skin?

About to put a coat of polishing on my foil, and i happened to come across some info on the web talking about sharks being the most effective animals in the water, does that mean that their skin is perfectly adapted to what all moth sailors are looking for on their foils? Well the skin is very rough when you touch it outside of the water, so my automatic thought about that was that it is not ideal, but then thinking deeper... because the skin is a living organism, does it produce fats and oils (to keep the shark warm) which also have a secondary function of lubricating the skin to make it less water resistant; so if that is the case, where can I get some shark oils from? :-D

on a more serious note, I will be using teflon polish tonight to coat my main foil, and the horizontal of my rear foil, think this will be the substantial parts, and I will just sand the vertical rear foil to stop it ventilating on the reaches and down winds!

Had some misery today, hit 2 fishing pods which has at least 30m of slack line floating around, the first I managed to nearly clear with an emergency tack, but still got caught on the rudder, and the second one was hopeless, and I couldn't help but capsize and fall onto my sail. Now there is a footlong rip going down the foot area of my spanking new North V8, bad times!

Washed the sail off and took the battens out, then gave it to Gareth, the owner of Marine Tech LLC; who is really doing a lot for the Moth fleet at the moment, and supporting us in every way! with spare parts, repairs and all other needs!. He then took the sail home, and estimated about 3 days in order to get it fixed and stitched up again! Hopefully it will still have all its shape in the foot once repaired, so that I can still be as happy with it as before, and don't have to result in using the KA Sail!

Other than that training went well today, got into the motions of doing more gacks, as the breeze was just marginal at the beginning of my session, but then when it built a bit more, I worked on quick gybes and tacks, as if it was in an unexpected race scenario which I needed to get out of, that was helpful, and at one point did a gybe so fast and clean, that I could have gone round once more without coming off the foils! haha...

Next time down at the club, quiet possibly tomorrow, will be all boat work I fell, getting the new stays up and everything, and then making it sure it all comes together nicely! Need to do more checkups, so think wings will come off and be emptied of any water and sand mixtures that have resided there recently, and also will be putting on my new Gantry! fingers crossed. That would be the icing on the cake, to make my boat look sexy!

Tomorrow morning, one hour run, Im only 68 - 70 kgs, but im still looking at shaving off those extra kilo's and replacing them with muscle in my legs to keep my hiking going harder and longer. Glenny is set to join me, will be too much of an early rise for him though I predict... but should be good if we get into a proper routine and get in shape for the worlds...