After two years of constant exposure, the frame is ûgetting rickety, but the teak is sound, as are about ûa quarter of the varnish applications.

Time once again, folks, for a report on Powerboat Reports' varnish exposure test. After 2 years, we're getting somewhere. In fact, for practical purposes, it's over.

While we’ve tested other wood finishes that lasted considerably longer than varnish—see PBR  July 2001—these were either matte-finish pigmented stains or glossy two-component polymerizing systems. Recognizing that there are a lot of purists out there who prefer to work with traditional varnish, we decided to run exposure tests on these familiar one-component clear coatings. …