Canis Minor has returned to the hard after another season. We saw great improvement this year; finished solidly in the summer Wednesday night series and even took home 2nd and 3rd place cups in a couple Saturday regattas. However, far from being satisfied, I'm already hunting for the edge for next season.
This year I went with the Seahawk Cukote with the slime guard on the bottom as it was supposed to be quasi burnish-able and stand up the the marine growth here in Maine. The first claim was true, the second not so much.
Seeing as I was in the drink scrubbing her down every two weeks anyway, I'm thinking the way to go next year is to wet blast the bottom all the way down, do a new barrier coat and get the advantage of one of those mirror perfect hard bottoms. (I mean hey, if I'm diving on her anyway, why not get the advantage right?) I am hoping that between that, new(er) sails, a few tuning tweaks and a consistent crew, we should see ourselves on the podium much more often.
What do you use on your bottom for racing season? Recommendations? I was going to go with the VC Offshore but the local racers around here have had less than stellar things to say...
-Josh
