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
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Doug King
M-17 #404 "Vixen"
Montgomery Sailboats Owners Group Web site:
http://msog.org
Email:
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