Cookelu meu, my Tayana 37 which brought me over the Atlantic to Cuba and back is a little bit weathered from continuing sailing so needs some work to be done...

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hi today's Sunday May 21st and I have

about two weeks until splashdown and a

lot a lot a lot of work sanding is

sending the cap around sending the

butterfly hatch the main hatch the

eyebrow is the most urgent work also I

have to reconnect the gas bottle since I

externalize it in the quadrant and the

autopilot piston were completely

inaccessible by me during sailing and if

I had a problem I would most probably

stay without an autopilot so I took the

big decision cut the Box away and I put

I had the gas bottle moved outside over

the swimming platform I'll start with

varnishing which is the most important

job and let's begin

morning is Monday morning now and the

weather is again beautiful yesterday was

raining all day so I couldn't varnish

anything today in furnished day I

already found a rig to reach up afraid

so let's begin I have a single advice

for varnishing this is to love it if you

don't love it either buy a boat without

think the varnish stick or find somebody

to do it for you

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as I'm sure you heard many times the

most important is inverting is surface

preparation after sanding there are

three reasons we send first you might

want to make sure that all loose

particles go away second reason is

surface preparation so that the next

coat adheres to the previous one and the

third reason is to the the wood it has

valleys and hills so you have to cut

away the hills so that you get this deep

look of good varnished wood the reason

I'm not wearing a mask which I usually

do is that it's very windy so all dust

flies away immediately

nothing reaches to my mouth and nose so

I consider it to be healthy

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now I will prepare the varnish solution

I'm using a - it's clear varnish

it's a one-component varnish I advise

against using two-component varnish

unless you only use professionals to

varnish your boat since it's more

difficult to apply and you cannot easily

reapply a coat of course it might give a

little bit better and more time lasting

results but I really prefer the classic

varnish make sure to mix the varnish

with some clean stick I always use this

wooden stick

transfer quantity to your pot

you need some experience to judge how

much you use but if you've done it a few

times it is easy it is very important to

clean the rim there you go if you don't

do that you cannot close the lid again

and your varnish envy in the can will

get destroyed very important

I will add since I'm revarnished

over a pre varnished surface I will only

mix 5% this was an adult roof lead a

very small quantity

I get easier to work with okay

seems okay

you could use this varnish directly out

of the can

but I prefer to be a little bit more

thin this is a matter of taste I'm using

this I'm using these sponges I find them

very easy to work with and you don't

hassle to wipe them clean after each use

if you varnish the your boat all the

time you know the difficult spots and

how to access them so it becomes easier

and easier to varnish

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as you see varnishing is very rewarding

and you see immediately the good results

of your work

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don't be afraid to miss any point since

you'll be applying a lot of coats and

any place that you didn't cover will be

covered during your next coat

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good morning yesterday I varnished the

cup rail and today's I want to apply

another coat so I send it a little bit

more but first take let's take a look

how it looks like

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