On Mon, 25 Feb 2008 05:23:56 GMT, Jere Lull wrote:

"*might* be wrong" would be a proper statement. I'm pretty obsessive
about some things, but on the Chesapeake, diving on the hull is a lost
cause; the water's too dark. I feel around and sometimes scrape the
prop & shaft, but know I won't be able to inspect anything under the
waterline by eyeball.

The serious racers out of Annapolis must find some way to keep their
bottoms spotlessly clean. I guarantee it. You just can not race
competetively with *any* marine growth on the bottom or foils.