Pensacola FL Sailing Blog - sailingnightwatch

After the wiring it was time to sand in earnest. The house had been for sale for a couple months and we were getting a few lookers, but no legitimate offers. If someone came along with a real offer, we could end up living in a construction site.The majority of the work on the inside was the refinishing of the wood, and some upgrades to the decor. The wood is pecan. It is a light wood, only slightly darker than maple and has a beautiful grain running through it. At sometime in the boats history, someone decided pecan did not look nautical enough. With out sanding off the varnish, they applied a teak stain over the varnished wood and then added a coat or two of varnish. The stain did not take to the original varnish evenly of firmly. It could be scraped off in places with your finger nail. On vertical surfaces both the stain and new varnish had sagged. In places you were able to see the light wood work underneath this new finish. I find it hard to imagine the previous owner paid for this work. Remember the term sweet equity. We are beginning to get to that part. See the picture below when my wife is first looking at the boat. The dark stained wood is evident.