If the budget won't stand teak, there's:
Honduras mahogany (60% of teak's cost)
Sapele, an African mahogany (40%)
White Oak (40%)

All but the teak must be varnished.

Over40pirate wrote:

I am looking for a recomendation for a type of wood to use to replace the teak
cockpit coamings on my sailboat.
The widest end is 11" and they are 8' long.
Someone recomended Iroko. Is anyone familiar with this wood, and its
suitability? How does it glue, bend? I will need to bend it silghtly.
Thanks in advance, K