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My boat is a 1969 36 woody. We changed the nails to screws because in some areas the deck were worn to a point that the nail heads were near or on the surface. The deck beams are very old /hard and it isn't possible to hammer the bronze ring nails lower, I tried and managed to split the deck...

Being a 1972, I am assuming it is a woody. That being the case , your decks if they are like mine ,are secured to the plywood sundeck by bronze ring nails. Twenty years ago I replaced all the nails with stainless screws. The technique I used was: Using a piece of plywood with a hole in it as a...

I have just replaced the teak decks on my 1969 GB woody. I spent a month removing the old deck, another month laying the new one and fibreglassing it, and then a third month fairing and painting. This follows 3 months of work 20 years ago , when I regrooved the deck, and refastened it with...

I have just replaced the teak decks on my 1969 GB, mine is ( was until 2 months ago) teak glued and nailed with bronze ring nails directly over plywood. the total thickness is about 27 mm.In my case the teak was glued to the ply, but the glue had suffered from old age and had let go in many...

My 1969 Gb36 is constructed of laminated layers of mahogany, each layer is about 1 1/2 inches and nailed to then below.

I have had great success with routering a small groove in the seams, then glueing in a teak batten into the grooves. Followed by 12 coats of varnish .No movement of the seam after 20years.Had to wood out the transom twice in that time and reapply the varnish. Good luck.