Building to optimise performance

   There was also an Albacore builder (Kingsfield) who build some boats which were either very close to the tolerance or even outside it but there were so many build before they measured them that they got a special dispensation from the assoc to race. These boats also plane earlier and are very difficult to get hold of as the owners mostly keep hold of them!

Matt Allot of the kingsfield albacores didnt measure and had to be modified to measure, they are fast planing boats but still not as quick allround as the old woof design which is allot better all round and still the bench mark for the rest of the albacore fleet here and ovver the pond.kings fields are only hard to get hold of because there wasnt many made.  They do still come up for sale, but there is always very very few albacores available forsale.

I also seem to remeber when i owned a solo, the association inspecting speed boats through complaint's from other solo sailers about how the distributed the weight of there frp boats, this was proved incorrect but it makes you wonder, how far these builders push to the limits.

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	There was also an Albacore builder (Kingsfield) who build some boats which were either very close to the tolerance or even outside it but there were so many build before they measured them that they got a special dispensation from the assoc to race. These boats also plane earlier and are very difficult to get hold of as the owners mostly keep hold of them! Matt Allot of the kingsfield albacores didnt measure and had to be modified to measure, they are fast planing boats but still not as quick allround as the old woof design which is allot better all round and still the bench mark for the rest of the albacore fleet here and ovver the pond.kings fields are only hard to get hold of because there wasnt many made. They do still come up for sale, but there is always very very few albacores available forsale. I also seem to remeber when i owned a solo, the association inspecting speed boats through complaint's from other solo sailers about how the distributed the weight of there frp boats, this was proved incorrect but it makes you wonder, how far these builders push to the limits.