Very nice and just what Liz ordered

I often wondered about the radical design differences between the 28 and 31 Huntsman series. The 28 as pictured by Colin is very traditional and somewhat dumpy in comparison to the flared lines of the 31.

Paul

I have a sneaking feeling that the 31 had a GRP hull…………………….but I've been wrong a couple of times before.
DM

(Addendum: Just checked the Fairey Owners Club website and I'm wrong! It was built the same way as the H28 and Huntress but with more veneers. Here's the link http://www.faireyownersclub.co.uk/default.asp?content=boats&type=huntsman31 )

Edited By Dave Milbourn on 12/08/2012 12:15:13

Andy

Here is an image from the film

Here are some images of these types racing

To see these boats in the 1969 round Britian Powerboat Race click here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P2VJF8tBIaM

Edited By Paul. on 13/08/2012 07:00:10

I recall that in the late 1960s Frank Bradbury of the Manchester power boat club built a Huntsman with an OS 80 nitro methane fuel glow motor and was the fastest model boat in the world for a short period. I had the privilege of seeing this boat perform at Heaton park and Fleetwood and was so impressed went out and bought one of the marine 0S80s to fit into an enlarged Cachalot but my combination would not hold a candle to Franks incredible Huntsman . In those days the MPBA which had about 4000 members and adopted the European Naviga triangular speed course so out and out speed was always difficult to define until the MPBA introduced records day for straight line speed in 1972. In that period one boat time trials where standard. Perversely you would travel long distances and be really happy just to come away with less time on the water than the last outing, very odd but that’s the way speed was tabulated. Naviga remain the world governing body for International competition for all types of model boats but the days of the Huntsman for world class speed are a distant memory but infinitely more exciting to watch.

Dave Wooley