
Boat Decks: Teak vs Synthetic Teak
One of the most eye-catching boats at the Newport boat show last fall, the Scandinavian Cruiser 20, is a fast daysailer with a narrow hull and a traditional teak deck. At least it looked like teak. As I was checking out the SC20, something about those decks struck me as being a little off. Then it hit me: they looked too good, too clean to be real. The fact that I had to ask to make sure they






![Ted_Turner_April_1985-Bernard-Gotfryd-2048x Photo from Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, photograph by Bernard Gotfryd, [Reproduction number e.g., LC-USZ62-12345]](https://s3.amazonaws.com/media.sailmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/06145433/Ted_Turner_April_1985-Bernard-Gotfryd-2048x.jpg?w=1024)






