Our boat penguin has teak decks.. They are weathered, like a topographic map. Most to all off the bungs/plugs are gone and the seams are coming up. Leaks were never a problem in the desert where the boat is from, but now here in Florida it dumps water. 

So now I'm looking at all the exposed screws and seams wet with the afternoon treanchal downpour and wondering what kind of rot is happening... To make it worse the girl says they have to stay....as in there's no point in owning a boat without teak decks...

I've done about a weeks worth of research and have come up with these solutions 

1. Pull screws counter sink what little I have left... Screw, calking, bung holes 

2. Pull decks epoxy holes glue decks back down... No holes 

3. Pull screws epoxy holes and let the decks ride on existing glue (no screws)

4. Do away with decks. Epoxy, glass, and kiwigrip 

5. Do nothing 

Im wondering with all the westsail knowledge of anyone has tried any of these unorthodox teak fixes... Any advise helps. Bear in mind I want to cruise the boat not just work on it 

I vote for #4 ASAP.  There are only about 840 screw holes, and it can all be done in 7 days or so.  Good luck

My vote is to restore , Westsystem used to publish a paper on how to get rid of the screw and then you would put in a piece of materiel and soak it with the Westepox and then that be the new fastener and you could c'bore a little deeper . Hopefully you wouldn't need to do that to all the deck but it could help if you have a problem spot . Man I love teak decks.  

I redid mine and then redid them again. 

Then I took them off.   NO LEAKS NOW.

Kirby:

I am with Dave option #4.

But because the girl loves them soooo much; 

Here is the very best option, get a lot of beer! and set up a chair in the shade next to the boat. Then line up the girl with the above description of how to redo the deck, then let her get after it. Make sure you put sun screen on her and make her take breaks for water. And you may need to give her a massage every night so she can do it again tomorrow, but in the end you will have a happy girl (?) and a happy boat for a few years. You may have to get a second girl for the rework in a few years as the first one may not go for it again.

Hope this helps

Norm

If you just need the look there are some options. LPU is nice! a step above the gray teak look, but not as nice as; just finished teak deck. BUT LPU looks to last 10 to 15 years without leaks or refinish. (did this to the cap rails and so far so good)

if you need the nonskid, Peel Ply will leave a surface that is unequaled for wetted nonskid (much much better than teak), You just can't clean it!  :(  this could work out if you painted the black seams (black gel coat) and covered them with the peel ply before setting. For my bowsprit I have used the nonskid silica (I know, I know hard to remove) in the clear coat on top of the fake teak (the paint) = seams to be an ok Option +/-.

One BIG NOTE on LPU. you can not leave it under water!!!!!!! it is permeable and the water will blisster up under it (note to others; change tack every 4 to 6 hrs else in 4 to 5 days, you will have water blisters between the LPU and the fiberglass, on the part of the hull that was under water for days.)