Thanks for correcting me on the date of the blown canopy. I would be fairly correct on most of the other facts (I hope). The facsinating story of the restoration of K7 is to be found on Bill Smiths website "
The BlueBird Project" I for one will make the effort to go an see its first run when completed..
Modification was mostly trial and error towards the end. The 66 modifications affected the weight distribution of the boat, that caused problems with getting the boat to plane and engine water ingestion. The initial trial fix was sand bags lashed to the stern and the subsquent permanent fix of bolting lead blocks internally.
Did see the Quicksilver frame at East Midlands 8 years ago.. Did question some of the design philosophy of building a frame that nothing could be bolted onto.. not surprised its never really got any further.