Are you serious? You're going to bring this back up. You're like a zombie out of Return of the Living Dead.....but instead of looking for brains you're looking for sh_t to stir.

I read the interview as well and it was very good. There's many builders in the F18 class and they all, rightfully, need to make a commercial return on their investment into the class.

Alex's comments DO NOT indicate that paint is faster than gelcoat. Merely that it gives them an opportunity to lay up a boat differently to make it faster. And what's wrong with that?? The commercial builders working out of Asia use gelcoat to gain a price advantage. Builders like Alex and Windrush don't have that opportunity so use paint instead.

Everyone's a winner....except in your world. Which is somewhere over near Laser Class land. Get over it and move on.