It just seems that it should at least look new for the first time out. On my Cape Charles I only put two coats on, figuring that it would build up with re-coats, and it is in being recoated at the same time. I just want this one to look better, so I can feel "progress"... Is there anyone out there who gets a smooth coat with no specks, with a brush, out of the can?

> Stan has it right, a perfect finish is great - if you use it for a coffee
> table. I finished my Guillemot this January (I'm in Texas), and it has at
> least one scratch or ding for each of the 20 or so times I've had it out.
> (Yes, there is a lot of good paddling around Austin.) It still draws a
> number of appreciative comments wherever I take it. (I even hear oohs and
> aahs from the sparkle-finish, glastron tri-hull set.)