"Bob" wrote in message
ups.com...

Dont tell any one but I got a plank of that composit backyard decking.
you know the stuff made of sawdust and plastic. Ripped it down for
use under a sail track. Its great stuff, cheep, UV protected, tough,
stable, sorta looks like wood, and availible everywhere. Goes great on
my plastic boat! Now to get that last bit of wood of her. Next on my
list to deep 6 are thoes teak grab rails on top the house.
Wood........... I hate the stuff. Its a pain in the ass!

But in my heart, epoxy + wood are not wood boats.

Bob


I plan to use that "PlasTeek" stuff to replace the wooden grabrails on
Essie. Not because I have a problem with keeping up with varnish on them
(relatively minor compared with the rest of my wood trim), but because I
don't want to put varnish on them -- too slippery for a hand-hold. A couple
of years ago I stripped them down to bare wood and treated them with
Penetrol, but I'd need to recoat them once a month or so in active sailing
and that's too much work for me. Don't know that I'd use it extensively, but
I do use Marine Grade HDPE all over the boat. It's great stuff, and nothing
will stick to it.