"Evan Gatehouse" wrote in message
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Richard Casady wrote:
On Mon, 07 Jan 2008 04:52:02 GMT, "Island Teak"
wrote:

Any teak deck that requires replacing has probably had that 1/4" worn
off in service.

Every cruise ship I have been on had teak decks. They didn't maintain
them, hosed them down, perhaps, and I don't know why they would wear
much if any. Traffic wouldn't do it, those things are big and the wear
would be well diluted. The planks were perhaps three inches wide, and
must have been maybe 3/4 inch thick? You need a certain thickness,
relative to width, to avoid cupping. Of course they don't have to
impress the neighbors with well sanded teak. I mean we saw one boxboat
in two atlantic crossings.

Cruise ships built in the Aker yards in Finland have at least 4" thick
teak decks. (I've seen photos). They probably sand them down every year
with a floor sander. Never have to replace them during the life of the
ship with that much thickness.

Evan Gatehouse

Your right, however those 4" thick decks often only have two inches of
usable life until the decks wear down to the screw/bolt height.
These days that is more than ample as the life of a cruise ship is often
limited to 30 to 40 working years.
The S.S. Norway was built in 1961 and now sits in the mud at the India
shipbreaking yards.

...Ken