Marc Anassis and Mike hard at work starting the tedious lofting process. In today’s world where builders usually send out their CAD drawings to specialized 3D mills to shape the molds via computer, Alpha Yachts employs old world methods. Accuracy of less than 3 mm even when lofting by hand is not uncommon and using a full size design, rather than an inanimate computer assures that all curves and hull sections are perfectly fair and aesthetically pleasing.