The time has come, after an eventful, and sometimes very sad winter here, we are getting the boat ready to head south, south as in down island, towards Sidney.    We like to go into the States, haven’t gone south yet, towards Seattle, so that’s what we will do first.   Also, we want to see our friends along the way.      Bert has been working hard at the wood, we don’t have much teak really on deck, but when you have to start cleaning it, sanding it, and then varnish it, it becomes an amazing amount of wood!!!!      Bert had decided to put Cetal from Sikkens on the wood, we have tried everything else, and within a winter, even when its covered, it turns dark again, and looks terrible.        He started with the boom rest, it has leather covering on the spots where the boom rests, so we replaced that too, the end result is very nice!!     Here is a photo to prove it!!!!