types of decking planked or ply?

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

 

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

 

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.

 

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

 

Solid lumber planking over plywood has the advantages of both.

 

thanks all

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.

 

Planks- sweet

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

 

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