9 months in between fishing and other repairs/projects. Some of the finishing steps (6 coats Sikkens), multiple coats of clear Epifanes, only take about an hour to tape off and do each side, but that hour would have been on a non-fishing weekend day when I could spend an afternoon at the slip. That is what I meant by 9 months, started it that long ago, and just doing one step at a time.

If you have the stainless cap trim on the wood, I wouldn't bother doing as much as I did. Just plugging the screw holes and cutting/sanding down each plug takes a couple weeks.