Post by Brian & Glenda on May 12, 2020 6:24:44 GMT
Looks Great Mick! I keep thinking about new sails for our boat, but as you said ... the old one's seem to be doing fairly well, until you get new sails!
What do you use on your woodwork, and how often do you need to refinish it? Your looks much better than mine at the moment, but I haven't refinished mine in three years. My Cetol worked well for two years, but three has proven to be too long.
We hope to be out sailing our LM32 in the Gulf Islands soon, and in Desolation Sound later this year. (Both are in the Georgia Strait, between Vancouver Island and the mainland of British Columbia Canada.) At this time, no-one wants visitors to 'their islands' or remote communities due to Covid fears, and the Coast Guard has asked everyone to stay at the dock so their human resources won't be at risk. Hopefully we can slip the lines soon! Cheers, Brian.
Hi Brian and Glenda, I used ordinary polyurethane varnish initially , however, lately I have been using a hard wearing water based exterior varnish with good results, no white spirit, easily cleaned brushes and 2 coats in a day!
My best trick is that periodically, about 3 times a year and certainly at the onset of winter I give it a good coat of WD40, polish up and allow to dry. This certainly helps to stop the brightwork from drying out and it makes it look good too.
Some of the woodwork has been renewed lately. I have reclad the lecturn area in 4mm veneered ply several times in the last 25years as it suffers from the UV light. It's only stuck on with mastic and is easily changed.
I envy you your sailing grounds it sounds very interesting. We have been prevented from even visiting our boats here, however, we have just had an announcement by HM Gov which SEEMS to allow us all to go see our boats and go to sea from Wed 14th May lets hope that's true and we can all enjoy some of this lovely weather that we have had in the UK this Spring.
Post by Brian & Glenda on May 13, 2020 7:51:42 GMT
Thanks Mick, I'd never have thought to use WD40! It is good to know about the lecturn too! That's another area of my boat that needs attention, for the reason you note.
Yes, I think we have some of the best sailing grounds in the world! Desolation Sound was named by Captain Vancouver when he explored and mapped this area in 1792, and he is alleged to have said: "there was not a single prospect that was pleasing to the eye." It must have been particularly rather dreary weather when he was here. My user profile picture of our boat was taken not too far away in Jervis Inlet, which is a 42 nm fiord with depths up to 730 meters and a spectacular waterfall at it's end. It is raining very hard in that photo, obliterating the mountains in the background. It rained four inches that night... so I understand Captain Vancouver's outlook, but it is also very beautiful when the sun is shining... which thankfully it does for most of the summer. Happy sailing when you do get out... Cheers, Brian.
