Dr. D and KappyKaplan - WOW. Do either of you paint your running gear with zinc paint (Pettit sells it, you can buy the same thing much cheaper at Home Depot)? I'm at Shipwright, across from Herrington North. I get out on the bay every week or two during the season, so I thought a fresh two coats of CSC Gold Ablative and zinc paint on my running gear should protect me pretty well. I haven't dove on my bottom since launching in May (and can't now with all the Sea Nettles in the water), but I did pull my paddlewheel blank last weekend and it had 1/4" of biocarpet on it. I didn't paint is, so its just bare plastic, but I was surprised. I didn't see that the last two seasons. Is it particularly bad this year, in your estimation?