cork

Anyone had any experience with cork decking? I saw some being installed at a marina in Panama when I was there last month. Looked really good. No maintenence, scratch and dent proof. I actually saw the guy pound on the material with a hammer with no marks or dents. The insulation factor is...

On my '84 E-28 I have a Perko raw water strainer, model 493. I'm replacing the gaskets. The gaskets I'm removing are cork. Checked the Perko catalog. They indicate use ONLY cork gaskets on "older style" strainers and use ONLY rubber gaskets on "newer style" strainers. However, they don't tell...