Crap'n Neal® wrote:
Please allow me to express my opinion of the fanatic care and feeding of
trim wood on sailboats.

1) Those who spend time, effort and dollars on so-called 'brightwork'
are more
interested in showing than going.

That may sometimes be the case. However it is also true that first, they
have the good taste to own a good-looking boat.

... DSK is a good example of this
stupidity with
his bragging about all the time his wife spends on the varnishing.
Please note
that this maintenance time is down-time.

Actually, one can varnish perfectly well underway, or anchored in a nice
cove.


3) Teak trim on a sailboat is just that - trim. It is unnecessary

Handrails and hatch slides are unnecessary?


5) I have tossed the constantly-rotting, teak,

Actually teak is *very* resistant to rot. In fact under normal
conditions and given even half-competent care, it will never rot.

If yours were rotting then where does that leave you?


.. I will replace the
teak-faced, plywood, companionway washboards with the same white
plastic (Star Board) as soon as they rot out more and become unserviceable.

You can buy the same plastic stuff at Home Depot for less than half the
cost.


I will never spend one more dollar or one more minute of my sailing
time varnishing exterior
wood.

Since you don't ever spend any time sailing, that's easy for you to say.

DSK