While I'm waiting for a new shaft...Teak Time

Did mine as well this winter, power washing works well to clean it up.

Well while I'm waiting around on the coupler and prop shaft issue to fix itself, I figured I'd get back to some of the other long overdue maintenance. the PO had neglected pretty much every maintenance item on the boat including even a basic level of teak care. I've seen petrified trees that weren't as grey as this platform was. Took a very light initial sanding and then laid on 2 coats of teak oil, which it drank up like an alcoholic. You can't really see it in the pics(crappy bb camera), but I still have some peach fuzz I'll need to hit again with another sand after I let it sit for a day or so. Then I'm betting it will soak in another 2 coats maybe 3 before it'll be back to living. Once the top is done I'll flip it and do the same to the bottom.




Even after just the 2 coats the difference is night and day. The bb camera doesn't really capture the difference, but I went from a rain cloud grey weathered look, to a rich brown lumber look in a matter of hours.