Panos, what are you doing with your teak deck, it looks like new. Did you sand it?

 

 

Thanks.

 

We do nothing special to the teak deck. We just wash it with fresh water and brush it with a soft brush regurarly.

my teak looks grey after 1,5 seasons.

for cleaning i use only fresh water and a soft brush.

Same way of cleaning as panos.

 

 

BTW. I do not have problems with this grey look.

 

 

 

 

"regularly" possibly makes a difference. Regularly= 2/3 times a week. I have permanent crew on board.

 

Else it might be the sun.Teak decks tend to become grey after 4-5 years here.

I avoid sanding it since I guess Hanse only used a thin teak board (6-8mm). Each time you sand you eat 1/2 mm away. Probably I will sand it every 4-5 years.

 

2-3 times a week, my goodness

 

That makes a diffrence for sure!

 

I am happy if i am on my boat every 2-3 weeks for a weekend.

 

My permanent crew consists of a company of spiders. They do not tend to clean my deck at all. 

 

Panos, those are excellent shots from the heli. You'll have to get one or two framed for the "sailing wall" at home.

 

Steve

 

Panos:  I noticed that you didn't take your sail cover off for the race, and I'm wondering if you think it makes a difference.   On one hand it would seem that the cover and the lazyjacks would add some drag, but on the other hand I've sometimes wondered if closing off the foot of the sail helps the performance by reducing the spilling of air across the foot of the sail. 

 

Owen.

 

Still I was wondering how much difference something like a sailcover would make.  I understand that some power is lost due to air spilling across the foot of a sail which makes me wonder if there is also some advantage to keeping it up, maybe particularly in light wind?

 

As for removing the cover I can imagine it is much more critical on a boat the size of yours (this is one of the main reason I bought a smaller boat - lighter sails not such a long walk to get to the anchor locker  ).   One thing I've done is to modify my zipper so that it can fully separate at the aft end.  This makes it much easier to pull the cover forward off the boom (once the battens are removed from the cover) while keeping the clew of the sail tied on.   All you need to do then is untie the reefing lines from the boom and you can take the cover off and put it back on from the mast while the sail is still up and fully powered.

 

Owen.

 

Steve