This may or may not be of interest to you, depending on whether you're
looking for a substitute of teak for deck material or not.
The magazine "Dockside California Edition" had a good review article in
their March 2005 issue of alternative deck materials. I can't find the
article on their online archive, but I can probably email you a scan if
you need it.
The materials they review a flexiteek, lonseal, tek-dek, and
marinedeck 2000.
Cheers,
Teri
s/v Shadow Line

I don't understand why anyone would want an alternative to teak for decking.
Fake teak makes your boat look cheap. Fine to buy your wife a cubic zirconia
rather than a diamond...but your boat deserves the best. Wood other than
teak, sure.
Plastics that are being what they are, sure, but let's not confuse plastic
decks with a fine wood like teak.

...Ken

"slampoud" wrote in message
oups.com...
This may or may not be of interest to you, depending on whether you're
looking for a substitute of teak for deck material or not.
The magazine "Dockside California Edition" had a good review article in
their March 2005 issue of alternative deck materials. I can't find the
article on their online archive, but I can probably email you a scan if
you need it.
The materials they review a flexiteek, lonseal, tek-dek, and
marinedeck 2000.
Cheers,
Teri
s/v Shadow Line

Thanks for your thoughts but I am looking for another type of wood as
a substitute for teak. I have seen some of the plastic teak deck
replacements at boat shows and can't say that it was love at first
sight.

On 12 Apr 2005 12:37:21 -0700, "slampoud" wrote:

This may or may not be of interest to you, depending on whether you're
looking for a substitute of teak for deck material or not.
The magazine "Dockside California Edition" had a good review article in
their March 2005 issue of alternative deck materials. I can't find the
article on their online archive, but I can probably email you a scan if
you need it.
The materials they review a flexiteek, lonseal, tek-dek, and
marinedeck 2000.
Cheers,
Teri
s/v Shadow Line