Thanks for the tip, gster! If I could get a bow wave and a nit of foam as the ship passes, that would solve three-fourths of the cheesy boat in the bathtub effect!

I'm leaving for a four-day job upstate. No internet, but I'm dragging the ol' desktop (a LOT of downtime in the evenings). I should have a lot of time to experiment with all of that!

Thanks again!