katysails wrote:
Winter takes its' toll on varnish in a very bad way here...

How so? I've never seen a snow cover tear up varnish the way intense UV
from the southern sun will do.

... and Mr Sails is a
varnish fanatic...its' done as a matt4er of course rather than a matter of
need...


My wife has gone from racing tactician to teak nazi. Nowadays when we
walk around looking at boats, she is as likely to criticize the
brightwork as make a comment about the rig or design. And one thing we
agree on (actually we agree on many things) is that we have never seen a
Cetol finish that looked as good as even a half-assed varnish finish
much less a good one. You can read a newspaper in the reflection off our
brightwork, which is not half-assed IMHO.

If Maxprop's boat has decent wood on it, she deserves better.

Fresh Brushes- Doug King