[Rhodes22-list] True confessions........topic: woodwork.

[Jay Friedland]

Rummy-
You must be living right. French girls who want to crew for you. A 
gorgeous salesgirl who knows what to recommend. You even remember who 
you bought it from- that's impressive. Did you get her name? Now that 
I'm single I'd love to know the secret, or is it just serendipity. I 
just get retirees or weekend warriors that wait on me, or the gals are 
from the fiberglass and stainless steel powerboat crowd.

Varnishing is pretty exciting on it's own merits. For many owners, from 
their responses, a highly varnished tiller is and should be the 
highlight of their R22. The word now from Stan is the supplier of his 
tillers is out of business. Competitors, like Hunter and Catalina have 
turned aluminum or some other unsexy choices. He may still find another 
source, but for those looking for the GBI $50 replacement, it may be 
time to preserve what they have.

One last note for "Da List", you can change my "yet-to-be-named" vessel 
to S/V Wanda Lust. Unless you need to wait for the Naming Ceremony for 
it to be official. Also, please send a copy when it's updated. Thanks.
Jay




On Friday, March 7, 2003, at 05:56 PM, John Tonjes wrote:

> Jay,
> The varnish I'm using is the stuff the gorgeous salesgirl at WM 
> suggested I
> use. It's the Z-Spar, 2015 Flagship Varnish. Apparently it has great UV
> protection built in. I originally purchased it to do my new tiller 
> handle,
> but it worked great on the one teak piece I've done so far.
> I just completed refinishing another Rhodies tiller handle and it looks
> great. 12 coats of varnish ought to hold him for a few years.
>
> Rummy
>