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Hi All,

I've started to work on Anna Louise to get her back into shape. Sadly she has been neglected while I was off doing other things. One of the first thing I am attempting to do is fix a leak under the starboard Toe Rail. Removing the Teak Toe Rail without destroying it is looking impossible. Does anyone know where this type of Toe Rail can be sourced?

Shayne

My teak toe rail fell apart.

John, my brilliant shipwright, formed the correct shape out of White Beech.
Apparently just as hardy as teak, cheaper and a more modern lighter colour.

He had to fabricate the tools to do the job and reckoned he had not done that type of work since Tech.


Looking stunning.

New Guinea Rosewood is a good and cheaper alternative than teak. Protecting with cetol and she looks like teak. Cheers

Shayne, give Sydney Wood Indutries in Mona Vale a call. They specialise in hardwoods, especially for the boating industry.

Tell them what you're doing and they'll guide you in a good choice. They may even be able to mill you a profile if you can give them a sample.

Replacing the toe rail is expensive and if only one is done it is unlikely to match.
To access the mounting screws requires drilling (very carefully) the teak plug to remove it and scraping the slot in the head of the screw. There should be a flat washer in there too.
It is much easier to do from a floating dock or on the hard.
If the screw has pulled through the teak a quite good repair can be made by letting in a piece of suitably shaped flat stainless with a countersunk mounting hole. I used 3mm.
Cheers,
Tom

Trend Timbers near Windsor are also great.
Even if you don't want to buy anything they are like a woodworker's paradise.

I love just walking around and smelling the wood.
Some timber they have there I have only heard of in books.