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BAWLEY GOOD INTENT Standing up to all weathers
The Thames bawley Good Intent does not have a winter cover. Owned by Hys Olink, she also sits out in all weather (well/cockpit excluded) but then she has always been maintained to high standard by her owner, as were all his previous classic workboats Hys decided to trial Cetol Marine and he treated her
softwood bowsprit, gaff and topmast with its ‘Natural’ tint in April 2010. This demonstrated its appearance on softwood as opposed to iroko, although Hys has also applied it to the tropical hardwood cockpit/well coaming, the skylight and companionway hatch. We inspected the condition of the bowsprit the following
autumn and there was no perceptible diff erence. It had retained a bright and lively sheen. Then came the deep- freeze winter of December 2010. Good Intent hunkered down on the ooze and ice off Woodbridge’s Tide Mill – her owner aboard, desperately fi tting a solid fuel stove. Come the following May the bowsprit re-emerged looking none
the worse for weathering, the only damage being rope burn from the previous season. This hadn’t been made worse by the winter, such being the advantages of vapour permeability. Satisfi ed with its condition, Hys cleaned off the
bird shit, touched in the rope abrasions, and then left the spars to run a second year. Originally constructed with clinker planks, Good
Intent was built by Shrubsalls in Milton Creek, north Kent, in 1860. Her LWL is 38ft (11.6m) but her LOA extends to 52ft (15.9m) with the massive Cetol-protected bowsprit. According to Olink he’s happy with Cetol’s appearance.
“They wouldn’t have had high-gloss varnish back in the old days,” he told us, and he’s right. They would probably have used just about any old oil they could have laid their hands on, if that. Our opinion is that a stain like this looks more vernacular on workboat spars than would a low-pigmented high-gloss varnish.
Top: Good Intent out in the bitter winter of December 2010. Above: Her bowsprit six months later in May 2011. No maintenance other than abrasion repairs needed
REBRANDING FOR SIKKENS WOODSTAIN
International Woodskin: ‘evolved’ Cetol Marine As this issue of CB went to press, it eas announced that Sikkens Cetol Marine is being replaced with International Woodskin. Their joint parent company, AkzoNobel, sees Sikkens as more a house and car brand, while International is their fl agship marine brand. Woodskin has the same properties as Cetol
The tint options have been reduced to one:
Marine, said Chris Jones, International’s marketing manager, speaking to CB at the London Boat Show, being microporous and breathable with a semi-gloss satin fi nish. “But the product has evolved. We’ve improved the UV resistance.”
Natural Teak, from the former range of Teak, Natural and Light. The price will remain the same, at around £20 for 250ml, and so will the coverage, with four or fi ve coats recommended. “We believe longevity will remain the same,” added Jones. Other Sikkens products – Filter 7, Novatech
and Novatop – will remain available, via non-marine outlets such as DIY stores. Cetol Marine has gained a 2-Star Pass in
CB’s forthcoming wood fi nish test; we will report on Woodskin as soon as possible.
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