415 Cockpit table question
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Topic: 415 Cockpit table question
Posted By: Andiroo
Subject: 415 Cockpit table question
Date Posted: 06 December 2025 at 01:14
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Hi, am refurbishing our cockpit table leaves on our 415 and wanted some advice as to re-staining or varnishing the wooden surface. Is the table solid teak OR veneer over plywood? regards Andrew Atomic Blonde Fremantle Sailing CLub
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Posted By: Black Diamond
Date Posted: 06 December 2025 at 14:31
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I can't speak to the 415, but on our 575 its solid teak, but pretty
plain. So far I have been refinishing it by using a heat gun to strip
the existing polyurethane off of it and then refinishing it with both
stain and poly. If you don't want to use poly, then I would suggest Daly's Seafin oil, which leaves a hard finish on the wood, but gives it the look of oil rather than urethane. The salon table was the veneer / cored joke. I ripped that out as well and put a solid teak table in place with a Hanse inlay. See pics at the end of this message. These were the original tables. They can be removed by drilling out the teak bungs and then unbolting from below. I took them back to my shop and cleaned them up using a heat gun and teak cleaner.   The tables are cherry with a black walnut border. Same size as the original tables.   The original salon table (veneer/cored) .  This is the replacement salon table (solid teak)
------------- Rick S/V Black Diamond Hanse 575 Build #192, Hull# 161 Newport, RI |
Posted By: spam
Date Posted: 07 December 2025 at 01:09
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They are solid teak on the Hanse 415. You can sand them down without any issues. To get the middle piece of you need to remove the plotter from the console, but otherwise pretty straightforward. Harold S/V Ventus H415/#314 Boston
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Posted By: 415 Singapore
Date Posted: 07 December 2025 at 02:12
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Hi, Hanse must change specifications regularly! Night Train, build no:136 had a veneered centre piece with solid edging. We re-built the table top with solid teak after 4 years All the best Paul ------------- Paul - Night Train - 415 #136 |
Posted By: Andiroo
Date Posted: 07 December 2025 at 07:00
| Thanks for information guys. Great job on the salon table Black Diamond! |
Posted By: Matt1
Date Posted: 09 December 2025 at 06:43
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On my 418 the table is solid wood but I’m tempted to say it’s iroko or something rather than teak. I epoxied mine and then did 6 coats of varnish. Since the 418 doesn’t have much “real” wood anywhere I thought I’d make the most of the bit I did have ;) ------------- Hanse 418 #64 EmBer. Hamble, UK |
Posted By: Arcadia
Date Posted: 09 December 2025 at 12:47
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I did the same as Matt1. Sealing with epoxy, sanding smooth and then layers of varnish is the best way to finish exterior wood. As long as you don’t mind a bright look. Using satin varnish will soften the look a bit. The upside is that with the epoxy undercoat the finish will last for years. ------------- Leon / ARCADIA 2018 Hanse 588 Sag Harbor, NY |
Posted By: Tranquillity
Date Posted: 09 December 2025 at 14:28
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Andrew, Whilst I can vouch Matts table looks amazing as I am sure the others here they are works of art  A credit to them. If your after a more simpler solution we apply Honeycomb Semco each year and it keeps it looking like new. Depending on it's condition may need rubbing down first or apply a teak cleaner but then two coats of Semco applied with foam brush and rubbed into grain with soft cloth. The finish will be a matt look more like when it comes from factory.
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Posted By: kipwrite
Date Posted: 12 December 2025 at 13:01
I went with about 10 coats of varnish a few years ago, on the cockpit table, the companionway slide, and the flagpole. Everything solid teak. Table about ready for a freshening.
------------- Kipwrite |
Posted By: High Time
Date Posted: 12 December 2025 at 17:03
Hi Paul My 415 (High Time) is No 38 (2012) and the centre of the table is definitely poor quality vaneer, not fit for exterior use in my opinion. Mine literally fell apart a few years ago and I replaced it with marine grade vaneer but I'm not very happy with the result. I'm interested in how you rebuilt yours using solid teak. Did you keep the solid teak surround or replace the whole top from a single piece of teak? Do you any photos you could share? PM me if you need an email address. Thanks. ------------- Roger High Time (415 #038) |
415 Singapore wrote:Posted By: 415 Singapore
Date Posted: 13 December 2025 at 02:00
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Hi, totally agree about their earlier specification, almost seemed like veneered MDF, it started rotting around the recessed pull handle. We re-used the solid teak surround, but I have to admit my woodworking skills were not upto the job, so we got a local carpenter to put it all back together. Visually, it looks identical to the original. Judging from what he charged and how quickly he got it back together us, I don’t think it was complicated, I guess having access to proper tools etc makes it quite a lot easier. Good luck Paul ------------- Paul - Night Train - 415 #136 |
Posted By: 415 Singapore
Date Posted: 13 December 2025 at 02:17
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Hi Roger, sorry forgot to add that it wasn’t a single piece of teak, probably 3 pieces? End result looked like the fold up side tables Paul ------------- Paul - Night Train - 415 #136 |
Posted By: Wayne's World
Date Posted: 13 December 2025 at 04:21
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Looking at our tables on the 575 they are made of 4.5 individual strips of teak. ------------- Wayne W Cruising, currently in the Pacific until the end of 2026. |