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Wooden or plastic boat deck? For water sports enthusiasts, sailors and steamboat captains, this is not a question at all. The answer is clear: of course it has to be wood. At least the deck of the yacht or sailing boat only gets a new look with wooden floorboards the unmistakable maritime aura.
But it is also true that wood weathers and is high-maintenance – especially on the water. This is because it is exposed to extreme wind and spray on the yacht deck. Only a few types of wood can withstand these conditions in the long term.
Teak deck in wind and weather
Teak is ideally suited for boat building. It is one of the most resistant types of wood. It falls into resistance class 1 (according to DIN-EN, service life at least 25 years).
The high rubber content in the wood ensures durability and a smooth surface. And it has another advantage: in contrast to comparably durable types of wood – such as
The teak wood from Biomaderas achieves the highest durability class, as the teak trees are only used sustainably and in a resource-conserving manner from the age of more than 30 years – after the tree has formed the most important extracts to increase durability.
Barefoot-friendly boat deck
Teak is also the most barefoot-friendly wood: it hardly splinters at all. An undeniable advantage on a boat deck.
Teak is known as the “king of wood species” due to its good properties. In addition to the technical advantages of using teak as a boat deck, the golden-brown appearance also speaks for the wood.
The growth zones are clearly recognizable in teak. The heartwood is brown to yellow with streaks of color, whereby the sapwood clearly stands out from the heartwood due to its lighter color.
Reason enough for one of our customers in Switzerland to equip the deck of its beautiful steamship replica from the classic film “African Queen” (1951) with our terrace elements with our terrace elements.