For some reason - that mostly escapes me right now - I decided to refinish the sole. (Well, at some point I spilled some bleach, and that made it necessary to do something.)

After some research, I decided to go with Ultimate Sole. This is single part uretheane finish specially formulated to give both a gloss finish and be non-slippery under most boating conditions - from being in your sock feet, to being wet due to weather.

So far I’ve got one coat on most of the sole - one coat of a sanding-sealer style mix. Basically it is 50% mix of Ultimate Sole and thinner. You don’t have to sand between coats if you get to them fast enough, unfortunately I didn’t get it fast enough… so tomorrow I will be sanding and vacuuming.