Sea water applications of wood are among the most challenging ones. Impregnated wood is exposed to leaching and to variety of marine borers, Limnoria sp. and Teredo sp. being the most important. In the present research, durability of pine wood impregnated with copper-amine based preservative solution (Silvanolin) of different concentrations, exposed to the sea water, was investigated according to the EN 275 standard. Performance of Silvanolin treated wood was compared to performance of naturally durable wood (Quercus sp., Castanea sativa, Larix decidua). After 10 months, 18 months and 32 months of exposure, the samples were isolated and assessed. From the presented results it can be clearly seen, that durable wood species were completely degraded after 10 months of exposure. On the other hand, it is evident that Silvanolin prolongs the service life of exposed wood in the sea. The specimens impregnated with the lowest concentration of the preservative solution (cCu = 0.31 %) were only slightly decayed. At specimens, impregnated with higher concentrations of copper (cCu > 0.31 %) almost no defects were observed as a results of exposure to marine borers.

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