When we purchased the boat in 2013 the teak had been neglected, IMHO of course. I took a week off work and spent 9 days, all day sanding, then three coats of Cetol. Last spring the teak was buffed with a green 3M pad and a 4th coat of Cetol gloss was put on.

The "varnish" did not fail, the wood under it is now wet.

I have been thinking about this a lot. I'm thinking that the stress on the toe rail from the weight of the snow bending the stanchions may have pulled sections from the deck slightly. That would allow melt water to get under it. This totally pisses me off because it is my fault. I have never stored with a mast up before and was selfishly trying to save time last fall and again this spring by leaving the mast up.

I believe I will need to scrape down to bare wood and let things dry out. I'll need to pull the bent stanchions and get a closer look at the toe rail itself to see if it has pulled away (I think I already know the answer). Once the wood has dried out I have to figure a way to make it look like it hasn't been wet so it matches the surrounding teak.

I'm pretty sure this is going to be a long, tedious project that I really don't want to do myself. Frankly, I'm not as passionate about this boat as I have been about some of the others we have had. Unfortunately I don't think there is anyone left in our area that does woodworking on boats any more. The last place closed a few years back never to open again, the building is scheduled to be torn down for condos and shops.

Right now there is 6" of fresh wet snow on top of everything.......sigh