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Low friction hull coatings

Posted: 17 Oct 2010, 03:45
by Cort Steck
Are low friction bottom coatings or bottom paints legal.

Re: Low friction hull coatings

Posted: 17 Oct 2010, 17:40
by Hiljoball
This is covered by RRS R 53

53 SKIN FRICTION
A boat shall not eject or release a substance, such as a polymer, or
have specially textured surfaces that could improve the character of
the flow of water inside the boundary layer.

John