The time has come for me to take off the old varnish of my little 12ft vintage n12, and replace with tsome shiny new stuff to give what will hopefuly be a startling transformation.

Unfortunatly having never done this before (first wooden boat), I was wondering....

1>Do I sand enough to get a good "wick" or just go back to bare wood
2>Do I need to put anything on before hand or can I varnish straight away
3>What type of varnish do I need
4>Do I need to Antifoul - It will be sailed on fresh water with a very occasioanl pickle in the salt on the odd weekend or holiday.

Sorry for the barage but I am a bit new to all this though it is definetly becoming a labour of love.

Thanks