Refinished the companionway stairs

The time has come to bring the stairs up to new standard. The bastard painters I hired back in 2017 painted the tops of steps with nonskid exterior paint (for the interior stairs!). And of course that is exactly where beautiful teak is supposed to go. Had to be fixed.

Started by sanding down that crap

After spray-painting the sanded stairs back to uniform white, I turned my attention to teak, which was sanded, stained, and varnished

Then, the teak was mounted with bungs and final coat of varnish added on top.

Finally, I put in two new latches to secure the steps in place.

Super happy with the result!

Got started on companionway cover

Finally got some time to spend on canvas work. With El NiƱo winter approaching, I better have the entrance (and teak) protected from the elements. The idea is to use the Sailrite tutorial as baseline but modify it to have flaps around my teak boards + add top part + add a pocket at the bottom for sandbags so this cover can hang well when fastened from the inside.