I was planning on painting my hulls this winter since it looks like no has ever waxed them. I was planning on sanding off the gel coat and applying a 2 part epoxy paint. It seems that to sand and buff and sand and buff, etc is an awful lot of work that you will have to do every year.

Am I correct in that the epoxy paint will hold the shine much longer and that it will also stand up to beach rash much better? Anyone have any expereince with this?