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Following our decision to strip Full Circle to the bone and enter her in the razor sharp fiercely competitive Family Cruiser class in Burnham Week, we decided to look at the underside of the lean racing machine, and are delighted to discover that our bottom has a healthy coating of Speed-O-Weed.
The active ingredients cause the weed to waft the craft along by a paddling motion a bit like the way a squid swims, giving that extra speed required to be succesful in the hard bitten world of racing.
In case you are scoffing, and saying it looks like normal weed, let me tell you that this stuff is the industrial strength, and is able to adhere to the worlds finest antifoulings, and gives us at least an extra knot of speed.
See below, we are increasing our coat as much as possible before the start of the racing, and expect every success. Our coat of Spped-O-Weed was started in May, and look how successful we have been in attracting the finest most athletic growth.

Of course this is all a bit hush-hush, as it may be considered an unfair advantage, don't want to excite the bods at RORC before we romp away with all the Silverware!

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See you on the start line Suckers!
 
<No rope cutter on then then Jim? I presume you east coasters must have less fear of the dreaded lobster pots etc. >

No lobsters round ere mate, we flattened 'em with letting our boats go aground on their head.
I did pick up 60ft of net on the rudder this year, but I think it belonged to some Johnny Foreigner. Our lot are too tight to cast net adrift willy nilly.

Rope cutter will be along shortly along with feathering plastic Kiwiprop, as an emsemble. You would be correct in guessing that I am going to bore them into price submission at SIBS.
 
<Is the elastoplast on your prop covering another secret weapon? Boat lightening dezincification, perhaps? >

No, in actual fact that was where Jeanneau put the First Class stamp when posting the boat to me. If the dealer is to be believed, this amounted to a 6000 quid stamp. Perhamps on of the keen philatelists in the Yard filched it for their collection.
 
Mmm... looking closely I reckon its foam backed carpet remnant from Carpetright, not as waterproof as they'd have you believe eh?
 
Quite a democratic type of weed, actually

It adheres to old gaffers just as well, espescially if they are coated with a well known maker's unbelievablyexpensive Hard Racing paint.

I blame global warming; it only starts growing when the water is warm.
 
Re: Quite a democratic type of weed, actually

Can I have some to refresh my receding hair-line please?

What you need is a good marina..... where the water is so toxic that nothing grows... and the fish have 7 eyes and swim upside down..... only thing it doesn't seem to affect are the local yobbos having a swim in teh dock at 3:00am on a Sunday morning....
 
Reckon That there's the stuff that escaped from the testing tank at S'peed-Upon Bottom Industries' Laboratories. Its genetically modified and feeds only on the special secret nutrients and additives of their best selling bottom paints...
What you might need is one of them thar friendly Pilot Fish that will hang out under your yacht and nibble away at the free weed -Or would that count as ''accepting outside assistance'' when racing ?
 
I think you've merely forgotten that you fitted a draught excluder brush on your keel slot to keep the chill out in winter. It does seem to have spread a bit, but they always do.
 
Re: Quite a democratic type of weed, actually

[I blame global warming; it only starts growing when the water is warm. ]


damn well wasnt warm when i beat down the Wallet last w/e into 25kts of wind /forums/images/graemlins/confused.gif
but worth it 4 the Adnams in the Green Man /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif
 
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