A yacht's teak interior

Af All The Hardwoods

\Jnormally associated with ship and boat building. none is more widely admired than teak. Even the total landlubber can appreciate the warm color and the beauty of teak grain patterns. As the color pictures accompanying this article graphically show, teak has its own unique appearance qualities.

But its attributes don't stop there. To the boat builder, teak's resistance to the marine elements of salt water and the sea air are probably more important. He knows that the wood has a superb performance record under all kinds of ocean conditions.

The yacht shown here is The Conquistador, a 76' beauty built by the Poole Boat Works in San Diego. Replacement cost of the craft, less than ten years after construction, ls estimated to be in excess of $2 million.

The widespread use of teak throughout the interior is a rare thing these days, considering the cost. All of it is FEQ (First European Quality) the top grade in teak. The present general retail price for FEQ tear ranges up to $10.00 per board foot.

Marine teak plywood was used on interior vertical surfaces; the custom built furniture is all teakl and teak lumber and mouldings were used on ladders, handrails and other applications. Pine was used for cleat stock and backing against the aluminum hull. The teak was applied to it.

All teak was supplied by Mariners Forest Products, Inc. of Santa Ana, Ca., a specialist in such applications. The company also sells hardwood lumber and plywood in many domestic and imported species as well as carrying pine and birch. Through their affiliated company, Newport Planing Mill, Inc., they milled all the lumber to Poole Boat Works' specifications.

The grain and color characteristics in the teak plywood all matches as each sheet was cut from the same tree. All the woodwork is custom as is the furniture. A neat extra touch is the use ofteak for not only the hand pulls on the drawers, but on the electrical face plates. The lockers and cabinets are'lined with aromatic cedar closet linins.

On the exterior of rh! diesel powered yacht, teak is used for the hand rails and in other trim applications. A natural oil finish was used to preserve the wood.

Story at a Glance

Lavish use of teak in a marine application... interior is all teak, including furniture. interior all matches as each sheet of the teak plywood was from the same tree.

tilAlll SAL0ll shows extensive use of teak, even t0 the custom furniture. Toos on small tables in foreground llip to reveal gameboards; checkerboard is in use on nearesl tabl e.

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EtECTRlCAL face plates in galley, like the cabinets, drawers and cuoboards are teak. Wallpaper is genuine cork.0ven is a mtcr0wave.

HAI{DS0tllE dlsplay of tools ls focal polnl of

Inspection School

(Continued tiom page 22) month with a capacity enrollment of 70 students.

Students in the 83rd summer session receiving awards included Bret Phillips, Len Barrett award for highest overall average; Willis Lovelace, J. P. Hamer award for most improved student; Tom Reimer, Howard Hanlon award for second highest overall average; Todd Everhart, Westside Hardwood Club (Arkansas) award for highest board run average; Bill Cameron, South Central Lumberman's award for best attitude.

For information concerning the Inspection Thaining School, contact Mrs. Ruby Lanier, National Hardwood Lumber Association, P.O. Box 34518, Memphis, Th. 38184{518, or phone (901) 377-1818.

Panel Sales Training

A new 20 minute slide/tape presentation on structural wood panels from the American Plywood Association covers the specification and use of commonly stocked and sold APA trademarked panels.

Available on a l4day free loan basis, (or purchase for $50) the package includes slides in a carousel, a cassette tape of the script with automatically synchronized signals on one side and audible cues on the other and two copies of the program script for live presentations.

Manufacturefs Products Center

Membcrship clubs, warehousc outlets, mass merchandisers, the home oenter retailcr may feel that he's heard of them all, but what about a product c€nter operatcd by the manufacturer for professional buildcrs, remodclers and serious do-it-yourselfers? Duo-Fast Corp. has just opcned such a facility in Pompano Beach, Fl.

A showroom features tool displays, literature rack, videotapc machinc for tool demonstration tap6, a lounge area and a demonstration tablc equipped with samplcs of various construction materids such as asphalt shingles and concrete. Tbols may be purchased from display or ordered. On site service also is provided. A 1000 sq. ft. warehousc is stocked weekly.

Jerry Efros, division manqger of Duo-Fast's southeast sales and selice division, and Stcwart Ruark, store manager, are available to answer questions and to provide assistance in choosing a tool or fastener.

All Work & No Play = A Boss

Chief executive officers prefer the office to the beach according to a survey of the leisure patterns of leaders of 60 large, successful firms done at Purdue University.

Highlights included: 6090 of those surveyed had not taken a vacation in the past three years; 4090 of those who did vacation came back to the office early; top managers average five to six hours of sleep per night; less than 30q0 have read at least one book not related to business in the past year.

Conclusion by Purdue professor William Theobald: "By and large, their work is their leisure."

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