Nowhere about a boat does age or neglect show as quickly as in the condition of the deck and cabin top, while nothing spoils her appearance or detracts from a boat’s value more than a cracked canvas deck or a poorly cared for wooden one with leaking open seams. Keeping any deck in shape is a problem. A canvassed deck or cabin top kept painted with the same high gloss deck enamel which looked so well when you bought your boat will invariably develop minute cracks or checks within three years time. No amount of subsequent sanding and painting will entirely obliterate these; indeed as time goes on and the paint film becomes thicker the cracks will grow deeper, reaching down into the canvas itself and in many cases causing leaks that will make either patching or complete replacement necessary.
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