I asked our local Shipwright here what he used, and he said Minwax Polyurethane. Like you would use on your hardwood flooring or on a gym floor. For some reason we think you have to use marine varnish, and well, down below, not so much.
I redid my sole around 5 years ago or so, and I believe it still looks great. I removed it to the shop over the winter, and used a heat gun to scrape the varnish off, sanded, glued the teak and holy back together where necessary, ( it is solid teak with holly strips) and put on around 4 or five coats. That urethane wears like iron. Bill Coleman Erie PA Regards, Dave Sent from my iPad On Nov 9, 2019, at 08:53, bwhitmore via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: I'm looking at replacing ours as well, though probably sometime next year. What is the preferred method of sealing and varnishing the wood? What varnish did you use? Did you seal the underside with epoxy? If so, what kind? Bruce Whitmore 1994 C&C 37/40+ "Astralis"
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