We tarp and humidity gets under there...what we have found is that there is
a direct relationship to the proximity of the wood pulp factory to where our
boat is moored and stored...Muskegon is an industrial town and I think air
pollution might explain some of it...our varnish jobs lasted better when we
were up farther north away from industry....
and yes, Max's boat is worth the effort of varnish, but hey, he likes cetol,
so who am I to complain?

"DSK" wrote in message
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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