Removing the Teak Deck Part 1

In this video you will see how we made the decision to remove the teak from the deck of our classic 51' Formosa Sailboat. We had leaks and the teak was worn very thin, so rather than attempt to refurbish the teak decks, we opted to remove them. This was a very painful decision because I love the way the teak decks look and just got tired of having to constantly worry about the thousands of screw holes through the top layer of fiberglass as possible places where water could get in and rot the core. In this series of videos, we will document the removal of the teak, the removal and patching of screw holes, inspecting and correcting core rot and then adding a layer of fiberglass, texture, paint and non skid. This is going to be a complete deck refurbish and we will document them all. I am going to have a playlist https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLlwpbgibX_O8A-GTqTQJvvPU9eodB_sQI where we will store all the videos as we make them because this will be a work in progress over the upcoming months. In the future, when someone searches for Teak Decks on youtube, I am hoping that the playlist link above is a helpful way for there to be a container with all of the videos (step by step) in the right order. Thank you again for watching, please do share, like and subscribe. We love to hear comments so if you have a different way of doing this or even a strong opinion one way or the other, we would love to see your comments as well. It has really been fun to see the community type debates and discussions that happen on the topics of the videos. Safe Sailing folks and fair winds !! Join us on our journey as we continue to rebuild, refit and prepare our Formosa 51 Sailboat for our continued cruising journey. We have always loved the Formosa, bought one (on a bit of a whim) late in 2014, moved aboard this one right away and started to do our refit while living board. We are avid fans of Cruising Outpost and Good Ole Boat (Good Old Boat) magazines and love the ideas we get from them. -~-~~-~~~-~~-~- Please watch: "How to repair a wooden mast, boom, spar or Bulkhead (Step by Step) " https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Nxr-yxUjvQ -~-~~-~~~-~~-~-