At the risk of having the terminology incorrect, I thought I'd share with the list my discovery of how the teak interior hull liner was constructed on my 1995 C&C 36 XL/kcb. I decided that the only way to find out was to carefully destroy a portion of the remaining 'ceiling' that was not rotted away by years of water leaking on it. It turns out that this material is teak-veneer on ~1/4" plywood (or its metric cousin) with V-grooves cut into it every 1 7/8". According to Rob McLaughlin at South Shore Yachts, this materiel was originally likely out-sourced to local wood shop(s), none of which are still in business to his knowledge. Since I neither have nor know how to use a router, I am having some pieces made locally to match that I will then install on the boat. Fortunately, with the grooves, the plywood should be able to 'fit' to the gentle curve of the hull both vertically and horizontally. My biggest challenge will be making a some kind of template from the current empty space on the hull that I can use to cut the new routed teak faced plywood to fit. This challenge will be reduced somewhat by the strips of ~1/2 x 1/4" wood I will need to hold it in place--thereby hiding any cutting errors! In my hands, wood carpentry can always be made to look good with proper attention to 'trim' work! Thanks to all who chimed in with suggestions on both what this 'lining' is properly referred to nautically as well as those who suggested solutions, especially Rod Stright who knows his wooden boats and terminology! Charlie NelsonWater Phantom1995 C&C 36 XL/kcb,
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