Hey fellow NE Dory builders. Some of you may know this already, but I just wanted to give you a heads up if you do not; the manual states that three coats of epoxy on the interior of the boat need to applied. I have been coating the interior, waiting for it to cure, sanding, then recoating over the past 5-6 days. You DO NOT have to do this. I was researching today and you can apply all three coats in one day. Once the epoxy starts to gel and can support the weight of the next coat, you're good to go! Sadly, this could have saved me about weeks worth of time (and lots of sanding) :/
That's deifnitely good to know. I just flipped my boat today and wil now apply epoxy to the bottom as a tack weld. How about if one is going to paint the insides/ousides, is 3 coats still recommended. I recall reading something about that somewhere but cannot locate the article or blog.
You want at least three coats of epoxy -- and perhaps four if you have done much sanding between coats. The epoxy is the protection on your boat that is supposed to last forever. The paint or varnish is mostly sacrificial -- there to protect the epoxy and to make the boat look pretty.