The Makai was first polished in November, 2007.  Then she spent 4 months basking in the hot Ensenada Mexican sun and has been in Long Beach since April of 2008.  Last week, we noticed that the top of the pilot house and some of the foredeck surfaces were starting to lose the glossy shine provided by the polish. The shine lasted from  November , 2007 to August 2009 which is 22 months without any additional application of polish.  The shine is dull but water still beads up on the surface so the actual protection of the fiberglass gel coat is still there.  The sides of the Pilot house and the entire hull still have the glossy, look like new shine and water still beads up on both. We decided to have the only the dull sections polished so that we can see just how long the polish will last on the dark blue hull and the sides of the pilot house. Martin Chavez is doing the polish work.  He maintains the topside of the Makai with bi-weekly, water only wash downs and has experience applying our Marine Polish as he has used it on some of his other clients’ vessels.