8dust
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Ahoy,
Super glad to find the forum! I'm the very proud new owner of an '87 Capri 14.2 Mod 1.
Couple of new-guy questions. This is my first boat with any woodwork. For the teak spray deflector & hatch guard, what is the best treatment for this wood? Mine looks to actually have been PAINTED at some point, but luckily 95% has now flaked off. Would it be better to use spar varnish or some type of oil finish? Left to my own devices, I lean toward the penetrating oils, but want to do what would be best here. I live on a lake in the Nashville area and this will be subject to fresh, albeit green, water only, and fairly moderate temperature swings.
Second question, sail battens... My center 30" batten is missing. Went to West Marine to replace and saw that they had a lot of "tapered" (in thickness) battens which I had not seen before... Does the thin end go toward the belly of the sail? Any reason to use/not use these? The replacement batten pack on Catalina Direct shows 5/8" uniform thickness battens... It also looks like the pockets on my sail could hold 1" wide ones, or at least 3/4", is it better to use ones that would be more snug than the 5/8" ?
As you can probably tell, I don't have a great deal of formal sailing education. Been loving it on/off for more than 30 years, but pretty much with all seat-of-the-pants training. That's probably one of the things that appeals to me so much about sailing, really, is that it is at its root, such a simple and ancient endeavor.
Anyway, delighted to be aboard, and thanks in advance for your advice!!!
Fred
Super glad to find the forum! I'm the very proud new owner of an '87 Capri 14.2 Mod 1.
Couple of new-guy questions. This is my first boat with any woodwork. For the teak spray deflector & hatch guard, what is the best treatment for this wood? Mine looks to actually have been PAINTED at some point, but luckily 95% has now flaked off. Would it be better to use spar varnish or some type of oil finish? Left to my own devices, I lean toward the penetrating oils, but want to do what would be best here. I live on a lake in the Nashville area and this will be subject to fresh, albeit green, water only, and fairly moderate temperature swings.
Second question, sail battens... My center 30" batten is missing. Went to West Marine to replace and saw that they had a lot of "tapered" (in thickness) battens which I had not seen before... Does the thin end go toward the belly of the sail? Any reason to use/not use these? The replacement batten pack on Catalina Direct shows 5/8" uniform thickness battens... It also looks like the pockets on my sail could hold 1" wide ones, or at least 3/4", is it better to use ones that would be more snug than the 5/8" ?
As you can probably tell, I don't have a great deal of formal sailing education. Been loving it on/off for more than 30 years, but pretty much with all seat-of-the-pants training. That's probably one of the things that appeals to me so much about sailing, really, is that it is at its root, such a simple and ancient endeavor.
Anyway, delighted to be aboard, and thanks in advance for your advice!!!
Fred