TOPIC: Fiberglass Boat with Mahogany Deck

New member here, have enjoyed reading for the last year or so. Signed up yesterday.

Would anyone here have any idea who built the boat in the photo I posted. It's a 14 footer. I took the photo off of the Free-Boat.com websight and have been looking for information for a couple of years. It was at Houghton Michigan. The idea of a fiberglass boat with a mahogany deck really appeals to me. You can have the low maintenance of a fiberglass hull plus the beauty of a mahogany deck.

Thanks! Todd W Temperance, Michigan

It doesn't really look like mahogany to me but since you have to remove it all and re-deck, mahogany would be the way to go. Be sure to replace the framework...save the pieces as patterns.

Here's a photo log of a topside re-deck job I did a couple years ago. It might give you a few ideas. Glad to have you join the site and good luck!

www.nautilusrestorations.com/1955OutboardLaunch.html

Wow...that's beautiful work!!

Thank you for your response. Mahogany was just a guess, the correct term would probably be mulch. Would you have any names to suggest for builders that built fiberglass boats with wood decks?
All The Best
Todd

I've done a few over the years. My personal opin is putting separate strips is a PIA. You could go with strips if you want and use a good adhesive. Other option would be a solid sheet of mahogany like Luan.
http s://www.amazon.com/Sauers-Mahogany-Veneer-Sheet/dp/B00315I2K6 (take the space out from https for the link)
Either leave it solid or take a router and cut file lines to make fake boards.
If you can save the side gunnel strips that would be a bonus.
FYI you will never get it to look like Jan's. The guy is a pro and knows his sh....

Many builders of fiberglass boats started with wooden seats and decks and trim. It was very common, especially for the wooden boat companies that started a fiberglass line: Larson; Shell Lake; and many, many others. Even MFG which started out making fiberglass hulls used wooden deck and seating for their first couple of years.

Andreas