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JuiceClark

That cockpit looks beautiful. How do you maintain teak to look like that?

thanks
Joe
Hey Joe,

Well, that's not my cockpit! I just grabbed that pic off the internet to explain what "framing" the hatches means.

I've had two boats with teak cockpit areas, one a 36' sportfish and the other the 26' downeast boat I meantioned. It was impossible to make them really nice in the FL summer. They'd turn grey in just weeks after sanding. I'd brush a mild acid on them to reveal fresh wood, but it just doesn't last. The rainy season made them just feel soaked and not great.
So, never again for me. I'd consider a teak gunwale around the cockpit...and that's about it.