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Default Deck renovation ideas?

wrote:
A pal of mine is renovating a 1950s wooden 42-footer originally built
as a trawler but later fitted with a gaff rig.

He's currently tackling the deck, which is in a pretty rough state.
It's covered in old anti-fouling paint which is peeling and needs
removing.

It's a nightmare to sand as the surface is very uneven. And because
there are large amounts of pitch between the boards, .....etc....
Anyone got any bright ideas on how best to get it back to clean, bare
wood - preferably without spending all year over it?


Gareth-
Aside from trying to make it look pretty, is there any good reason to
remove the workboat deck coating which presumably has kept the water
from belowdecks and the crew from slipping overboard for the past 50+
years?

I'm just assuming that there isn't a thick teak deck hidden under that
pitch, but I may well be wrong.

Cheers

John

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