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ct95949
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Initially Posted - 07/09/2015 : 07:57:11

I'm getting ready to redo the Cetol on some of my teak and after removing the eyebrow trim on the sides of the cabin I'm wondering if I want to put it back on. My '79 didn't have any and I thought the hand rails, hatch rails and hatch boards were just the right proportion of teak to fiberglass. It wouldn't be that much work to varnish the trim but this would be the only teak not protected by canvas covers when away from the boat. When it goes bad I'm looking at removing 18 screws and re-sealing each time and they're kind of fragile, the PO has already made repairs to some cracks.
Any thoughts?
Craig.

'90 SR/WK #6017. PO of '79 SR/SK.

Davy J
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Response Posted - 07/09/2015 : 08:27:24

I removed those, filled the holes and added a blue pin stripe in it's place:

Davy J

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Response Posted - 07/09/2015 : 08:45:05

I've used Cetol the past three years, and once the first treatment process - sanding, triple coats - was over the successive years' touch ups have been pretty easy. Takes about 3/4 day to touch sand, mask and treat all the exterior teak. We find the hand rails useful and the maintenance hasn't been an issue...yet...

Jerry

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Response Posted - 07/09/2015 : 11:04:54

Those eyebrows on your 90 might still be in good shape but they are thin and fragile on mine so I don't dare try to remove them. Davy J's fix is probably the way i'll end up going when the time comes.

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Response Posted - 07/09/2015 : 14:19:40

After removing the old sealant around the screw holes I found the gel coat chipped pretty bad on some of the holes- no counter sinking. I don't think replacing the #6 screws with finish washers would cover the chips but a short #10 screw and washer would. I think for now I'll do that but I like the blue stripe idea, is that tape or painted?
Thanks, Craig.

'90 SR/WK #6017. PO of '79 SR/SK.

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Response Posted - 07/09/2015 : 14:38:18

It's tape, about 1/2" wide. Picked it up at an auto parts store, don't remember which one.

Davy J

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Response Posted - 07/10/2015 : 06:25:35

A friend has the same kind of trim on a very salty cutter, and replaced it with Plas-Teak. From over three feet away, it looks like oiled teak.

Dave Bristle
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Response Posted - 07/11/2015 : 04:48:59

I find myself using the handholds when I go forward either to deal with fenders, drop anchor or reef the main. I don't know what I'd hold onto if they weren't there unless I put in a jackline. I take them down every other year and repaint them with Cetol. For me, they come right off and go back on. If they're fragile, replace them with plas-teak. I would not feel at all secure going forward on the boat without them.

Bruce Ross
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Response Posted - 07/11/2015 : 08:09:39

I don't think I've ever used the hand rails to hold on to but I would never get rid of them because they look so good. This teak is stout and it is easy to take off to stain. What I was talking about was the small, fragile trim below the hand rails that are on the later model boats.

'90 SR/WK #6017. PO of '79 SR/SK.

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Response Posted - 07/11/2015 : 08:50:28

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Originally posted by Voyager

I find myself using the handholds... would not feel at all secure going forward on the boat without them.

Bruce, he's talking about some cosmetic trim you don't have--thin strips that run along the sides of the cabin--added in the late 80s (shown in the photo above).

Dave Bristle
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PO of 1985 C-25 SR/FK #5032 Passage, USCG "sixpack" (expired),
Now on Eastern 27 $+!nkp*+ Sarge

Edited by - Stinkpotter on 07/11/2015 08:51:48

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Response Posted - 07/11/2015 : 19:12:14

Agreed - looks better with the stripes.

Bruce Ross
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Response Posted - 07/13/2015 : 11:31:44

That thin eyebrow strip is a PITA to maintain and wash around. Luckily mine was still salvageable after purchase. But I personally like it and would never remove it! You can't remove the handrails on the later models because the cabintop is molded around them. It would look odd with nothing there. Hopefully you can tell in my pic.

Original size: http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v214/SharkRacer/Catalina/20150628_143751_zpsbybivm8q.jpg~original

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Edited by - NautiC25 on 07/13/2015 11:35:13

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Response Posted - 07/15/2015 : 15:54:02

Removed mine for sanding and Cetol. Reattached by drilling out the holes and used taper-head machine screws + nuts.

1989 C25 TR/WK, #5822
1973 McVay Minuet 19
1975 Jester 12
1981 C25 SR/SK, #2428
1981 C22 SR/SK,
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Derek Crawford
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Response Posted - 07/16/2015 : 08:40:39

On our unlamented C22 those "eyebrow" strips were in such sad shape that I removed them and replaced them with a 1" decal stripe to match the hull striping - it looked very good.

Derek Crawford
Chief Measurer C25-250 2008
Previous owner of "This Side UP"
1981 C-25 TR/FK #2262 Used to have an '89 C22 #9483, "Downsized"
San Antonio, Texas

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