I was also extra careful to keep the dust down.  I vacuumed the whole shop with a HEPA filter in my Shop Vac and let the air settle for several hours before varnishing.  I also closed the windows down to a few inches to control air flow and limit dust movement.

Keeping all this in mind the process went very easily and the finish is looking beautiful.  The golden glow that Man O' War varnish imparts is beautiful.  I also now realize why all that sanding is essential - every surface imperfection will show up in the high gloss!  So far so good though, and I have coated the entire inside and gunwhales.  Now to wait the required 24 hours before coating the outside.

Clearly I have decided on a varnish rather than a paint finish for the exterior!  The image above left demonstrates the practice of painting into the wet.  I start with a single stroke across the grain about 10" from the last pass, then brush the wet paint back toward the previous section.  Using this technique leaves a flawless finish

Applying the 2nd coat was interesting because it was gloss on gloss, so it was hard to see where I had covered.  I could tell by feel when the brush hit dry areas, and I had to bob around to try and catch the surface in the right light to see if I had left dry spots.  Overall it went well and each coat is taking about an hour and a half.

I prepared a name plate on my laser printer and embedded it in varnish by laying down one coat and dropping the paper onto it and smoothing it down.  A second coat over the paper went on as part of the 3rd coat.  In the image above left I am applying the paper.  I may put another coat or 2 over the label as I do the inside coats.