Refinish Teak and Repair Rod Boxes

[Geekie1]

That was a transient slip at Larsens in SIC I had for a week. I keep the V at my house near Dennisville NJ in Cape May County and launch at the nearest ramp to where the bite is on. Off season the V is in my driveway in Doylestown PA. Generally I like three ramps in South Jersey. 54th Street in Avalon which gives me close access to the Ocean at Townsends Inlet, Cape May free ramp for Ocean access off Cape May, and Longreach on the Maurice River for access to the Delaware Bay. Those three are good wide ramps for launching solo, which is what I do often.

In order to make solo launching and hauling more practical, I have tried to make my trailer more friendly by adding a power winch, replaced all rollers, replaced all brake assemblies, new coupler, etc. etc. Some of the trailer modifications I have in mind are walkways on the front of the trailer frame, and replaceing the rest of the lights with led lights. I have reasoned that replacing most of the functional parts with new will give me a better chance of not having a failure at the ramp. The one modification to the trailer I consider the most successful was mounting a Group 27 deep cycle battery on the trailer tongue in a battery box to power the winch rather using my truck battery to operate the winch. This has worked very well. I get about 3 launches and hauls out of one charge. For backup, I have a set of 20' 4 gauge jumper cables in case I need to use the truck battery. I will post a picture of my winch battery setup when I get back down to Cape May next week. (Haven't photographed it!)

Other off season projects are to non skid paint the floor, paint the engine leg. I had an auto paint dealer computer match the Yamaha paint color in a urethane auto paint.

Geek

[nipper]

Looks great Geekie. I like the look of your Cetol. I love the stuff. However, I have been using the original formula, and it has a bit more of an orangeish cast to it than the natural teak formula you are using.

[Geekie1]

Hi Nipper,

I tried Cetol Marine Light which is the more orange color you are referring to on another boat project I had going. I preferred the natural teak color which is a relatively new product. Another really good teak finish is Bristol Yacht finishes. However Bristol finishes are about twice the price of Cetol. The durability of Cetol, when applied correctly, seems to be very good. As I mentioned, the ongoing V refinish project is in its third year and shows little reason to even touch up as yet.

Geek