It’s a 36 foot Bayliner cabin cruiser from the early 80’s. The door is 3 feet wide and 4 feet tall. There is a top hatch over the accordion doors to cover the top of the opening that is in reasonably good shape. The boat is a deep V hull, certainly capable of coastal ocean waters. In fact, based on some the tax and licensing receipts included in the papers on board, this boat used to live in the Chesapeake Bay. Even so, she is spending her declining days on the Tennessee River, and a high level of seaworthiness is desirable, but not as critical as it once was.
The owner of the boat is retired on disability and lives aboard. As such, teak is financially out of reach. What I build needs to last a very long time as funds to repair or replace will be hard to come by. Plywood is also out as I was specifically told, “none of that cheap plywood or particle board crap.”