Bruce in Bangkok wrote:
I've been watching the olympic swimming and notice that nearly all of
the swimmers wear the new performance swimming suits. I did a bit of
research on the web and came up with the following quote from Speedo:

The LZR-Race suits promise to have 5 percent less drag than Speedo's
previous best FASTSKIN PRO suits that have helped break world records
in the past year. Speedo also claims swimmers will have 5% better
oxygen intake efficiency thanks to stronger core compression section
along the abdomen area.

I wonder whether this phenomena applies to boats? Should we be
attaching shark skin to our boats?

The skin from a couple of Great Whites would just about cover my underwater
hull. Do you know anybody who could sell them to me?

Dennis.