Teak Deck - end of week two

So with the foredeck margin boards in place, work moves to the blunt end of the boat.

The aft deck layout is quite busy, with cleats, davit bases and the stern ladder all to work around. (The original layout didn't have Davits, but did have quarter rails.)

This is the first time the stern ladder rails have been fitted to the hull since about 2005.

You can see from the cleats in the photo that there is a fair camber to the deck ( there's a bit of distortion from the 17mm lens ), therefore the davit bases will need to be wedged up so that the davits themselves will be upright. Across the diameter of the davit base there's a drop of 12mm - a couple of plywood wedges painted black might work...

Due to a slight miscalculation on the ordering front, I have run out of 90mm wide teak boards. So it's back to Howells and Son for a couple more.

[ Now Playing: Teak Forest Mist by the Thai Elephant Orchestra]