if the hull is of suitable shape. Any sheet filled. Marine-grade pl)'wood should be used for all

    material bends only in one direction, so plywood is exterior surfaces. It should also be used where the
    unsuitable for round-bilge carvel hulls unless it is edge shows, because otherwise a void might mar the
    ripped up into planks, which defeats the purpose. finish. Exterior-grade plywood is suitable for interior
    What is not realized by most amateur builders is that joinerwork and the sublayer of cabin soles that are
    plywood is also unsuitable for chine hulls that have a to have a teak ply-wood overlay, and is commonly
    great deal of twist in the sections. Where there is used for these purposes by many production
    great twist, the hull must be designed by multiconic builders. Many plywood boats have been built of
    development if the plywood planking is going to fit exterior-grade plywood throughout and have given
    properly to the forward frames. If you are not certain good service for a number of years, but if you are
    that a design can be plywood planked, check with going to put all that labor into building your own

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