Sooo...what about that Teflon Spray, (McLube?) does it help reduce surface friction over the sails, hulls and foils to spray that stuff all over your boat and sails? I've heard some of the mono guys do this. In Frank Bethwaite's High Performance Sailing, he tow tests two hulls, one polished to a high sheen and one not, and the polished hulls had less drag.

I know the guys who race airplanes at Reno wax the snot out of their wings to reduce drag, but the boundry layer is supposed to be about 1/16th of an inch, which would be more than the layer of wax, so does it really help reduce friction?

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