Last year we’d decided that it was time to strip off all the boat’s varnished surfaces to bare wood and start again. The last time she’d been ‘naked’ in these areas was prior to her first coats in the autumn of 1983! Whimbrel’s varnished areas include the rudder, transom, sheer strakes and entire cabin sides. … Continue reading Ditch-crawler & mate give Whimbrel a Fortieth anniversary refit…