All the shiny stuff

Each coat took about 1.5 hours.  I sanded after coats 2 and 3, which also took about 1.5 hours.  Add that up, and that  is  a lot of time spent.  Supposedly all I will need to do now is paint on 1 coat every year or two depending on how much time the boat spends in the sun, which will certainly be doable.