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The ronseal professional stuff is probably fine for smaller jobs. Repaircare is recommended by airhead but I’ve yet to use it because I needed to learn with cheaper materials to start with :)
The thing you want to avoid with outside wood is allowing water to penetrate and settle in it as you get more rot and in the winter it freezes then splits the wood. I’m not sure if yacht varnish will prevent that from happening, hence fill the cracks first with filler.
If you aren’t worried about the overall finish. A Quick sand with a sponge, apply filler to seal all the gaps, sanding back then vanishing is probably not too onerous tbh.