Originally Posted by U4ICK

Read a lot about HP boat speed and how the boats run faster in a chop vice dish pan cam conditions. My Scarab 22 is living proof of that. So if I understand this smooth bottom and smooth water thing right, the object is to create a slight turbulence between the hull and water to unstick the two from each other. This slight turbulence in turn creates air bubbles I guess much like the step hulls do. Now I'm a golfer and was standing around wating to putt and heard a go fast going down the Chesepeake Bay. So I got to thinking I know for a fact that a dimpled golf ball goes significantly further then a smooth one. You would not thinik so but that is physics. So if I spray a thin coat of LINE-X truck bed liner on the bottom area of the boat that contacts the water, then during cruise or WOT that should create some minor turbulence, thus creating small air bubbles, thus unstick the boat from the water, not cause noticeable drag and I would hope create more speed. I guess I'm setting myself for incoming and I'm sure I'll get the "go try it on your boat first and let us know" comment. However, I'm looking for constructive comments from the performance boat pros to tell me if it could work or I'm out to lunch.

Ed

Originally Posted by MOBILEMERCMAN

You not taking into account the vacuum effect caused by speed. Sailboats speed is far less effected by vacuum than boats going on plane at high speed.

Originally Posted by FeverMike

There is a difference in creating turbulence and drag. What works aerodynamically does not always work hydro-dynamically.