types of decking planked or ply?

[animal]

I am re-building a small timber yacht and wonderd witch decks are better
planked or plywood and what is the best way to do them ?
anyone:confused:

[lazeyjack]

if the boat has lots of camber, 3 layers of ply will hold the shape best, unless you have very good timber workib skills, best avoid planks

[waikikin]

Ply decks are good, they act as a huge lodging knee over the whole deck & dont leak- leaks lead to rot & wet bunks- pay attention to fixings & bedding of windows & fittings to cabin & deck, if you want the look of timber, an overlay of teak or beech payed with sika looks pretty smart.Planked timber is great, but as already mentioned your fit up & caulking skills are gunna have to be pretty flash.Regards from Jeff.

[MikeJohns]

Plywood definately. Planked looks nice and is the craftsmans finish but every planked deck leaks sooner or later. Lots more work to build too.

[Hunter25]

Solid lumber planking over plywood has the advantages of both.

[animal]

thanks for the response im going to go with planked for look and traditional style
for the boat and due to the damage i have seen in ply that is on the boat.
the boat has a huon pine hull and the cabin is sheethed ply and is rotting all over the place so im abit miffed about ply at the moment.

[waikikin]

Go for it Animal, what kinda wood you gunna use? Jeff.

[animal]

at the moment im looking at sydney blue gum but it is getting hard to find
around my place.