After five or so years, the western wall of the Boatshed was looking a bit the worse for wear: it receives the full brunt of winter gales and summer sun. I recently sanded the cladding, as you can see – and will soon try out a newly-discovered product: Whittles Sun Protection Exterior Oil. I am hoping it will preserve the beautiful honey colour of native cypress for a year or so. Of course, wooden boatsheds and wooden boats require maintenance; that is part of the joy and ritual of ownership.
Such a great wood for external uses — our fence is made of it, weathering very nicely, and durable.
I enjoyed these two posts Chris (even though I am not a sailer I am inspired).
Your charming accounts of humble wood treatment products and fittings for boats at the chandlers ship make me smile Chris. You Wells blokes are experts