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nutrunner

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newbie with fairley swordman
« on: July 27, 2017, 06:21:02 pm »
hi all just got my first boat after yrs of  thinking about it , a used fairley swordman  just finished repaintiing the hull top needs a bit of tlc but will get around to that later  came with 2 battery packs and a charger but no transmitter or receiver  bought 1 and waiting for it to come  just joined a local club  , cant wait to get it on the water
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Re: newbie with fairley swordman
« Reply #1 on: July 27, 2017, 08:16:39 pm »
Ideal first boat the swordsman , take no end of punishment , what motors / batteries are you using ?
See my story with an old swordsman . . .
http://www.modelboatmayhem.co.uk/forum/index.php/topic,56327.0.html
Being a glutton for punishment I did a Huntress too . . .
Welcome .
Bill
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Re: newbie with fairley swordman
« Reply #2 on: July 28, 2017, 08:40:51 am »
Be careful going astern, as the stern digs in and water can come over the top of the transom.
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Re: newbie with fairley swordman
« Reply #3 on: July 28, 2017, 09:30:05 am »
Quote from: boat captain on July 28, 2017, 08:40:51 am
Be careful going astern, as the stern digs in and water can come over the top of the transom.
AND it doesn't steer . .  .  %%
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Re: newbie with fairley swordman
« Reply #4 on: July 28, 2017, 06:09:49 pm »
Welcome nutrunner.

Always nice to see a post about a Fairey boat being a big fan of those lovely boats. I'm a relative newbie and have a Huntress and Huntsman and am going to start building my first boat this winter, a Swordsman.

What size is your boat and some photos would be good to see at some point.

Chris
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Building Fairey Marine boats: Faun 16, River Cruiser 23 prototype, Huntress 23 Long Cabin with stern-drive, Fisherman 27, Huntsman 28, Huntsman 31 and Swordsman 33. All scratch built and to a scale of 1:12
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