And uncovered steel decks will give you third degree burns in the tropics. You can fry an egg on them. >>Mike Maurice wrote: The old sailors may have been walking barefoot on natural teak decks, but in the tropics they were hot.<< Bob Upshon www.kelticstar.com Would you take your family to sea in anything less ? No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.322 / Virus Database: 266.11.13 - Release Date: 5/19/2005