At 12:40 PM 3/22/02 -0500, you wrote:
I would just oil the teak, but I'm teaching a seminar on marine varnishing tomorrow and Sunday, so I'll have the students varnish the teak, drop boards, rudder, and other bits for me. Varnished teak is hard to keep up, but hopefully I'll be having the varnishing class once or twice a year, so the class can refinish it for me.
John, It's one thing to teach how to maintain varnished teak, but my suggestion is that you also offer a teak restoration class. It just so happens that Vixen has never had anything done to HER teak in 16 years. Considering the upkeep involved, I've grown to love it; in fact, I may rename HER Silver Vixen, so I never have to work on HER teak. However, if you find you need a boat for this new class you'll be offering, I shall make the sacrifice, and will continue to make HER available annually when you begin offering a second class on marine varnishing. Or gel-coating. Or rig tuning. Or electrical. Or anything else I can get for free. Doug
------------------------------------------ Doug King M-17 #404 "Vixen" Montgomery Sailboats Owners Group Web site: http://msog.org Email: mailto:msog@msog.org