Fold-down balconies & platforms

Teak-laid fold-down balconies and bathing platforms, with the margins fitted flush to follow the line of the hull. These are the moving parts of a modern yacht’s deck — sections that fold out to open the boat to the sea — and laying teak across them brings a particular set of demands.

Because the panels deploy and stow, the teak has to be laid so that the margins line up with the surrounding deck and the hull line when the platform is down, and close cleanly when it is up. The border has to follow the sheer of the hull rather than a straight edge, and every plank run has to account for the join where the moving section meets the fixed deck. Get it right and the balconies read as an unbroken continuation of the deck when open; get it wrong and the eye catches every misaligned margin.

The finished platforms give guests a warm teak surface right at the waterline, flush with the hull and continuous with the deck above. It is precise work on components that have to move, wear and stay watertight — teak detailed to disappear into the line of the boat.