Anthony and I had the great pleasure of meeting a fellow Seamless Sailor, Drena, and her husband, JR, from S/V Journey in Cocoa, Florida.
We had a delightful happy hour aboard Magnolia and dinghy'ed ashore for a sushi dinner at Thai Thai. It was great to meet in person after several email exchanges and following each others blogs. What fun to exchange sailing and sewing stories as we are all relative newbies. They are making their dream happen with their cat, Leo, aboard their O'Day .
Drena is sewing aboard with a Husqvarna Viking machine. I sewed on these very nice machines in high school Home Ec classes (dating myself again). She has written some posts about her sewing projects and has moderated a Monkey Fist topic
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After you spend a lot of time or a lot of money on teak cap rail brightwork -- sanding, varnishing wood -- you want to show them off as they shine in the sun. Folks come by the dock admiring your shiny cap rails and “oh and ah”. But wait. You’ve just invested your time or money to get them that bright and shiny. How long do you want them to stay that way? A good while, right? Sun with its UV threat will have its way with your teak. You might consider canvas covers, at least while the boat is not in use at the dock. We saw these cap rail covers in a Charleston marina. Pretty nice, huh?
Notice that Magnolia doesn’t have these covers – yet.
A few references that might be of help:
-- In a Sailrite forum Read more [...] 