I've bought my last boat

[Huntsman]

I've decided after 25 years and 4 big rebuilds that I'm done with wooden boats.

It had to be a Fairey, so Ive bought a Spearfish. All GRP. Plan is to keep it 20 years.

[Neil1300r]

Love that. Very cool looking boat

[happygoron]

Need more pics!

[Arnold Cunningham]

I plan on my next and last boat also being a Fairey

[Huntsman]

Arnold Cunningham said:

I plan on my next and last boat also being a Fairey

Excellent.

You might already know that I run a brokerage for Fairey boats.

[Huntsman]

Coming on a truck to my local boatyard today, big weekend of checking and polishing and antifouling.

Hope to launch next week.

[AnotherGuy]

My yacht is based at Suffolk Yacht Harbour and there always seems to be a bunch of Fairey's moored here (I don't know the collective name for a number of Faireys )

Pretty things in that very distinctive 1960s British kind of way.

[Gargamel]

AnotherGuy said:

My yacht is based at Suffolk Yacht Harbour and there always seems to be a bunch of Fairey's moored here (I don't know the collective name for a number of Faireys )

Pretty things in that very distinctive 1960s British kind of way.

The collective noun is a Cottingley

OP - you know you will buy another wooden boat, why try to fool yourself.

[Huntsman]

AnotherGuy said:

My yacht is based at Suffolk Yacht Harbour and there always seems to be a bunch of Fairey's moored here (I don't know the collective name for a number of Faireys )

Pretty things in that very distinctive 1960s British kind of way.

All good mates of mine, the "Suffolk Fairey Mafia"

[Huntsman]

Gargamel said:

OP - you know you will buy another wooden boat, why try to fool yourself.

Retire in 4 years. Maybe. There was 19 Bruce Campbell Christinas built on a 23ft Fairey hull, and 2 Huntsman 28 speedboats with a flat deck, maybe one of those.




My Spearfish arriving in Cowes.

[hidetheelephants]

Ready to travel back through time to the 1950s on the Redfunnel tardis.

[Huntsman]

A lot of polishing and general faffing later, some issues are resolved.

Launching Friday.