[Public-List] Finishes Part Two........ oh that gorgeous NewYork Forty

[John Birch]

Loved the boat, hated the movie - so much syrup I'm surprised it didn't ruin 
the brightwork ; )


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From: "edward schroeder" <eddiediver at sbcglobal.net>
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NewYork Forty


Michael; I used to own a1957 30 ft. Kingscruiser that 18 coats of varnish on 
her gunnels. Very beautiful. The Kingcruiser was the type boat that Robert 
Redford and Barbara Streisand had their honeymoon on in "The Way We Were".

Ed Schroeder #303 Emotional Rescue

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From: crufone at comcast.net <crufone at comcast.net>
Subject: [Public-List] Finishes Part Two........ oh that gorgeous New York 
Forty
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Date: Wednesday, June 2, 2010, 1:03 PM




Me again,



Storing boats in any climate will lead to finish deterioration. Using a boat 
actively contributes to cleaning the finish on a regular basis and helping 
it last longer. Dirt and grime are death to a finish, of course only next to 
Ultra Violet, freeze/thaw, physical bruising, etc.



I have discovered that Epoxy coatings applied to less than the entire 
surface of wood trim lead to an 'edge' which causes the Epoxy to fail. This 
applies to penetrating as well as surface Epoxy coatings/finishes. I would 
not bother to apply Epoxy to boat trim unless the trim was removed and the 
entire surface could be treated.

I believe that if the boat is a working boat and not a show boat I would 
keep the Epoxy coating to a minimum first layer, following the Epoxy with 
subsequent maintenance layers of your choice assuming that they are 
compatible with the Epoxy beneath. This gives one a decent base layer with 
upper layers which can be more easily maintained. Again if one allows the 
deterioration to proceed to damage the base layer system then you have 
defeated in theory the 'easy more manageable routine maintenance of the wood 
trim.



Now to one of my more orgasmic boating experiences. I was in Newport, RI. 
The strong fresh varnish odor lead me to her. One could smell the varnish 
from a city block away. Tied up to the docks of the Yacht Restoration School 
there was this magnificent New York Forty. She had just been redone some 
place up in Maine and was headed to the Isle of Wright for some sort of 
boating festival. Do you know the shivers up and down your spine when as a 
kid you were afraid of the dark? That was my reaction, in addition to almost 
wetting my pants.



On a wonderfully designed wooden boat, there is nothing, absolutely nothing 
more breath taking than a natural resin varnish finish. I saunt ered back 
and forth for an hour admiring the beauty of that varnish which only served 
to illuminate further Herreshoff's genius. Oh......... to be one of the 
chosen few who could have the where-with-all to own such a craft and be in 
command of the 'people' to do the maintenance......................lots and 
lots of people.



Michael #133
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