Huntsman 31

[XJSJohn]

Huntsman said:

XJSJohn said:

Huntsman said:

XJSJohn said:

is it just me that thinks 35k seems rather good value if she is in generally good order?

If anyone considers buying a Fairey boat, buy the very best, it will certainly be the best buy in the long run.

Ohh yes, well aware that even a perfect one will require more time spend maintaining / fixing than actually out on the water using!

Huntsman said:

(I know, I've bought 3 wrecks!)

you probably shouldn't be a salesman for the product

Oh good god man! You don't want to put it in the water and use it!

Just got the paint finished .... wouldnt want to get any salt water marks on it ..... will just polish it here in teh yard with a chamois ...

[grumpy52]

I will know that I have made it in life ('won the lottery) if I ever have a Huntsman in my lfe .
That and an ex RAF rescue launch type boat .

[Huntsman]

XJSJohn said:

Just got the paint finished .... wouldnt want to get any salt water marks on it ..... will just polish it here in teh yard with a chamois .

Best thing to do is keep it ashore, undercover and don't use it.

grumpy52 said:

I will know that I have made it in life ('won the lottery) if I ever have a Huntsman in my lfe .
That and an ex RAF rescue launch type boat .

Its really not that expensive, wood, glue, paint, varnish really not much. Moorings away from the South Coast can be affordable.

As a DIY prospect its easy and fairly affordable.

I run mine totally DIY on £500 a month. That's just the same as 20 cigarettes and 2 pints of beer each day.

[XJSJohn]

Huntsman said:

I run mine totally DIY on £500 a month. That's just the same as 20 cigarettes and 2 pints of beer each day.

now thats man-math .... the only problem is you need 40 cigarettes and 6 pints a day to cope with the stress of the DIY works!

[Huntsman]

XJSJohn said:

now thats man-math .... the only problem is you need 40 cigarettes and 6 pints a day to cope with the stress of the DIY works!

£6k a year.

We typically spend 50 nights on board each year, so £120 a night. Its cheaper than a decent hotel.

[XJSJohn]

Huntsman said:

XJSJohn said:

now thats man-math .... the only problem is you need 40 cigarettes and 6 pints a day to cope with the stress of the DIY works!

£6k a year.

We typically spend 50 nights on board each year, so £120 a night. Its cheaper than a decent hotel.

you must have known my father ... he used the same logic when running a GB42 back in the '80s !!!

Many a memory of being flung in the back of the car straight out of school for the breakneck drive down to Mercury Marina on a Friday night!

Then the inevitable arguments between my father and Bert the harbourmaster because he had parked in a wrong parking space and had a big sticker slapped across his windscreen telling him so

[Huntsman]

XJSJohn said:

you must have known my father ... he used the same logic when running a GB42 back in the '80s !!!

Many a memory of being flung in the back of the car straight out of school for the breakneck drive down to Mercury Marina on a Friday night!

Then the inevitable arguments between my father and Bert the harbourmaster because he had parked in a wrong parking space and had a big sticker slapped across his windscreen telling him so

A GB42 in the 80's was quite posh.

About that time there was those 2 grey aptrol type boats kept at Mercury, a training school I recall. I was terrorising the Hamble in a Mirror, then a Laser 2 back then.

[Steve_D]

Huntsman said:

........I run mine totally DIY on £500 a month. That's just the same as 20 cigarettes and 2 pints of beer each day.

You 'Forgot' to mention that now you have your new boat your Huntsman 31 'Fridays Child' is for sale.

Steve

[XJSJohn]

Huntsman said:

I was terrorising the Hamble in a Mirror, then a Laser 2 back then.

avon red start with a 2.2 yamaha or a cadet myself .....

[Huntsman]

Steve_D said:

Huntsman said:

........I run mine totally DIY on £500 a month. That's just the same as 20 cigarettes and 2 pints of beer each day.

You 'Forgot' to mention that now you have your new boat your Huntsman 31 'Fridays Child' is for sale.

Steve

Yes, well, I didn't want to use this thread to advertise.

I've bougth another boat, so the 31 has to go. But there is another very exciting project in the pipeline.

[Steve_D]

Huntsman said:

Yes, well, I didn't want to use this thread to advertise.

I've bougth another boat, so the 31 has to go. But there is another very exciting project in the pipeline.

So exciting you can't find the words to tell us about it?

Steve

[Huntsman]

Steve_D said:

Huntsman said:

Yes, well, I didn't want to use this thread to advertise.

I've bougth another boat, so the 31 has to go. But there is another very exciting project in the pipeline.

So exciting you can't find the words to tell us about it?

Steve

No. Not yet.

[XJSJohn]

would just like to say that i am firmly pointing teh finger of blame on this thread, and possibly a few too many beers down at St Catherines last night but ....

why am i spending a Friday morning looking at old Broom's and Ocean's on Apolloduck?!?!?!

[Huntsman]

XJSJohn said:

would just like to say that i am firmly pointing teh finger of blame on this thread, and possibly a few too many beers down at St Catherines last night but ....

why am i spending a Friday morning looking at old Broom's and Ocean's on Apolloduck?!?!?!

I'm not clear how you manage to read a thread about Fairey boats then go looking at Brooms? That's a big leap.

I could help you buy a Fairey!

[XJSJohn]

Huntsman said:

XJSJohn said:

would just like to say that i am firmly pointing teh finger of blame on this thread, and possibly a few too many beers down at St Catherines last night but ....

why am i spending a Friday morning looking at old Broom's and Ocean's on Apolloduck?!?!?!

I'm not clear how you manage to read a thread about Fairey boats then go looking at Brooms? That's a big leap.

I could help you buy a Fairey!

Ohh i was all over the internet looking at Fairey's earlier in teh week with a lusty eye.

Then we were having beers in St Catherines, and the wife mad a passing comment that i latched onto with a death like grip on seeing a few Ocean 40's in the marina ... "ohh, they look nice ..... "

[Huntsman]

XJSJohn said:

Ohh i was all over the internet looking at Fairey's earlier in the week with a lusty eye

Ah, well, as far as I know there's only 2 of us nutters on PH with a Fairey, that's me and V8FOU, so I think you need to get in the game, its a very select circle you know.

[XJSJohn]

Huntsman said:

XJSJohn said:

Ohh i was all over the internet looking at Fairey's earlier in the week with a lusty eye

Ah, well, as far as I know there's only 2 of us nutters on PH with a Fairey, that's me and V8FOU, so I think you need to get in the game, its a very select circle you know.

[madwelshman]

Resurrecting an old thread here, but another Fairey fan here.
The Huntsman 31 aft cabin pictured on page 1, Sou, was bought new in 1969 by my Uncle.
He owned Sou until 1972 when he bought Sou Too, a 1972 Fairey Swordsman instead.