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I'd imagine you could use it without harm but the plastic has UV inhibitors all the way through it.
Some of the internet BS floating about on other sites about these boats is astounding. There are a couple of "Gentlemen" (Loosely applied term here) that have an obsessive fixation about Triumph boats and love nothing more than to take an unsubstantiated rumor and blow it out of proportion and spread it far and wide.
That particular UV damage story elicited a number of great posts both here and over on THT from folks that own Triumphs and also some who appeared to be quite expert in the plastics industry.
My 2005 that I purchased in 5-2005 has pretty much sat outside with a tarp covering it since then and quite frankly the only degradation of plastic I've noted on the entire boat was the edges of the plastic rod holders in the console are getting a little gray and flaky which tells me the plastic they were made of isn't all that good. The hull and all ropalene areas on the boat are fine and look like new so again in answer to your question, do it if it makes you happy but it really isn't necessary.
One word of caution though be real careful with that darn Armorall stuff, it's dangerous. I was using some to clean the cushions and inadvertantly had some overstray get on the deck. I didn't notice it and the next time I went fishing I durn near skated clear over the side when the deck got wet. Lucky I had a deck brush and some comet abaord.
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