One more bit: I refinished the badly neglected wood on our Potter in Cetol and it looks great three years later. On the Potter, I simply removed the few wooden bits for refinishing, which made life much easier and only took a few minutes. I confess I didn't de-oil the wood like you're supposed to with highly toxic ketones, but I did sand them down to new wood. In my case this seems to have worked, probably because the oil had been weathered out-the ten year old wood may never have gotten any attention at all. I did remove and recoat them after two years, more out of guilt than necessity. Incidentally, our boat lives under a poly tarp when it's not being sailed. Steve Tyree, P-15