On Aug 16, 10:34*am, axolotl wrote:
Bruce in Bangkok wrote:
I wonder whether this phenomena applies to boats? Should we be
attaching shark skin to our boats?
Is there any empirical information regarding the application of this
technology to boats?

3M made a boundary layer film years ago. Presumably the results were not
* *stellar, or we would still be seeing it.

http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpag...1338F937A35751....

Kevin Gallimore

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Seen a boat with the 3M Teflon based undercoat. Did not last long and
was a major bitch to clean off for something that would last and work.

Fred