The fun part...

Ok, so I never really thought of myself as someone who would look forward to varnishing, I hate doing it on board Cupcake. In fact, someone came to look at Cupcake, glanced at the grey, raw toe rail and asked if I’d never heard of Cetol. (Cetol, for the uninitiated, is a coating that is a cross between varnish and a self-tanner.) I responded that we are believers in the adage that grey is gorgeous, that a boat with shiny exterior teak is a boat that doesn’t get sailed enough.

But on a dinghy I can varnish in the comfort of my shop when sailing season is over…well that’s a different story.

So here’s Skimmer, with the first of at least five coats on her new rail. Mmmm.