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Running home. Flowers 36 Caterpillar C-9 575HP In the corner 27KTS Cruise 14-24KTS 500 gallons of fuel

Interesting thought Chris, I read an article about racing sail boats awhile back that was suggesting a boat bottom that was somewhat rough and not perfectly smooth would aid in breaking the surface tension of the water clinging to the bottom as it moves and would actually make it faster. Since then I no longer worry about the paint stipple I get from the roller when painting the bottom. Not sure if it works or not but I haven't lost any speed.

I hope the rest of them make it here to the northeast. Nice catch!

I was out Sunday morning and picked up a nice bass 32" on a tube and worm rig trolling between Wickford and Jamestown. We marked loads of bait in the water but did not see any working birds or boils. I have heard the fishing has slowed down by the bridge with only a lot of shorts being caught. The blue fish are showing more to the north end of the bay, we picked up one small schoolie on the troll. There were some nice bass caught in Wickford harbor over the weekend on the night bite.

Here is a new Downeaster.