Wayne.B wrote:

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.

IN the Chesapeake in the summer - no chance.

In the fresh water tributaries - depends. If you have a time when
there's not a lot of sediment coming down the river (so no recent hard
rains upstream) AND you have good sunlight reflecting off a sand
bottom, then there's pretty good visibility. Otherwise - you need to
know Braille.

Also you need to wear a dive skin or the like because of jellyfish.

Serious racers depends on the size of the boat I guess. Most boats
I've seen racing on inland waters look to me to be trailerable size.