J-46 Teak and Holly Sole, Memo for the Record

[Fred Hawes]

Fellow Lucky J Owners,

I bought Anona from Kenneth Ott in 2014. It's #16 of 35. The cherry interior was beautiful, but twice in 12 years i have had a flood 

while underweigh, of unknown origin. Shame on me for taking so long to react to the flood. This spring I went looking for 2 3/8" teak and Holly repeat plywood

and found it here in San Diego at Frost hardwood, but only in 1/2 " thickness. So I had to laminate a piece of 1/4" marine plywood onto it 

before I could start to replace the five aftermost sole pieces in the main cabin, which are all 3/4". (I have subsequently found a business with a press 

that can do this laminating, they can accommodate 4' X 10').

If you are asking why I used Teak and Holly, you'd be right, because the interior of a J-46 is cherry. Two facts pertain. First, I didn't think Cherry and Holly 

was available. Second, after I had already bought the T&H, for $500, I found Cherry and Holly at one lumber source in Florida, in 4' X 10' pieces. It would need to

be crated and shipped. So I made a mental note that if the T&H I had made didn't look good enough, I could always get the C&H in the fall and replace everything 

during the winter. Winter here is defined by me as the time during which we don't beercan race.

So today I decided to take the two large rectangles of sole that surround the dinner table, which were in good shape, and refinish them, rather than replace, and I got a 

surprise while sanding the original finish off. The sole is actually Teak and Holly, with some cherry coloring in the finish.

Respectfully submitted,

Fred Hawes

[Chris Leo]

Looks great!

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[Dennis Boyd]

Yes,   Does look great.    Future project for Jaywalker

Dennis