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You can stain woods to approximate the colour of teak, but grains like ash or mahogany end up looking better than your standard fir plywood.
Another possibility might be to purchase some teak veneer and apply it to your plywood drop boards. That way you save some money and save the "look".
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".. there is much you could do at sea with common sense.. and very little you could do without it.."
Capt G E Ericson (from "The Cruel Sea" by Nicholas Monsarrat)
1984 Fast/Nicholson 345
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