Albin Ballads are a Standard Portsmouth Yardstick (well Secondary, anyway), which means other yachts should be judged against them. Tell your handicapper you're 997, and see how you get on. Unfortunately, there are yachts on rogue Portmouth Yardsticks, but where there are plenty of the type of boat, it usually works out. Because there are so many Ballads around the world, and they've been around a long time they're used as one of the measures for newer boats!
However, in this country they're rather well sailed, so we lose out!
