The Huntress Variants

H23 Maid of Baltimore in Race colours ready for the Cowes-Torquay 50th anniversary celebrations in Cowes 2010 - Photo Carol Pett

A single "Buck" was used to produce all the original hulls from 23' to 28' 11" and as boats were sold in shell only; part complete or complete forms - there are a number of variants.

This Huntress list includes all the hulls that became the early Christinas and all of the Dell Quay Rangers. There is also an overlap with the first Huntsman 28 hull. The later Christinas hulls were manufactured elsewhere. The Huntsman 28 hulls are on their own page.

The history of the development of the Huntresses; Christinas and Dell Quay Rangers is well covered by Charles Lawrence in his hardback book Fairey Marine Boats Raceboats Rivals and Revival It is well worth obtaining a copy from here

The Huntresses themselves were produced by Faireys in two hull lengths. 23' and 26'. There were also two cabin lengths. The longer ones referred to as "long cabin" with an extra side window. There was also a forward cockpit option (the "Thrill seat") with slightly shorter cabin. Some hulls were sold as kits in various stages to home builders or other yards, so the layout options are virtually limitless.

Quite a few of the Huntress Hulls were bought by the MOD and completed by numerous yards for use as "Captain's Motor Boats" for various warships. Those hull numbers with related MODnnnn numbers were known Royal Navy boats. The First two digits refer to the year purchased and the remaining two (or three) digits are the sequence for that year. e.g: MOD7743 Hull No. 239 was built in 1977 and was the 43rd MOD boat purchased that year.

Vital Statistics

LOA (23): 23' 0" (7.0m) [26' 0" (8.0m)]

LWL: 20' 0" (5.8m) [23' 0" (6.8m)]

Beam: 8' 6" (2.6m [8' 6" (2.6m)]

Draught: 2' 6" (0.8m) [2' 6" (0.8m)]

Dry Weight 2.3 tons (2342kg) [~2.4 tons (~2430kg)]

At the bottom of the page are links to the Huntress brochures and associated articles.