Well I got the wood stained and protected.
Stained. I mixed three stains to come up with this color. It very close to the matching my seat. I like it.
To protect the wood I decided to use Total Boat Marine Gleam Varnish Gloss. I like it because you can do like 3 coats a day with an hour or 3 hours between
coats depending on the weather. I used a foam brush to apply it.