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![]() I'm considering removing the teak deck from my cabintop/flybridge because I seem to have leaks in the deck, and rainwater drips out of the windowframes onto the galley counter. Window frames. It sounds like you and I (and probably a lot of others) have the same situation. I have a 80's Albin Trawler. Better built than most. The aft cabin would leak in a heavy fog. . . First thing was to replace the two side windows with windows that don't leak. The frames showed many attempts at unsuccessful repair. Then I attacked the many small leaks that I didn't know about until I fixed the windows. The scuppers, the hause holes, then the deck leaks. Most of my leaks were in the aft cabin, over one bunk, my bunk. The deck core is teak ply. It's all teak, no teak vaneer. I have found no rot, but a lot of places the glue has washed out of the plywood. I am injecting west epoxy into the voids through the screwholes after drying out the area. Seems to be working pretty well. These places no longer drip brown water. I've replaced the dammaged wood with luan and formica. Brightens things up a lot. But I can see that I should just get rid of all the screw holes, inject west epoxy everywhere it will go, add a layer of glass to the decks and hopefully end the problem. Check your scuppers, now that I know what to look for, every set I've seen look like they are leaking. Jim |
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