Weeeeeelllllll OK, I'll jump in with ya and hold his (her) tail for ya!!!! Sounds rather interesting if ya ask me

Do you two realise there are vertually no sharks swimming in the wilds of Denmark or Texas?
But if you do find one give us a call we have had lots of experience here in Oz. OH, forgot to tell you, sharks like humans espeially with sauce.
Hope this helps. Ha, Ha.

Moofy.

I don't know about sharks in Texas.
But here in Denmark we actually have some sharks (in danish called "hering sharks") about 9 ft long, which should provide enough skin for a boat like mine. Only problem is to find and kill one

It's late night for me, so I am off to the dead hens for now. Tomorrow the doc will pull the rest of the stitches out of my sorry leg.

Cheers!

Woodie.

Moofy07 wrote:Count me out I have an agreement with the sharks, I stay out of the water they stay off the land....Oh yeah and I dont order flake when getting fish and chips

Hi Woodie,
I tried to get some onfo about the design features of the sharkskin swimming togs from Speedo here in Oz, unfortunately I hit a brick wall. They emailed me with a lovely, well written return email with extremely well chosen words. Well basically they were unable (yeah, did not want to) to allow me to be privy to the design or any criteria associated with their product.
Sorry mate, I will try some other avenues to search for you.
Moofy

Hi Moofy.

Thanks for the effort.
At least you hit the wall. I haven't hit anything yet, as my contact at 3M obviously do not want to (is allowed to) answer my questions.
These facts are beginning to convince me that this product actually exists, but for some reason is made only for somebody with bigger influence (money) than some sorry MGB's like us have.
But don't give up. I will not.

Cheers!

Woodie.

Hi Woodie,
I think we are dabbling in super top secret stuff - Jimmy Bond - for your eyes only as it were. It is all cloak and dagger, which makes it hard for me as I only have a raincoat and an old Tom Nicks pocket knife.
I will continue to search for anything on the subject.
Moofy

Hmmmmm?

Ceramic fish scales?

A search of 3M UK for sharkskin tape produces a reply under industrial tapes , unfortunately the link is dead definitely hush hush

I still have not found the product, but here is something to look at:
www.biomimicryinstitute.org/ho...ing-sharks.html
Check out the pic of shark skin on the page.
Down the page you can read this about shark skins effect on "slower wessels" like sailing boats and swimmers. (Question is if the artificial shark skin also works on fast MGB boats):

Quote:
"New engineered surfaces for medical devices and healthcare environments modeled on shark skin can reduce the incidence of microorganisms and, ultimately, hospital-aquired infections, which otherwise negatively impact tens of thousands of people each year. Moreover, these anti-biotic surfaces do not encourage resistance (because they work without killing microbes) and do not require the use of harsh chemical treatments (see www.sharklet.com). New surface coatings for boats which emulate shark skin texture and fine-scale movement have been shown to reduce fouling by 67% over conventional surfaces, and at 4-5 knots be completely self-cleaning. Due to their clean surfaces, boat hulls treated with these new shark-inspired surfaces are subsequently much more energy efficient. In addition, such boats do not require the toxic, biocidal chemicals used previously to clean their hulls of adhering organisms. The transportation of invasive aquatic species from one geographical location to another is also greatly reduced. Shark-inspired coatings for automobiles are also demonstrating potential energy savings. Meanwhile, the swimsuit company Speedo has incorporated shark-inspired textures into their swimsuits. The 3% improvement in swimming speed due to the original “shark-skin” suit likely contributed to the fact that 80% of the swimming medals won in the 2000 Olympics were won by athletes wearing Speedo’s Fastskin suits; swimmers wearing the suit also broke 13 of 15 world records. Speedo has made further modifications to their Fastskin suit based on continued research of shark skin and increased the swimming speed of its wearers further, generating further anticipation over the suit’s performance in the upcoming 2008 Olympics". End of Quote.

But sorry to say. I did'nt find any producer this time, but maybe this could set someone on the track?

Cheers!

Woodie.