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    Posted: 28 Sep 06 at 5:24pm
Aqua Speed creates the ultimate finish which significantly reduces friction between water and hull. One application will last for a complete series of races and is ideal for use on boats, surfboards, water skis and kite boards.


If its falling off within a few races as that implies isn't in breach of rule 53?

53 SKIN FRICTION
A boat shall not eject or release a substance, such as a polymer, or have specially textured surfaces that could improve the character of the flow of water inside the boundary layer.


It also sounds as if its polluting the water to me...
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How does that break 53?

It's not ejecting or releasing just coated ...

Agree on your second point.

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Didn't this come from Americas Cup boats?
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it's just like a polishing compound really though isn't it
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Its the bit about it having to be replaced every few races which makes me wonder about the "ejecting or releasing" words in the rule. A polished surface doesn't need work until you scuff it up. I have a vision of people aerosol spraying their boat every morning of the champs with this stuff, and I don't like that vision much...
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no you're right. that does sound bad

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[QUOTE=JimC]. A polished surface doesn't need work until you scuff it up. QUOTE]

Not so - look what happens to the paint on your car over the course of a couple of months, the water stops beading on it when you wash it. It's not been 'scuffed' as such and the same will happen to your hull. I suspect it's little more than a polish.
Not all chemicals are bad. Without chemicals such as hydrogen and
oxygen, for example, there would be no way to make water, a vital
ingredient in beer.
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If you spray something on which only lasts for a race or two then surely it's being released?  But then you could apply the same argument to soft anti-fouling...  Whatever, it's an awful thought that everyone would have to spray stuff onto the bottom of their boat every few races to be competitive. Let's hope it's a snake oil!

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I suspect it is a wax. Holmenkol is primarily a ski-wax company. Rooster is just the retailer.

http://www.holmenkol.com/bilder/download/GB_AquaSpeed0.pdf?P HPSESSID=680616170a3b#search=%22holmenkol%20aquaspeed%22

 
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A reduction in friction of 40% is a pretty bold claim ... if that is true we'll all be buying it...

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